The Electoral Map

I’m trying the Deadspin style of daily updates today.

Can Democrats continue to encroach on Republican territory? [Democracy Corps]
The most ultimate Super Tuesday geek-out. [Daily Kos]
Speaking of geeks, there’s a video game of presidential primaries. [Game Politics]
The latest “Dems are competitive in the Mountain West!”article. [Christian Science Monitor]
Is Utah really on the political map? [Washington Post]

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John McCain beat Mitt Romney by eight points in Pinellas County and six points in Pasco County on his way to a statewide victory Tuesday. McCain’s wins in those two counties, which many analysts suggested would be a barometer of his overall success, pretty much mirrored his 36-31% win over Romney statewide (Map 2).
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When I flew down to Jacksonville in late October, 2007 for the Florida-Georgia game (affectionately known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party), I observed a not only a great football game, but many of the different demographic groups that make up Florida at work.
Jacksonville is the Deep South, and so is the panhandle to [...]

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Even on the beach, ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper can’t get his mind off electoral maps. ExMo has this great item on “Tapper’s Line in the Sand.”

Per the Extremeness:
“That’s Deerfield Beach, Florida, near Boca Raton … and Jake’s inside an electoral map of the presidential campaign.
“So, did rules dictate that a union guy had [...]

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The AP and the New York Times call it a “rout,” and the Washington Post and Politico describe it as “an overwhelming victory.” Barack Obama won 55 percent in the South Carolina Democratic primary today, taking 44 of 46 counties and receiving more votes than every candidate combined in the 2004 primary.
Obama did it [...]

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Readers — My apologies for not posting more often this week. I’m going to have an item up each [week]day from here on out. To gets things started off on the right foot, here’s the Electoral Map’s Daily Compass for today.
The big questions this week: Will the sun shine on Rudy Giuliani next [...]

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Patrick Ruffini sees the leading GOP candidates carrying the banner for three distinct camps in the Republican Party.

“Despite the different actors and alliances in different states, we are beginning to see the real dividing lines of this campaign. It’s the battle of the moderates (McCain), metro conservatives (Romney), and rural conservatives (Huckabee). Stripped of [...]

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Nicholas Beaudrot has great maps measuring the strength of the leading candidates in Nevada and South Carolina.  For the Democrats in Nevada, he notes that “Clinton won big not just in Vegas, but also the two neighboring counties, while Obama won the north and fared best in the sparsely populated Northeast.”
Beaudrot’s Nevada Democratic Caucus Map

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With snow heading toward Tahoe and the Packers and Chargers gearing up for big wins, I’ll do my best to post some more South Carolina electoral map and analysis. In the meantime, here’s the Washington Post electoral map of the Republican South Carolina primary.
As Politico’s Jonathan Martin has mentioned before, “if you could smell [...]

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I’ll be up with more maps later today, but in the meantime, the Washington Post has the best Nevada electoral map.
Barack Obama won 11 counties but Hillary Clinton took six of the more populous counties, including Las Vegas’ Clark County. Edwards’ paltry four percent didn’t earn him one county.
Nevada Democratic Electoral Map

And check this [...]

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