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« Reply #625 on: October 12, 2005, 02:25:50 PM »

Dark red = Hispanic language origin
Bright red = American Indian names
Light blue = Named after people
Dark blue = British locales
Green = French?
Pink = Believed to be American Indian?
Gray = Unknown/Other?
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« Reply #626 on: October 12, 2005, 03:09:17 PM »

What about D.C. and New Mexico?  D.C. is named for Columbus, and New Mexico is either Spanish or native, not British.  I would call it "named after pre-existing places", but I still can't figure out DC

Also, there is overlap between the categories - Loiusiana is named for a King Louis of France.
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« Reply #627 on: October 12, 2005, 03:35:07 PM »

What about D.C. and New Mexico?  D.C. is named for Columbus, and New Mexico is either Spanish or native, not British.  I would call it "named after pre-existing places", but I still can't figure out DC

Also, there is overlap between the categories - Loiusiana is named for a King Louis of France.


Dark blue = States with two words in their name...?
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« Reply #628 on: October 12, 2005, 03:40:26 PM »

Though Arkansas is a French name, it is a French name for an Indian tribe (The Quapaw, I believe), so I don't know excatly which category it belongs in.
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« Reply #629 on: October 12, 2005, 05:32:46 PM »

New York should be light blue, it was named after the Duke of York, not the city.
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« Reply #630 on: October 12, 2005, 06:12:50 PM »

You're all close enough.  Dark red is for Hispanic names; bright red is for names taken from the native dialect (this is why Hawaii and Alaska are in the same category as other Native American states); light blue states are named for people; dark blue states are named for already existing places; green states are those that have French origin; gray states are those that have names of uncertain origin; and pink states are named after made-up words.

I realize there is some overlapping, so I had to just decide arbitrarily.  DC was named for the Province of Columbia, which was one of America's early alternative names.  I skipped the fact that Columbia in turn was named for Columbus.

Louisiana probably should have been made light blue, so I guess I messed that one up.  However, the French link seemed too great to ignore.  Preston is also correct about Arkansas; but once again the French connection seemed relevant.

As for New York, that was a mistake.  I always thought it was named for York, England, but it turns out I was wrong. Wink
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« Reply #631 on: October 12, 2005, 07:48:08 PM »



Vermont should be green(hint).  DC is gray on purpose.  Blue = Rep, Red = Dem
Some states may be wrong due to my carelessness.  If your guess fits over 45, you're probably right.
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« Reply #632 on: October 13, 2005, 05:53:30 AM »



Vermont should be green(hint).  DC is gray on purpose.  Blue = Rep, Red = Dem
Some states may be wrong due to my carelessness.  If your guess fits over 45, you're probably right.


congressional control?
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« Reply #633 on: October 13, 2005, 11:07:01 AM »



Vermont should be green(hint).  DC is gray on purpose.  Blue = Rep, Red = Dem
Some states may be wrong due to my carelessness.  If your guess fits over 45, you're probably right.


congressional control?

No, it's got something to do with house seats though.  Look at Oklahoma.
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« Reply #634 on: October 13, 2005, 11:33:06 AM »



Vermont should be green(hint).  DC is gray on purpose.  Blue = Rep, Red = Dem
Some states may be wrong due to my carelessness.  If your guess fits over 45, you're probably right.


congressional control?

No, it's got something to do with house seats though.  Look at Oklahoma.

Party of the newest house member from each state?
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« Reply #635 on: October 13, 2005, 11:38:53 AM »

so simple yet so hard. colours interchangable:

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« Reply #636 on: October 13, 2005, 11:57:15 AM »

so simple yet so hard. colours interchangable:


First letter of the state's name
Blue - A-M
Red - N-Z
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« Reply #637 on: October 13, 2005, 11:59:15 AM »



Vermont should be green(hint).  DC is gray on purpose.  Blue = Rep, Red = Dem
Some states may be wrong due to my carelessness.  If your guess fits over 45, you're probably right.


congressional control?

No, it's got something to do with house seats though.  Look at Oklahoma.

Party of the newest house member from each state?

Yes.  In case of a many members elected the same day, it went to the party of the majority of those.  If it was a tie, it went back to the next - to - last group to break the tie.
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« Reply #638 on: October 13, 2005, 12:27:06 PM »



Based on 2004 Election Results.  I had to extrapolate some states where there wasn't enough data, and for WY-there was no data.
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« Reply #639 on: October 13, 2005, 09:15:31 PM »

so simple yet so hard. colours interchangable:


First letter of the state's name
Blue - A-M
Red - N-Z

really?

I just checked off the two sides of the calculator in two colours Tongue
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« Reply #640 on: October 13, 2005, 10:30:49 PM »

so simple yet so hard. colours interchangable:


First letter of the state's name
Blue - A-M
Red - N-Z

really?

I just checked off the two sides of the calculator in two colours Tongue
That list is alphabetical. Tongue
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« Reply #641 on: October 14, 2005, 10:55:54 AM »

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« Reply #642 on: October 14, 2005, 12:17:36 PM »


The more red, the longer the state's name and vice versa.
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« Reply #643 on: October 14, 2005, 12:53:16 PM »


Yep, thought it wouldn't be too taxing... Wink
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« Reply #644 on: October 14, 2005, 01:12:42 PM »


Well I thought it was a political map at first seeing Utah and Idaho that dark blue.
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« Reply #645 on: October 14, 2005, 03:02:38 PM »



Can anyone tell what this one depicts?
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« Reply #646 on: October 14, 2005, 03:13:38 PM »



Can anyone tell what this one depicts?

Is it something to do with places where Bush and Kerry each did better?
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« Reply #647 on: October 14, 2005, 03:22:13 PM »
« Edited: October 14, 2005, 03:24:04 PM by Aguagon »



Can anyone tell what this one depicts?

Is it something to do with places where Bush and Kerry each did better?

You got it. It's all about the party that increased its margin in each state from 2000-2004. Specifically:

Pink - Shifted Democrat by <1%; Light blue - Shifted Republican by <1%
Red - Shifted Democrat by 1-10%; Blue - Shifted Republican by 1-10%
Dark Red - Shifted Democract by >10%; Dark Blue - Shifted Republican by >10%
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« Reply #648 on: October 14, 2005, 05:10:31 PM »



Based on 2004 Election Results.  I had to extrapolate some states where there wasn't enough data, and for WY-there was no data.

CNN exit poll listing for "Suburban"?
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« Reply #649 on: October 14, 2005, 05:16:56 PM »



Based on 2004 Election Results.  I had to extrapolate some states where there wasn't enough data, and for WY-there was no data.

CNN exit poll listing for "Suburban"?

Yup, BRTD would not be happy.
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