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Are you Tweeting the Electoral Map? - Comments (0)
Where are the Candidates Buying Air Time? - Comments (4)

Alabama

Lives of the Party - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: What Would Willie Talos Do? - Comments (0)
Republicans Winning the Land of Liberals and Lobster Would be Like… - Comments (0)
Political Geography Week in Review: Happy Holidays - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)
Schaller Leans Too Much on Numbers to Suggest Dems Can’t Win the South - Comments (2)
Could Obama Really Win a State in the South? - Comments (4)
Gerry Seib on the Electoral Map - Comments (2)
Obama’s Alabama Victory - Comments (0)
Huck Looks for the SEC Sweep - Comments (0)

Alaska

The Defense of Alaska - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Oil Fields Now Open for Exploration - Comments (1)
“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
Secessionists Go Online - Comments (1)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass - Comments (0)
McCain is Older than Alaska - Comments (3)

Appalachia

Stoking Democratic Fears In Coal Country - Comments (3)
Southern Piedmont: Where NASCAR Meets the NASDAQ - Comments (1)
More on Obama’s Appalachian Problems - Comments (2)

Arizona

Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston - Comments (4)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Jackonsian Belt - Comments (0)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
Morning Reading – 7 Days to Go - Comments (0)
The Five Places McCain Should Go - Comments (3)
Some Ocean Front Property in Arizona - Comments (1)
Navigating the “Southwest Passage” - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Beers and Brats Edition - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition - Comments (0)

Arkansas

Big Labor Flops in Land of Wally World - Comments (0)
Bringing Home the Bacon to Razorback Country - Comments (0)
The Week in Electoral Maps - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Democrats On Notice in Clintonian Belt - Comments (1)
Morning Reading – 8 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Schaller Leans Too Much on Numbers to Suggest Dems Can’t Win the South - Comments (2)
Obama Has No Chance in Arkansas - Comments (1)
Regional Reporters Lower Expectations - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Left Coast Edition - Comments (0)
Huck Looks for the SEC Sweep - Comments (0)

Biden

Geographically Speaking, Biden is a Smart Choice - Comments (3)

Blue Dogs

Tea Party Caucus Officially More Southern and Western - Comments (0)
Stoking Democratic Fears In Coal Country - Comments (3)
Attitude and Longitude of the Blue Dogs - Comments (0)

Bush

A Winning Investment, A Political Nightmare - Comments (0)
Obama, Sotomayor and the Urbanism of the Federal Government - Comments (4)
The 2008 House Electoral Map - Comments (0)

California

Pelosi and the San Francisco Earthquake of 2010 - Comments (0)
Maybe Boxer Forgot California is a Pacific State - Comments (0)
Parsing the Prop 8 Map - Comments (0)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Political Geography Week in Review: Happy Holidays - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Jackonsian Belt - Comments (0)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
Efficiency Through Consolidation? - Comments (2)
California Bleedin’ - Comments (11)

Cartographs

Moods Across America - Comments (0)
Digging a 50 State Strategy - Comments (3)

Census

Map of the Day: Upper Midwest had Best Census Participation Rate - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Census Bureau Maps Out Likelihood of Participation - Comments (1)

Clinton

Map of the Day: Democrats On Notice in Clintonian Belt - Comments (1)
Hillary Releases Mapping Memo Touting Her Electability - Comments (7)
Obama Wins Oregon, Clinton Takes Kentucky - Comments (1)
Karl Rove Thinks Clinton is More Electable Than Obama - Comments (10)
How the Clinton Campaign Sees the Electoral Map - Comments (2)
Obama’s North by Northwest Success - Comments (2)
Wild, Wonderful and Without Many Electoral Votes - Comments (1)
Hillary (Power) Points to Electability - Comments (0)
Hillary Clinton is From Where? - Comments (0)
Where, Exactly, Would Obama Expand the Electoral Map? - Comments (5)

Congress

A Better Use for the Murtha Airport Funds - Comments (0)
Cooking Up a New Political Map - Comments (1)
House Committees to Target Split District - Comments (0)
Collapse of the Empire State - Comments (3)
Do Democrats Still Have Room for Growth in the Northeast? - Comments (1)
Hanging Chads 11.21.07 - Comments (1)
The 2008 House Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Mapping Out Ridiculous Congressional Legislation - Comments (0)
Is Colorado the New Delaware? The New Missouri? - Comments (5)
Slicin’ and Dicin’ - Comments (0)

Connecticut

Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC? - Comments (0)
A Republican Resurgence in George H.W. Bush States? - Comments (0)
The GOP Now has ZERO Representatives in New England - Comments (0)
Red and Blue Schizophrenia - Comments (3)
More on the Geography of the “No” Votes - Comments (0)
The Politics of Greenwich: “This is Our Katrina” - Comments (2)
The Five Places McCain Should Go - Comments (3)
Could Lieberman Deliver Connecticut to the GOP? - Comments (2)
McCain Looking Strong in the Northeast - Comments (1)

Conventions

Live From Denver - Comments (1)

Delaware

A Republican Resurgence in George H.W. Bush States? - Comments (0)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Delaware Electoral Map - Comments (0)
The Metroliner Candidate - Comments (1)
Is Colorado the New Delaware? The New Missouri? - Comments (5)

Democrats

How Solid was the South for Democrats? - Comments (4)
A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
Pelosi and the San Francisco Earthquake of 2010 - Comments (0)
Democrats Look to Maintain in the Mountain State - Comments (1)
Obama Launches Fire Up the Base Tour - Comments (1)
Southern Democrats in Better Shape than Northerners - Comments (0)
DC Mayoral Primary Highlights Cultural and Racial Divides - Comments (0)
Tea Party Caucus Officially More Southern and Western - Comments (0)
House Republicans Look to Areas Where Kerry Outperformed Obama - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Dems Bullish on Politics of Immigration Reform - Comments (0)

Demographics

Will “Mama Grizzly” Claw White Women Away from Democrats? - Comments (2)
Webb Stirs Up a WASP Nest - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: Would You Like Salsa With Your Waffle Fries? - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: A Lot of Exes Live in Texas - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Capital of the World - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Immigration Nation - Comments (2)
Map of the Day: The Thin Network of Tea Partiers - Comments (1)
Maps of the Day: European Airports Shut Down - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Dems Bullish on Politics of Immigration Reform - Comments (0)
What are the Most and Least “Nativist” States? - Comments (0)

District of Columbia

DC Mayoral Primary Highlights Cultural and Racial Divides - Comments (0)
Hyde Park on the Potomac? - Comments (2)
A Black Cloud over Washington - Comments (1)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)
Is DC a Suburb of NY? - Comments (1)
Obamas Wins From Foxhall to Fort Dupont - Comments (0)

District of Columbia

Is DC a Suburb of NY? - Comments (1)
Even the Steelers Can’t Rescue Pittsburgh - Comments (2)
All of the Electoral Maps Come Down to This - Comments (0)

Economy

A Reagan Comparison the White House Wants to Make - Comments (0)
Two Maps that Help Sum Up this Election Cycle - Comments (0)
Where Have Wages Fared Best Under Obama? - Comments (0)
A Winning Investment, A Political Nightmare - Comments (0)
Which Districts are in the Foreclosure Belt? - Comments (1)
Wealthiest States are Backbone Of Financial Reform “Yea” Vote - Comments (1)
Power to the People - Comments (1)
Jobs Report is Mixed, but Future Looks Brighter Nationwide - Comments (0)
Why Financial Reform Passed - Comments (0)
America’s Next Oil Boom State Will Be… - Comments (0)

Edwards

Florida Electoral Map: McCain Swamps Romney in Miami; Hillary Wins Beauty Contest - Comments (1)
South Carolina Democratic Electoral Map - Comments (11)
Hawkeyeing the Iowa Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Democratic Candidates and the Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Politico’s “Tracking the Candidates” - Comments (0)
Hanging Chads - Comments (0)

Electoral Map

83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010 - Comments (1)
Iraqi Electoral Map Clearly Illustrates Divides - Comments (1)
TEM Under Construction - Comments (0)
2008: The Year in Political Geography - Comments (9)
Electoral Map Trivia - Comments (6)
Blue States or Obama States? - Comments (1)
Congressional District Cartogram - Comments (0)
What Constitutes “Flyover Country”? - Comments (5)
Morning Reading List – 12 Days To Go - Comments (0)
Karl Rove Thinks Clinton is More Electable Than Obama - Comments (10)

Florida

Forecasting the Oil Spill - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Mitt Romney (R-Detroit) - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: What Would Willie Talos Do? - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Spill Baby Spill - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: Jobs Beyond the Space Coast - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Oil Fields Now Open for Exploration - Comments (1)
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston - Comments (4)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
What do Elkhart, Ft. Myers and Springfield Have in Common? - Comments (0)
32,000 Vote Shift in Duval County, FL - Comments (1)

Food

Amber Waves of Grain… and Soybeans, and Chickens - Comments (0)
In Politics, Sometimes It’s Good To Be A Waffler - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 12 Days To Go - Comments (0)
Happy Columbian Exchange Day - Comments (1)

Georgia

Different Shades of Peach State Politics - Comments (0)
My Column in New Geography Today - Comments (0)
Southern Piedmont: Where NASCAR Meets the NASDAQ - Comments (1)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Is Georgia Really in Play? Rhodes Cook Thinks So - Comments (5)
Can Obama Really Win Georgia? - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass - Comments (0)
Obama Camp Says It Doesn’t Need Ohio or Florida - Comments (5)
Bob Barr Could Make Georgia and North Carolina Competitive - Comments (0)
Georgia Wants to Redraw Border with Tennessee - Comments (1)

Georiga

Morning Reading – 8 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Could Obama Really Win a State in the South? - Comments (4)

Giuliani

Mapping Strategies: How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability - Comments (5)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Nearing Tipping Point Edition - Comments (0)
Florida Electoral Map: McCain Swamps Romney in Miami; Hillary Wins Beauty Contest - Comments (1)
Florida Primer: Who Will the Sun Shine on Today? - Comments (2)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Rudy in Florida Edition - Comments (0)
Hanging Chads - Comments (0)
It’s “Prediction Time” at National Review Online - Comments (0)
John McCain Breaks Out the Map - Comments (4)

Google Maps

83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010 - Comments (1)
Google Maps and the Best Election Resource of 2010 - Comments (0)
Walking Through Congressional Districts… Via Google Maps - Comments (1)

Hawaii

RNC Retreats to Once-Republican Hawaii - Comments (1)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)

History

Volatility at an Historic High - Comments (0)
Patchwork America - Comments (1)
Gone Fishin’ - Comments (0)
The Battle for Westsylvania - Comments (3)
The Geography of Lincoln and Lee’s Legacies - Comments (5)
Will it Play in Peoria? - Comments (0)
Barack Obama and the Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
A Decisive Day in Virginia History - Comments (1)
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, North of the Confederacy - Comments (3)
From the Teton Sioux to the Russians - Comments (0)

House

83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010 - Comments (1)
Google Maps and the Best Election Resource of 2010 - Comments (0)
Most Vulnerable Seats are in Rural Areas - Comments (0)
Tea Party Caucus Officially More Southern and Western - Comments (0)
House Republicans Look to Areas Where Kerry Outperformed Obama - Comments (0)
Murtha’s District Likely to Go Republican - Comments (0)
Population Shifts Troubling for Dems Short-Term - Comments (2)
House Committees to Target Split District - Comments (0)
Pundits Whistlin’ Dixie - Comments (3)
Digging a 50 State Strategy - Comments (3)

Huckabee

Carrying the Banner for the Three Types of Republicans - Comments (0)
Super Tuesday II Maps: Hillary Confirms Her Coalition - Comments (3)
Super Tuesday II - Comments (4)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Nearing Tipping Point Edition - Comments (0)
Virginia Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Who Will Ben Bradlee Vote For? - Comments (1)
Super Tuesday Maps - Comments (0)
The Show-Me State Comes Through - Comments (6)
Is Oklahoma a Plains or Southern State? - Comments (1)
Huck Looks for the SEC Sweep - Comments (0)

Idaho

“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Nearing Tipping Point Edition - Comments (0)

Illinois

A Loss for Gerrymandering - Comments (0)
Chicago’s Quilted Constituencies - Comments (1)
A City as Blue as Lake Michigan - Comments (0)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
A Republican Resurgence in George H.W. Bush States? - Comments (0)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
The More Chicago Politics Change… - Comments (3)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)

Indiana

“Blue States” Indiana and Virginia Looking Ruby Red Tonight - Comments (0)
What do Elkhart, Ft. Myers and Springfield Have in Common? - Comments (0)
Big Upset Brewing in Indiana? - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Morning Reading – 13 Days - Comments (0)
Revisiting Indiana and North Dakota - Comments (2)
Chuck Todd and Others Predict “Landslide” Obama Victory - Comments (2)
McCain Ramping Up Spending in Indiana - Comments (4)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)

International

The iPhone and the Olive Tree - Comments (0)
Maybe Boxer Forgot California is a Pacific State - Comments (0)
When Ethno-Religious Groups Can’t Play Nice in the Sandbox - Comments (1)
Wikileaks Highlight Violence in Pashtunistan - Comments (0)
The World’s Most Authoritarian Nations - Comments (2)
Ex-KGB Analyst Predicts Balkanization of US - Comments (2)
Soviet Invasion Plans of the US - Comments (1)
License to Il - Comments (0)
A Warzone in Juarez - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: A Tory’s View of the World - Comments (0)

Iowa

Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
Electoral Map Daily Compass - Comments (0)
A Response to Soren Dayton’s “Map for Victory” - Comments (5)
Regional Reporters Lower Expectations - Comments (0)
Cillizza to Begin Rating Top 10 States Most Likely to Flip - Comments (0)
Politics Online Conference: Cartograms - Comments (2)
Will John McCain Paint the Map Red? - Comments (0)
Does Hillary’s Blue-Collar Success Suggest Red State Appeal? - Comments (3)
Does Chicago’s Orbit Extend to Iowa? - Comments (0)

Kansas

Super Tuesday Rundown: Northeastern and Midwestern States - Comments (0)

Kentucky

The Week in Electoral Maps - Comments (0)
The Battle for Westsylvania - Comments (3)
Map of the Day: Democrats On Notice in Clintonian Belt - Comments (1)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Obama Wins Oregon, Clinton Takes Kentucky - Comments (1)
Obama’s Geography Lesson - Comments (0)
The Electoral Map Weekly Compass - Comments (1)

Louisiana

Louisiana is the Most Suspicious of Obama of Any State - Comments (3)
An Oil Slick in Hurricane Alley - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: What Would Willie Talos Do? - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Spill Baby Spill - Comments (1)
FLASHBACK: New Orleans Dispatch - Comments (0)
What are the Most and Least “Nativist” States? - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Jackonsian Belt - Comments (0)
The Non-Southern Cabinet - Comments (0)
Could Obama Really Win a State in the South? - Comments (4)
Schumer Bullish about the Senate Electoral Map - Comments (0)

Map of the Day

83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010 - Comments (1)
Your Map Guide for Poll Closings - Comments (1)
Foursquare to Map Out Real-Time Voter Turnout - Comments (0)
Google Maps and the Best Election Resource of 2010 - Comments (0)
Volatility at an Historic High - Comments (0)
Two Maps that Help Sum Up this Election Cycle - Comments (0)
The Defense of Alaska - Comments (0)
A Sober Oktoberfest for Feingold - Comments (0)
Democrats Look to Maintain in the Mountain State - Comments (1)
Obama Launches Fire Up the Base Tour - Comments (1)

Maryland

Political DNA of Maryland - Comments (2)
Even the Steelers Can’t Rescue Pittsburgh - Comments (2)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Happy Birthday Maryland! - Comments (1)
Who Will Ben Bradlee Vote For? - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Chesapeake Primary Edition - Comments (2)
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, North of the Confederacy - Comments (3)

Massachussetts

All Politics is Local… Until There’s a National Vote - Comments (0)
Massachusetts Electoral Map - Comments (0)
What You Need to Know about the Massachusetts Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Republicans Winning the Land of Liberals and Lobster Would be Like… - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)

McCain

Don’t Take New Hamsphire for Granite - Comments (4)
McCain Winning AOL Users By a Landslide - Comments (2)
Mapping McCain’s Digs - Comments (0)
The Five Places McCain Should Go - Comments (3)
North Carolina Watch: Obama Within MoE - Comments (2)
Some Ocean Front Property in Arizona - Comments (1)
McCain Maps Out His General Election Strategy - Comments (0)
Washington Post’s “Lowest Common Denominator” Map - Comments (4)
Could Lieberman Deliver Connecticut to the GOP? - Comments (2)
Carrying the Banner for the Three Types of Republicans - Comments (0)

Michigan

Migration Nation - Comments (0)
The Season for Perfect Games and Party Activists - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: Mitt Romney (R-Detroit) - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
Motor City Stalls Out - Comments (4)
The Scope of GM - Comments (0)
Dave Bing Wins 85% of Detroit Precincts - Comments (2)
Should We Cede Michigan to Canada? - Comments (5)

Midwest

Volatility at an Historic High - Comments (0)
Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map - Comments (10)
SurveyUSA Releases Polls in 50 States - Comments (4)

Military

When Ethno-Religious Groups Can’t Play Nice in the Sandbox - Comments (1)
Wikileaks Highlight Violence in Pashtunistan - Comments (0)
The Geography of Secrecy - Comments (0)
Soviet Invasion Plans of the US - Comments (1)
Where Will “RollingStan” Hurt Obama? - Comments (0)
The Pentagon’s Maps of Afghanistan - Comments (1)
Livin’ on the Edge - Comments (0)
Honoring the Fallen on Google Maps - Comments (0)
Where Do Military Recruits Come From? - Comments (9)

Minnesota

Morning Reading List – 12 Days To Go - Comments (0)
Minnesota’s Disparity of Wealth - Comments (3)
Twins, but Not Identical - Comments (0)
Golden Gopher - Comments (0)
A Response to Soren Dayton’s “Map for Victory” - Comments (5)
Cillizza to Begin Rating Top 10 States Most Likely to Flip - Comments (0)
Will John McCain Paint the Map Red? - Comments (0)
Super Tuesday Rundown: Northeastern and Midwestern States - Comments (0)

Mississippi

An Oil Slick in Hurricane Alley - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: What Would Willie Talos Do? - Comments (0)
Schaller Leans Too Much on Numbers to Suggest Dems Can’t Win the South - Comments (2)
Could Obama Really Win a State in the South? - Comments (4)
Could Mississippi be a Swing State? - Comments (3)

Missouri

Attitude and Longitude of the Blue Dogs - Comments (0)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
The Wealthiest States Trending Democratic - Comments (0)
Cillizza to Begin Rating Top 10 States Most Likely to Flip - Comments (0)
Super Tuesday Maps - Comments (0)
The Show-Me State Comes Through - Comments (6)
The Times Looks at Three Key States - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition - Comments (0)
Super Tuesday Rundown: Northeastern and Midwestern States - Comments (0)
It’s “Prediction Time” at National Review Online - Comments (0)

Montana

Morning Reading – 7 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Montanans Waking Up to Their Status as a Swing State - Comments (1)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)
South Dakota and Montana Electoral Maps - Comments (0)
Look West, Young Scribes - Comments (0)
The Electoral Map Weekly Compass - Comments (1)

Mountain West

Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map - Comments (10)
SurveyUSA Releases Polls in 50 States - Comments (4)

Nebraska

Can Obama Win Warren Buffett’s Hometown Again? - Comments (0)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)
Omaha Could Break the 269-269 Tie - Comments (12)
Would Obama Contest Nebraska? - Comments (3)

Nevada

What are the Most and Least “Nativist” States? - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Flanel Shirt Country - Comments (0)
Astonishing Stat of the Day - Comments (0)
Libertarians Could Tip Nevada to Obama - Comments (2)
Once Upon a Time in the West - Comments (2)
Navigating the “Southwest Passage” - Comments (1)
Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map - Comments (10)
Cillizza to Begin Rating Top 10 States Most Likely to Flip - Comments (0)
Will John McCain Paint the Map Red? - Comments (0)
More Nevada and South Carolina Electoral Maps - Comments (0)

New England

NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Do Democrats Still Have Room for Growth in the Northeast? - Comments (1)

New Hampshire

McCain-Romney Map Mirrors Ayotte-Lamontagne Map - Comments (0)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Romney Finds a Home in New Hampshire - Comments (1)
Chuck Todd Says PA is “Gone” for McCain - Comments (0)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Don’t Take New Hamsphire for Granite - Comments (4)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)
Washington Post’s “Lowest Common Denominator” Map - Comments (4)

New Jersey

Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
New Jersey as the American Dream? - Comments (0)
A Republican Resurgence in George H.W. Bush States? - Comments (0)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
More on the Geography of the “No” Votes - Comments (0)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
McCain Opens the Meadowlands of Campaign Offices - Comments (2)
The Wealthiest States Trending Democratic - Comments (0)
Washington Post’s “Lowest Common Denominator” Map - Comments (4)
Blue Jersey? - Comments (3)

New Mexico

Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC? - Comments (0)
Morning Reading – 7 Days to Go - Comments (0)
The Election Will Hinge on Colorado and New Mexico - Comments (11)
Once Upon a Time in the West - Comments (2)
Navigating the “Southwest Passage” - Comments (1)
Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map - Comments (10)
Cillizza to Begin Rating Top 10 States Most Likely to Flip - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition - Comments (0)
It’s “Prediction Time” at National Review Online - Comments (0)
Democrats and a Southwestern Strategy - Comments (2)

New York

What is Ground Zero Dust Like? - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Capital of the World - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: You Thought Incumbency Protection in the U.S. was Bad? - Comments (3)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC? - Comments (0)
400 Years of New York Maps in One Book - Comments (1)
Swing State Project = Redistricting Animals - Comments (2)
GOP Regains Control of New York State Senate - Comments (1)
Efficiency Through Consolidation? - Comments (2)
More on the Geography of the “No” Votes - Comments (0)

North

Map of the Day: Immigration Nation - Comments (2)
The Geography of Lincoln and Lee’s Legacies - Comments (5)
The Electoral Map Daily Compass: Who Won Texas? - Comments (2)

North Carolina

Map of the Day: Oil Fields Now Open for Exploration - Comments (1)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Swing State Turkey - Comments (0)
North Carolina GOP Hemorraging “Starbucks Republicans” - Comments (0)
My Column in New Geography Today - Comments (0)
Southern Piedmont: Where NASCAR Meets the NASDAQ - Comments (1)
Obama Rolling in Wake County, NC - Comments (2)
Obama’s ROI in North Carolina - Comments (2)
Morning Reading – 7 Days to Go - Comments (0)

North Dakota

America’s Next Oil Boom State Will Be… - Comments (0)
Big Changes in Little North Dakota - Comments (0)
“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
Efficiency Through Consolidation? - Comments (2)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Revisiting Indiana and North Dakota - Comments (2)
Obama Pulling out of North Dakota - Comments (5)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
New Outlook in North Dakota? - Comments (6)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)

Northeast

A Better Use for the Murtha Airport Funds - Comments (0)
The Electoral Map Daily Compass 8.14 - Comments (0)
SurveyUSA Releases Polls in 50 States - Comments (4)
Catholics Could Redraw the Electoral Map in 2008 - Comments (7)
Do Democrats Still Have Room for Growth in the Northeast? - Comments (1)
It’s “Prediction Time” at National Review Online - Comments (0)
Mapping U.S. Demographics - Comments (2)

Obama

Can Obama Win Warren Buffett’s Hometown Again? - Comments (0)
83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010 - Comments (1)
A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
A Reagan Comparison the White House Wants to Make - Comments (0)
Obama Launches Fire Up the Base Tour - Comments (1)
Where Have Wages Fared Best Under Obama? - Comments (0)
A Winning Investment, A Political Nightmare - Comments (0)
Hyde Park on the Potomac? - Comments (2)
Map of the Day: Obama All Alone in the Lone Star State? - Comments (0)
Will “Mama Grizzly” Claw White Women Away from Democrats? - Comments (2)

Obama

Recovery.gov’s Phantom Congressional Districts - Comments (1)
House Committees to Target Split District - Comments (0)
Lincoln’s Electoral Map vs. Obama’s - Comments (4)

Ohio

Voinovich Blames GOP’s Troubles on “Southerners” - Comments (2)
OBAMA WINS OHIO - Comments (2)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 11 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 12 Days To Go - Comments (0)
My Tour of Seven Districts in Virginia - Comments (0)
Daily Compass: McCain’s Three County Penn. Strategy - Comments (0)
Geographically Speaking, Biden is a Smart Choice - Comments (3)
The Electoral Map Daily Compass 8.14 - Comments (0)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)

Oklahoma

“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
A Very Red Christmas in Oklahoma - Comments (1)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Is Oklahoma a Plains or Southern State? - Comments (1)

Oregon

Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
Obama Wins Oregon, Clinton Takes Kentucky - Comments (1)
OREGON: Where Ax Men Meet Prius Drivers - Comments (0)
Will John McCain Paint the Map Red? - Comments (0)

Otter Tales

Happy Second Birthday to TheElectoralMap.com! - Comments (0)
Next Week will be Big - Comments (0)
Politics Online Conference 2008 - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: NASCAR Dads for Hillary - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Hillary’s Alamo - Comments (2)
The Electoral Map Will Return on February 19 - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Left Coast Edition - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: “There Will be Brooms” Edition - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Data Dump Edition - Comments (0)
The Electoral Map Will Return on December 28 - Comments (1)

Palin

Mapping the Most Pro-Palin States - Comments (0)
Are We a Nation of Wasillas or Chicagos? - Comments (4)
On Scranton and San Francisco - Comments (6)

Pawlenty

Maps of the Day: Where in the World is Tim Pawlenty? - Comments (0)

Pennsylvania

The Town that Built the Tanks and Bombs that Won This Country’s Wars - Comments (0)
A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
Pelosi and the San Francisco Earthquake of 2010 - Comments (0)
Obama Launches Fire Up the Base Tour - Comments (1)
Lives of the Party - Comments (0)
The Week in Electoral Maps - Comments (0)
Republicans Regress in Pennsylvania-12 - Comments (1)
The Battle for Westsylvania - Comments (3)
Map of the Day: Democrats On Notice in Clintonian Belt - Comments (1)
Murtha’s District Likely to Go Republican - Comments (0)

Polls

Obama Approval Rating Drops in 49 States - Comments (0)
Does Obama Really Have a 90% Approval Rating in the Northeast? - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Defining Northern Virginia’s Boundaries - Comments (0)
McCain Looking Strong in the Northeast - Comments (1)
The Electoral Map Daily Compass: Who Won Texas? - Comments (2)
John McCain Breaks Out the Map - Comments (4)

Predictions

Swing from 2004 to 2008 - Comments (0)
The Dumbest Electoral Map Prediction I’ve Seen So Far - Comments (5)
Obama Running Worse Than Kerry Four Years Ago? - Comments (4)
Chuck Todd Thinks Obama Has a Shot in the Dakotas - Comments (1)
Ambinder’s Latest Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass - Comments (0)
CQ Says Only Four States Would Swing - Comments (6)
Ben Smith Nabs Rove’s Latest Electoral Maps - Comments (0)
The Prince of Darkness Releases His Electoral Map - Comments (2)
Karl Rove Throws a Wet Towel on The Electoral Map - Comments (5)

Presidential

All Politics is Local… Until There’s a National Vote - Comments (0)
New Hampshire Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Hawkeyeing the Iowa Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Catholics Could Redraw the Electoral Map in 2008 - Comments (7)
Democratic Candidates and the Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Indiana is a Red State, Right? - Comments (0)
What Makes Ron Paul Nation Tick? - Comments (0)
John McCain Breaks Out the Map - Comments (4)
Democrats and a Southwestern Strategy - Comments (2)
Is Colorado the New Delaware? The New Missouri? - Comments (5)

Primaries

Mapping the Most Pro-Palin States - Comments (0)
New Hampshire Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Mapping Out New Hampshire Strategies - Comments (1)
Full Iowa Caucus Results - Comments (2)
Iowa Caucuses Democratic Electoral Map - Comments (0)

Primary States

Super Tuesday Rundown: Northeastern and Midwestern States - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: “There Will be Brooms” Edition - Comments (0)
Florida Electoral Map: McCain Swamps Romney in Miami; Hillary Wins Beauty Contest - Comments (1)
Florida Primer: Who Will the Sun Shine on Today? - Comments (2)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Rudy in Florida Edition - Comments (0)
Testing Patrick Ruffini’s Model in Grand Rapids - Comments (0)
Nevada Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Michigan Electoral Map - Comments (1)
The Post’s Michigan Primer - Comments (2)
Does Hillary’s Blue-Collar Success Suggest Red State Appeal? - Comments (3)

Race

Webb Stirs Up a WASP Nest - Comments (1)
Obama Could Galvanize Huge Turnout in the South - Comments (3)
Campaigns Release Their Game Plans - Comments (0)
Democrats and a Southwestern Strategy - Comments (2)
Mapping U.S. Demographics - Comments (2)

Redistricting

The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Democrats Control Twice as Many State Legislatures as Republicans - Comments (2)

Republicans

A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
The “Blue Blood vs. Blue Collar” Rift - Comments (1)
Tea Party Caucus Officially More Southern and Western - Comments (0)
House Republicans Look to Areas Where Kerry Outperformed Obama - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: The Thin Network of Tea Partiers - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: Tea Party Movement is Geographically Balanaced - Comments (1)
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln - Comments (0)
The Week in Political Geography: - Comments (0)
Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC? - Comments (0)
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston - Comments (4)

Results

2008: The Year in Political Geography - Comments (9)
Obama and McCain by BCS Conference - Comments (1)
The Electoral Map Shifts to Deep Blue - Comments (10)

Romney

Map of the Day: Mitt Romney (R-Detroit) - Comments (0)
Romney Finds a Home in New Hampshire - Comments (1)
Carrying the Banner for the Three Types of Republicans - Comments (0)
Mapping Strategies: How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability - Comments (5)
Super Tuesday Maps - Comments (0)
McCain Won Boston - Comments (0)
The Show-Me State Comes Through - Comments (6)
Hillary’s Clinton Empire - Comments (0)
Mormon Backlash down South? - Comments (0)
The Times Looks at Three Key States - Comments (0)

Rust Belt

Is the Sun Belt Really In Its “Twilight”? - Comments (4)
The Scope of GM - Comments (0)
Weekly Compass: America’s Birthday Edition - Comments (0)
Can Obama Woo Back Casey Democrats? - Comments (0)

SCOTUS

Gun Restrictions Correlate Little to Crime Levels - Comments (0)
Obama, Sotomayor and the Urbanism of the Federal Government - Comments (4)

Seante

Morning Reading List – 11 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Schumer Bullish about the Senate Electoral Map - Comments (0)

Senate

A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
Massachusetts Electoral Map - Comments (0)
What You Need to Know about the Massachusetts Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Rudy in Florida Edition - Comments (0)

South

Where Does the South Begin? - Comments (3)
How Solid was the South for Democrats? - Comments (4)
Obama’s Electoral Math Getting Trickier - Comments (0)
Southern Democrats in Better Shape than Northerners - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Oil Fields Now Open for Exploration - Comments (1)
Iraqi Electoral Map Clearly Illustrates Divides - Comments (1)
Political Geography Week in Review: Happy Holidays - Comments (0)
Southern Piedmont: Where NASCAR Meets the NASDAQ - Comments (1)
Southerners Confused about Obama’s Birthplace - Comments (0)
The Geography of Lincoln and Lee’s Legacies - Comments (5)

South Carolina

South Carolina: Weird in BBQ Tastes, Too - Comments (0)
My Column in New Geography Today - Comments (0)
Southern Piedmont: Where NASCAR Meets the NASDAQ - Comments (1)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Daily Compass: McCain’s Three County Penn. Strategy - Comments (0)
Could Obama Really Win a State in the South? - Comments (4)
Regional Reporters Lower Expectations - Comments (0)
South Carolina Democratic Electoral Map - Comments (11)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Rudy in Florida Edition - Comments (0)
More Nevada and South Carolina Electoral Maps - Comments (0)

South Dakota

“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
South Dakota and Montana Electoral Maps - Comments (0)

Southwest

Map of the Day: Immigration Nation - Comments (2)
Morning Reading List – 11 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Weekly Compass: America’s Birthday Edition - Comments (0)
Navigating the “Southwest Passage” - Comments (1)
Catholics Could Redraw the Electoral Map in 2008 - Comments (7)
Democrats and a Southwestern Strategy - Comments (2)

Sports

Even the Steelers Can’t Rescue Pittsburgh - Comments (2)
Shad Planking Today! - Comments (1)
Does Chicago’s Orbit Extend to Iowa? - Comments (0)
The Electoral Map Weekly Compass - Comments (1)
Red Sox Nation To Put Politics On Hold - Comments (4)

States

The Town that Built the Tanks and Bombs that Won This Country’s Wars - Comments (0)
Can Obama Win Warren Buffett’s Hometown Again? - Comments (0)
A Loss for Gerrymandering - Comments (0)
“Blue States” Indiana and Virginia Looking Ruby Red Tonight - Comments (0)
A Philadelphian Rest His Hope on Steelers Country - Comments (0)
The Defense of Alaska - Comments (0)
A Sober Oktoberfest for Feingold - Comments (0)
Pelosi and the San Francisco Earthquake of 2010 - Comments (0)
Democrats Look to Maintain in the Mountain State - Comments (1)
Obama Launches Fire Up the Base Tour - Comments (1)

Suburbs

Electoral Map Weekly Compass: Big Z Edition - Comments (0)

Sun Belt

RE: Reports of the Sun Belt’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated - Comments (0)
Reports of the Sun Belt’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated - Comments (0)
Is the Sun Belt Really In Its “Twilight”? - Comments (4)
35 Counties Account for Half the Nation’s Foreclosures - Comments (4)

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday Maps - Comments (0)
Delaware Electoral Map - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition - Comments (0)
Super Tuesday Rundown: Northeastern and Midwestern States - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: “There Will be Brooms” Edition - Comments (0)

Swing States

Electoral Map Trivia! - Comments (11)

Tea Party

Tea Party Caucus Officially More Southern and Western - Comments (0)

Tennessee

Map of the Day: You Thought Incumbency Protection in the U.S. was Bad? - Comments (3)
Political Geography Week in Review: Happy Holidays - Comments (0)
Republicans Win Key Tennessee Redistricting Battle - Comments (0)
“State Sovereignty” Resolutions Increasingly Popular - Comments (0)
Greetings from the State of Franklin - Comments (1)
NBC News Calls Pennsylvania for Obama - Comments (0)
Morning Reading – 8 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Georgia Wants to Redraw Border with Tennessee - Comments (1)
Huck Looks for the SEC Sweep - Comments (0)

Texas

Map of the Day: Obama All Alone in the Lone Star State? - Comments (0)
Migration Nation - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Houston Oilers - Comments (0)
Perry Dominates from the Red River to the Rio Grande - Comments (1)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Political Geography Week in Review: Happy Holidays - Comments (0)
Secessionists Go Online - Comments (1)
What if Texas Did Secede? - Comments (4)
More on the Geography of the “No” Votes - Comments (0)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)

Trade

From the Teton Sioux to the Russians - Comments (0)
Wally World Wanes? - Comments (0)
Happy Columbian Exchange Day - Comments (1)

Transportation

Where Could the U.S. Realistically Lay High Speed Rail? - Comments (1)
High Speed Rail to Nowhere? - Comments (2)

Triva

Electoral Map Trivia - Comments (6)

Trivia

Political Geography Trivia - Comments (10)

Uncategorized

Testaments to Better Times Still Stand Solid in Pittsburgh - Comments (0)
Republicans Roll from the Eastern Shore to the Western Slope - Comments (2)
Who Has the “Shoelace” Mojo in the Midwest this Fall? - Comments (1)
Mapping Out the Team of Rivals Ticket - Comments (1)
New York State of Mind - Comments (0)
In Politics, Sometimes It’s Good To Be A Waffler - Comments (0)
Walking Through Congressional Districts… Via Google Maps - Comments (1)
Obama Pulling out of North Dakota - Comments (5)
Western Values - Comments (3)
Are We a Nation of Wasillas or Chicagos? - Comments (4)

Utah

Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston - Comments (4)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition - Comments (0)

Vermont

Secessionists Go Online - Comments (1)
Super Tuesday II - Comments (4)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: NASCAR Dads for Hillary - Comments (1)

Virginia

“Blue States” Indiana and Virginia Looking Ruby Red Tonight - Comments (0)
The Battle for Westsylvania - Comments (3)
Map of the Day: Oil Fields Now Open for Exploration - Comments (1)
Blue States Most in Debt - Comments (0)
Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC? - Comments (0)
Stoking Democratic Fears In Coal Country - Comments (3)
Initial Thoughts on VA-37 and Redistricting - Comments (0)
Maryland Geography FAIL - Comments (0)
Republicans Sweep from Reston to Roanoke - Comments (3)
My Politico Column and Today’s Elections - Comments (0)

Washington

All of the Electoral Maps Come Down to This - Comments (0)

West

Morning Reading – 8 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Western Values - Comments (3)
Ambinder: Obama Must Win the West to Win the White House - Comments (1)
Once Upon a Time in the West - Comments (2)
Look West, Young Scribes - Comments (0)
Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map - Comments (10)
McCain Hopes to Turn the Map Purple - Comments (0)
SurveyUSA Releases Polls in 50 States - Comments (4)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Beers and Brats Edition - Comments (1)
The Electoral Map Weekly Compass - Comments (1)

West Virginia

Democrats Look to Maintain in the Mountain State - Comments (1)
The Battle for Westsylvania - Comments (3)
Map of the Day: Democrats On Notice in Clintonian Belt - Comments (1)
Map of the Day: Working in a Coal Mine - Comments (0)
Electoral Map FAIL - Comments (1)
Morning Reading – 7 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 10 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Morning Reading List – 11 Days to Go - Comments (0)
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
The Wealthiest States Trending Democratic - Comments (0)

Wisconsin

A Sober Oktoberfest for Feingold - Comments (0)
Map of the Day: Upper Midwest had Best Census Participation Rate - Comments (0)
Chuck Todd’s Latest Electoral Map: Obama 217, McCain 189 - Comments (3)
The Five Places McCain Should Go - Comments (3)
A Response to Soren Dayton’s “Map for Victory” - Comments (5)
It’s Pronouned “Mill-e-wah-kEY” - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Beers and Brats Edition - Comments (1)
Wisconsin Electoral Map - Comments (1)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Nearing Tipping Point Edition - Comments (0)
Will John McCain Paint the Map Red? - Comments (0)

Wyoming

Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States - Comments (5)
Obama’s Anti-Kerry Strategy = Genius - Comments (0)
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Nearing Tipping Point Edition - Comments (0)