Post random maps here

[Joe Republic]

These maps are related.  Should be fairly easy.

Map 1-How each state's most populated county voted in 2004.

Map 2-How each state's least populated county voted in 2004.

Got it.

I found the following things interesting:

1. Kerry won the most and least populated counties in many Southern states; the region where he did terribly in general.  This is apparently a combination of liberal urban pockets and residual black communities in the rural areas.

2. New Hampshire's most populous county voted Republican, while the least populated county voted Democratic.  Not sure what to make of that.

3. Despite being the closest swing state, both Wisconsin's most and least populated counties voted Democratic by huge margins.

[Joe Republic]

Another easy related pair of maps:

[Joe Republic]

First one: every county in blue states went for Bush.

Second one: every county in red states went for Kerry.

Close, but not quite.  Think about the percentages too.

[Joe Republic]

reasults for each candidate in thiere worst county in the states?

Well you got them mixed up, but you're close enough.  The first map shows Kerry's best counties, while the second shows Bush's best counties.

[Joe Republic]

Another pair of related maps:



Kerry 372
Bush 166




Bush 345
Kerry 189

[Joe Republic]

1- How young people voted
2- How the elderly voted

?

Ooh, you're good.

The first map shows how 18-29 year olds voted, and the second shows how 60+ year olds voted.  Source: CNN exit poll.

Is Hawaii grey in the second map because of mistake, no information available, or because it should properly be a third color?

The same poll showed a 50-50 split among the 60+ group in Hawaii.

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Some interesting things to note:

1. Kerry won the elderly group in Maine, Montana and New Mexico, while Bush won the young group in the same states.  These are the only states to break from the expected norm.  I wouldn't mind knowing why.

2. Kerry did surprisingly well among Mississippi young voters, but nowhere near as well anywhere else in the Deep South.

3. Kerry won both demographic groups in the swing states of Wisconsin, Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and Arkansas.

[Joe Republic]

3. Kerry won both demographic groups in...Arkansas.

But yet he lost the state :S

That's because he won every demographic in between 30 and 60, and there were more of them.

[Joe Republic]

So sue me.

[Joe Republic]

What are the chances of this map being the election map in 2008?

Mark Warner/Evan Bayh (D)
Sam Brownback/Tom Tancredo (R)
Roy Moore/Some Southern nutjob (I)

Chances of it happening?  None.

[Joe Republic]

[Joe Republic]

Is that like the smallest county or something?

Nope.

[Joe Republic]

Clue:  It is related to counties.

[Joe Republic]

How the county in which the respective capitals are located voted in 2004?

Got it.

[Joe Republic]

The SD, MS and AL results should hopefully be a sufficient clue.

[Joe Republic]

The SD, MS and AL results should hopefully be a sufficient clue.

McGovern v. Goldwater or something?

You're very close, but missing another detail.

[Joe Republic]

Is it a combination of the 1964 and 1972 maps?

Yep, that's it.  I just added up Johnson and McGovern's totals, and Nixon and Goldwater's totals.

It's strange that after all that, it looks so similar to a current election map.

[Joe Republic]

Another combination of two elections.  You just have to guess which ones:

[Joe Republic]

Another combination of two elections.  You just have to guess which ones:

I'm guessing the this map is 1904 and 1932.

or

Now that I look at it closer, 1928 and 1932.

Correct on the second time.

[Joe Republic]

But in 1928, he only gets 228 EVs.

[Joe Republic]

How the heck was anybody supposed to get either of those?

[Joe Republic]

The color scheme should be easy enough, but its the shading you should focus on:

[Joe Republic]

The color scheme should be easy enough, but its the shading you should focus on:

Senate seats- red is dem, blue is rep, and green is mixed. Color is based on how many terns the twosenators have served, combined? with darker being longer.

Got it.

[Joe Republic]

Quick and easy, because nobody has posted here for three days:

[Joe Republic]

No hints this time, unless one is requested

The lighter the shade of blue, the less states each state shares a border with.  Maine is red because it shares a border with only one other state, and Hawaii and Alaska are gray because they don't border any other states at all.

[Joe Republic]

That's true,  DE and NJ share a border at Wilmington, even if it does straddle the Delaware River.  But then so does the border between NJ and PA...