Miles' Election Map Thread

[Miles]

County-level PVIs for 2008/2012:



EVEN Counties:

Granville, NC
Jefferson, AL
Racine, WI
Porter, IN
Calhoun, MI

[Miles]

I met with another Senator today

[windjammer]

Congratulations!
How is she in real life?

[Miles]

She's awesome. I actually met with her two years ago and I stopped back. I asked her if she'd come speak with us College Democrats down at LSU and she said yes

[windjammer]

Well, I suppose you have photos with her?

[Miles]

Well, I suppose you have photos with her?

Yeah, they'll be up soon

[Miles]

Also, when I showed Landrieu the map, she said the exact same thing as Hagan: "We need to put more blue on that map!"

[homelycooking]

Cartographic leadership? Undoubtedly. But I don't think the honorable Senator was referring to that.

[windjammer]

Honestly, I'm confident about Landrieu. I expect her improving her margins!

[Miles]

I'm still waiting on the pics from Mary, but at the College Democrats convention, I happened to run into my buddy Tim Kaine! Regrettably, I didn't have a map on hand to give him!

[JacobNC]

Tim Kaine is a great guy.

[Miles]

2004/2008 PVI by County



Here's how the EVEN counties shifted between the 2004/2008 and 2008/2012 cycles:

Larimer CO: EVEN -> D
Granville NC: R -> EVEN
Jefferson AL: R -> EVEN
Chester PA: EVEN -> R
Sumter GA: EVEN -> D
Grant MN: EVEN -> R
Hill MT: EVEN-> D
Menominee MI: EVEN-> R
Delta MI: EVEN -> R
Racine WI: R -> EVEN
Porter IN: R -> EVEN
Calhoun MI: D-> EVEN
St. Genevieve MO: D -> EVEN

Major counties flipping from R to D :

San Diego CA
San Bernadino CA
San Joaquin CA
Hillsborough FL
Jefferson CO
Forsyth NC
Pitt NC
Loudoun VA
DuPage IL
Kane IL

Major counties flipping from D to R:

Jefferson TX
Madison IL
Bucks PA
Suffolk NY
Volusia FL
Stark OH
Montgomery OH

[Miles]

And here we are!

[Miles]

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[Miles]

This is Wake County in 2012. Overall, Obama carried the county by 55,666 votes. However, with the voters who cast ballots only on election day, he lost by 8 votes.

Would any supporters of the NC voter suppression bill care to defend its cuts to early voting?

[Miles]

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

County-level PVIs for 2008/2012:



EVEN Counties:

Granville, NC
Jefferson, AL
Racine, WI
Porter, IN
Calhoun, MI

Iowa's borders with NE and MO are striking, and much more pronounced than 04/08.

[Miles]

Iowa's borders with NE and MO are striking, and much more pronounced than 04/08.

Yeah the IA line is weird; no other state borders have that much of a contrast. 

[Miles]

I'm experimenting with a new color scheme. I tested it out with these strength maps.

Obama



Romney

[Smid]

These are all great maps! Loving the more detailed colour schemes!

The turnout one should be "fewer" votes instead of "less" votes, though, I think (I don't know the precise grammar rule, but I believe fewer is used when referring to something that can be counted... such as the number of votes).

[Miles]

I've settled on a color scheme (slightly different that the one above with NC), but I think the shades of green will always been harder to distguish than their red and blue equivalent. An example of the greens:

[Miles]

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[Miles]

Some credit to Smid here, as I used his enlarged version of my map. This is the swing from 2004 to 2012 by CD: