http://theelectoralmap.com/2008/05/13/the-electoral-map-is-a-purple-mosaic/ The Intersection of Politics and Geography Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:47:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://theelectoralmap.com/2008/05/13/the-electoral-map-is-a-purple-mosaic/comment-page-1/#comment-356 CBMurray Thu, 15 May 2008 20:46:37 +0000 http://theelectoralmap.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-356 I agree that there is an intersection of race and geography here that is playing out in the primary. I did some mapping of the Mississippi River states and counties and you see a similar dynamic. Counties with high and low percentages of African American voters go Obama, middle range go Clinton. I also think something about a region's political history explains some of what's going on--i.e. upper midwest (MN, WI, IA) Progressive tradition has been drawn to Obama's message. www.electiondissection.com I agree that there is an intersection of race and geography here that is playing out in the primary. I did some mapping of the Mississippi River states and counties and you see a similar dynamic. Counties with high and low percentages of African American voters go Obama, middle range go Clinton. I also think something about a region’s political history explains some of what’s going on–i.e. upper midwest (MN, WI, IA) Progressive tradition has been drawn to Obama’s message. http://www.electiondissection.com

]]> http://theelectoralmap.com/2008/05/13/the-electoral-map-is-a-purple-mosaic/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Cartophiliac Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:50 +0000 http://theelectoralmap.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-351 again... I would like to see this kind of map on a population cartogram... it would demonstrate just how much of that blue color is in the sparsely populated fly-over country... again… I would like to see this kind of map on a population cartogram… it would demonstrate just how much of that blue color is in the sparsely populated fly-over country…

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