Miles' Election Map Thread

[Miles]

The trend map to go with my last map:



15 quickest D-trending seats (other than the Hawaii districts):

CA-46 (Sanchez)
GA-13 (Scott)
CA-41 (Takano)
CA-51 (Vargas)
FL-09 (Grayson)
TX-28 (Cueller)
CA-21 (Valadao)
TX-34 (Vela)
CA-35 (McLeod)
AZ-07 (Pastor)
CA-06 (Matsui)
CA-16 (Costa)
NJ-08 (Sires)
TX-15 (Hinojosa)
FL-27 (Ros-Lethenin)

15 quickest R-trending seats:

KY-05 (Rogers)
WV-03 (Rahall)
AR-01 (Crawford)
AR-04 (Cotton)
TN-06 (Black)
OK-02 (Mullin)
AL-04 (Aderholt)
TX-36 (Stockman)
TX-04 (Hall)
TN-04 (DesJarlaias)
LA-03 (Boustany)
WV-01 (McKinley)
TN-07 (Blackburn)
TN-01 (Roe)
AZ-04 (Gosar)

[JerryArkansas]

Miles, could you do a map of the 2010 House races in Arkansas 1st, 2nd, and 4th/

[Miles]

I kinda have some other stuff in line atm and I'm still trying to find an AR map with updated precinct shapefiles. I'll put it on the list though!

[Miles]

[Sol]

wow, McIntyre's overperformance in New Hanover and Cumberland is shocking.

[Miles]

Actually, compared to his districtwide margin, he underpeformed in a lot of New Hanover County. There were quite a few precincts, especially in the south, where he did worse than the in the district as whole in 2008, but still went on to carry them in 2012.

He's always looked out for Fort Bragg, so that partially explains Cumberland County.

[Miles]

[JacobNC]

Any way you could post a close up of the Triangle area?  It's hard to believe how much more Republican that area was back then.

[Mr. Illini]

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.

This, and although they aren't quite as stark, the IL/MO border is very noticeable as well, despite southern Illinois being considered by us up here to be very Republican.

1) It disproves the whole "southern IL is basically Missouri culturally" (even I am guilty of saying it).
2) I guess everything is relative for Chicagoans, considering southern IL to be very Republican when it looks liberal next to Missouri.

[Miles]

Any way you could post a close up of the Triangle area?  It's hard to believe how much more Republican that area was back then.

Did you try right-clicking?

Here's a GIF of 2002 and 2008. Some precincts were divided/consolidated in the interim, but ya'll get the idea.

[Badger]

And here we are!

Wow, The Professor was wrong: Spending time making election maps CAN help you meet girls!

[JacobNC]

Any way you could post a close up of the Triangle area?  It's hard to believe how much more Republican that area was back then.

Did you try right-clicking?

Well, I have a Mac, so...

Thanks, though.

[Miles]

Well, I have a Mac, so...

Thanks, though.

Ah, sorry; I'm Mac illiterate!

Anyway, yeah. The urban swings were just brutal for Dole. Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford and Cumberland counties all swung 25 points against here. A 2002-2008 Senate precinct swing map might be worth doing down the line

[Miles]

Wow, The Professor was wrong: Spending time making election maps CAN help you meet girls!

I gave both Landrieu and Hagan maps; their staffers probably pitched them after I left! haha.

[Miles]

Charlotte and the Triad:

[Miles]

[Miles]

Any specific requests for NC maps from the last decade or so?

I'm doing 2004 President next. I'll probably do 2004 Governor then, so that I'll have maps for all the Gubernatorial races since 2000.

[windjammer]

You're always doing a great job Miles

[Miles]

Well, lets consider this my Christmas present to the forum!

NC Bush/Kerry with CD lines/breakdowns.



FULL SIZE.

Let me know if you see any mistakes.

One of the best things about this site is that we're lucky to have some top notch cartographers; ya'll always make me want to do my best work!

As usual, I'm excited to see what we come up with next year!

[Adam Griffin]

Beautiful! Great job.

Also, this has to be the most Atlas photo I've ever seen.

[nclib]

Miles, I'd be interested in seeing a 2012 Obama/Romney/Amendment One map. (i.e. red = Obama, pro-gay, pink = Obama, anti-gay, etc.) I actually started this myself before my computer crashed.

[JacobNC]

I posted a diary over at DKE about the white vote in North Carolina.... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/31/1266189/-Examining-the-White-Vote-pt-1-North-Carolina

I used your outline for my congressional map, Miles, hope ya don't mind.

Non-atlas colors, sorry.

[Miles]

Wow, it came out good, psychicpanda! Great!

It would be interesting to contrast the Presidential white vote with the white vote in a state race, LG, for example.

I've been meaning to do a diary on DKE for a whole, but my plans for it always kinda get swept under the rug.

[JacobNC]

Thanks!

[Miles]

Obama performed pretty well in the LA capitol area in 2012.

Going into the election, I thought Obama would hold onto East Baton Rouge parish, but with less than 50%; it was a nice surprise that he improved over 2008! Actually, 2012 was the first time since 1952 that EBR parish was more Democratic than the national vote.

McCain carried this quartet of parishes 57.6/41.1. Romney slid to 56.5/41.8.