“Land doesn’t vote” maps

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Tekken_Guy:
What kind of maps involve candidates winning very little land area despite winning overall?

President Punxsutawney Phil:
IL-2010 GOV?

S019:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Illinois_gubernatorial_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada

Here are three

Hope For A New Era:
MO-PRES 2008, almost.

Also, a flip of the usual partisanship for such a map: GA-SEN 1980.

Mr. Morden:
Quote from: EastOfEden on December 10, 2020, 04:24:04 PM

MO-PRES 2008, almost.



Not just the GE, but the Democratic primary as well:

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=29&f=1&year=2008&elect=1

In general, I'd think that Democratic primaries would be especially prone to this kind of behavior, since the population of voters is even more concentrated in urban areas in Democratic primaries than it is in a general election.

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