Post random maps here

[bagelman]

Those maps are... confusing. First of all, why is Delaware to the right on everything except economics? If anything I would expect the opposite.

I forgot the source:

http://gotoquiz.com/politics/political-maps.html

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This time I'll actually post the map it's based on...

[bagelman]

Samuel Walden's got a damn good hold on this country.

I wonder what would cause this D vs R map?

A Democrat from Idaho fails to buck the trends, resulting in the popular pseudo-populist capitalist Republican president winning reelection.

AK, IL and ID (especially ID) are really the only states separating this from an expectant sort of scenario for a solid GOP win.

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Should George W. Bush be president?

No 321-217

Should Al Gore be president?

No 314-224

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Blue: >1 VP

Gray: 1 VP

Red: No VP

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Closest state: Wisconsin

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I'm flabbergasted as to what Republican could win DC.

That map was based off of legalization of sodomy, with DC not legalizing it until after 1985, which was the benchmark.

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inverted swings 2012-16

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urban vs. less urban

278-260

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I'm surprised that Washington goes Republican before Oregon.

how about Maryland going GOP before Illinois?

that's pi for you

they do seem to see WA as more elastic  than most people would say it is

[bagelman]

1948 merged with 2016, gray states are states that would flip from a 0% pv margin to the average pv margin of the two elections.

[bagelman]

Here's an easier map to follow based on the same idea, 2000 merged with 2016. The result is an unpopular Republican victory

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Places I've been to, but not just been through, in the USA

Places I've been to and been through, in the USA

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Place I HAVEN'T been to or passed through.

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same idea that I used for me, involving the places I've been, haven't been, and an apportionment calculator, but applied to BRTD

he's been

he hasn't

[bagelman]

What do the colors (and apportionment) signify?

If a person's been to a county, that county is part of the first map (the one were states have 100+ ev) and not calculated as part of a state in the second map.

In the hasn't been map, other states can have their EVs increase because the person hasn't been there.

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United States of Interstate 10

Dems win with just TX and CA. 297-154. Unwise to keep EC.

USA without I-10

Democrats benefit from FL flipping, still lose.

[bagelman]

The I-8 corrider as a state would be a Romney/Clinton state.

USA without I-8

USA without I-5

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I-80 actual:

without:

Overall LD Smith did well in the west, although seeming to overestimate partisanship - south WY is to the left of north WY. What he got wrong was the continued loyalty of midwestern cities to Clinton despite the regional backlash against her and her party. Des Monies, Cleveland, inelastic Akron, and .... Gary.

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USA without I-4 isn't a huge change...at least not in 2012..

But in 2000, it's the world:

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I-20

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What do the huge numbers represent?

435 seats + 2 senate seats distrusted among a small number of states. They are generally only used to visualize population through numbers, any election held within these fantastical isolated highway corridors would not use the EC and may even ditch state boundaries.

I-15

without

some of these are more interesting than others

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Actually, I just figured all the rural areas the I-80 went through simply came out far enough in droves to cancel it out. Gary just isn't that big a place in Indiana.

That's what I assumed to, especially for Gary and East Chicago in IN.