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Fuzzybigfoot
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« on: November 13, 2013, 09:59:58 PM »
« edited: November 13, 2013, 10:07:27 PM by FBF »

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Comparison of the 1960/1976 Presidential Elections




Dark Red=Carter/Kennedy counties

Light Red=Carter/Nixon counties


Dark Blue=Ford/Nixon counties

Light Blue=Ford/Kennedy counties

Grey=Tied/Nixon county


Pink=Carter/uncommitted

Sky Blue= Ford/uncommitted


Yellow=Data N/A
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 10:07:11 PM »

Posted this before on the Random Election Maps thread, but...yeah.  Tongue


Comparison of the 1964 and 2012 Presidential Elections



Dark Red=Obama/LBJ

 Light Red=Obama/Goldwater

 Dark Blue=Romney/Goldwater

 Light Blue=Romney/LBJ


 Pink=Obama/Unpledged Elector

 Sky Blue=Romney/Unpledged Elector






Comparison of the 1976 and 2012 Presidential Elections



 Dark Red=Obama/Carter Counties

 Light Red=Obama/Ford Counties

 Dark Blue=Romney/Ford Counties

 Light Blue=Romney/Carter Counties


 Grey=Romney/Tied County
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2013, 07:01:26 PM »

Very nice maps, thank you!

It is possible to observe that the elections of 1960 and 1976 were not very different, but the election of 1976 was more different of a modern election than the election of 1960 was.


I only make a suggestion: using four different colors makes the maps easier to observe.
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2013, 08:59:00 PM »

Very nice maps, thank you!

It is possible to observe that the elections of 1960 and 1976 were not very different, but the election of 1976 was more different of a modern election than the election of 1960 was.


I only make a suggestion: using four different colors makes the maps easier to observe.


Thanks!  Sorry about the colors, but I felt I had to use something else for those uncommitted areas in 1960 and 1964.  Just to be more precise.  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2013, 09:18:44 AM »

It would be easier to observe if we use red for the counties that voted for the two democratic candidates, blue for the counties that votes for the two republican candidates, yellow for the counties that swinged to one direction and green for the counties that swinged to the other direction.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2013, 11:16:37 PM »

Which pair of years would have the fewest county flips in one direction? Maybe 1996-R and 2000-D (2: Orange, FL, and Charles, MD). I think there were a even few McGovern/Ford counties in SD and MI.
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2013, 02:41:04 AM »

Comparison of the 1964-1972 Presidential Elections

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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2013, 05:14:04 PM »

1964 and 1972

A Goldwater 64 X McGovern 72 map (or a Johnson 64 X Nixon 72) would be almost the 2000 map.
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