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« on: August 13, 2015, 02:22:57 AM »
« edited: August 13, 2015, 02:30:34 AM by ElectionsGuy »


Red - Romney got >70%
Blue - Ford got >70%
Purple - Both Romney and Ford got >70%
Orange - Obama got >70%
Yellow - Carter got >70%
Green - Both Obama and Carter got >70%
Brown - Both Romney and Carter got >70%

I made this for fun but also to show how much has changed in 36 years. Sorry about the weird color scheme.

Correction: DC should be green
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2015, 02:44:15 AM »
Interesting there are no Obama and Ford counties.
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2015, 02:53:18 AM »
Very interesting map. Great work.
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2015, 04:35:22 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2015, 08:39:26 AM »
Nice work!

Interesting how few counties Obama won with (>70%) compared to Romney. I guess it backs up the theory about Democratic support being concentrated in a few counties. It's also interesting how the only county here in Washington to be won by a large margin was Garfield County - a county that's the state's least populated, near the Idaho border - by Romney.

And apparently how Minnesota, Connecticut, Arizona and Maine are the most un-polarized (no 70%+ counties) in the country.
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« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2015, 12:57:01 PM »
This shows how truly different inner America is from the coasts.
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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2015, 01:44:21 PM »
Quote from: National Progressive on August 13, 2015, 02:44:15 AM
Interesting there are no Obama and Ford counties.

I figured there'd be at least one in Vermont.
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2015, 03:24:06 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on August 13, 2015, 01:44:21 PM
Quote from: National Progressive on August 13, 2015, 02:44:15 AM
Interesting there are no Obama and Ford counties.

I figured there'd be at least one in Vermont.

Indeed.  Meanwhile, there are plenty of Romney/Carter counties.  A lot of them also voted against Reagan in '80, which is fascinating given that Republicans have used "Jimmy Carter" as the ultimate epithet until very recently.  I wonder if the voters in those areas   still have some fondness for Carter (I think they still do in GA, but I wonder about the TX High Plains)
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« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2015, 03:26:39 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on August 13, 2015, 01:44:21 PM
Quote from: National Progressive on August 13, 2015, 02:44:15 AM
Interesting there are no Obama and Ford counties.

I figured there'd be at least one in Vermont.

It's especially surprising there's only one Obama >70% county in Vermont.
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2015, 08:58:45 PM »
Quote from: daverep on August 13, 2015, 08:39:26 AM
Nice work!

Interesting how few counties Obama won with (>70%) compared to Romney. I guess it backs up the theory about Democratic support being concentrated in a few counties. It's also interesting how the only county here in Washington to be won by a large margin was Garfield County - a county that's the state's least populated, near the Idaho border - by Romney.

And apparently how Minnesota, Connecticut, Arizona and Maine are the most un-polarized (no 70%+ counties) in the country.

Well, in the case of Arizona, that is likely due to the relatively small number of counties.
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2015, 11:06:05 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on August 13, 2015, 01:44:21 PM
Quote from: National Progressive on August 13, 2015, 02:44:15 AM
Interesting there are no Obama and Ford counties.

I figured there'd be at least one in Vermont.

Vermont was already trending Democratic at this point, it would just take another sixteen years for that to be realized.
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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2015, 11:53:38 AM »
I'm pretty surprised that there aren't any Ford-Obama counties on the map.
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« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2015, 11:56:10 AM »
Quote from: darthebearnc on August 29, 2015, 11:53:38 AM
I'm pretty surprised that there aren't any Ford-Obama counties on the map.



There's plenty of Ford/Obama counties. Just not >70% Ford/>70% Obama counties.
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