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minionofmidas
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« on: January 30, 2011, 01:48:54 am »



More closeups than you can shake a stick at in the gallery (you can simultaneously shake a stick at up to 19 closeups. I have 20.) - search for keyword "New York Precinct Map".

A note on the colour scheme:

Dark Red Obama >84.5 (because the app rounds and I wasn't going to whip out a calculator for every 85% precinct)
Red Obama 69.5-84.5
"Tomato" Obama 54.5-69.5
Silver neither candidate over 54.5
"Cornflower Blue" McCain 54.5-69.5
Blue McCain 69.5-84.5
Black McCain >84.5

White no votes or only a handful of votes, like less than a dozen or so, if it would have looked deceptive if colored.

And yeah, some thought went into the colour scheme. Smiley In say a constituency map, where it has an actual practical outcome who won, who won matters. In a precinct map, it basically does not - the fact that the two parties are finely balanced here is much more relevant. (Besides, there are limits to the number of shades available in the app.)
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 02:31:58 pm »

No comment? Sad
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 02:55:50 pm »

While you still haven't completed the Frankfurt set.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 03:43:10 pm »

Funniest thing about that couple-of-precincts area in Far Rockaway is that it's on both sides of the city line. Cheesy
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 04:11:21 pm »

New Square is that single separate black precinct north of the dark red area. Which is "only" about 50% Black, fwiw.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 04:14:23 pm »

Kiryas Joel. That's in Orange County. Kiryas Joel is the southern-more of the two medium McCain areas containing two marginal precincts within them (near the border with Rockland).
Yeah, Kiryas Joel has funny factionalism, which means they vote near unanimous in some races but 60-40 in others. It so happens the minority faction in Kiryas Joel voted for Obama, and as a result it doesn't stick out in the map at all.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2011, 01:11:05 pm »

New Paltz is a college town and Woodstock is considered an "artists' colony", and, well, there aren't any Republican areas to even things out. The largest settlement, Kingston, is not nearly as Democratic.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 04:49:47 am »

New Paltz is a college town and Woodstock is considered an "artists' colony", and, well, there aren't any Republican areas to even things out. The largest settlement, Kingston, is not nearly as Democratic.

Kingston was still 67% for Obama, more than the county at large.
Yeah, the other two areas are in the >85 bracket though. Tongue
Yeah I've noticed that for awhile. How does the Census count homeless?
Usually at shelters.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2011, 07:07:42 pm »

Hey Lewis - I'd totally understand if you want to keep this private for any reason whatsoever since you've done a lot of work that others would just be piggybacking on, but if not, what district numbers are you using in the App here for the colours? It would be cool if we could work on some of the other states with partisan data using the same scale.
Ever notice the "change colors" button? Kiss
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