'00-'12 County Trend Map

[JonathanSwift]

Fascinating. Great job.

[JonathanSwift]

^ Yep, here's the state version of this map:



With the exception of the western AZ/UT/WY cluster, all the Republican states are contiguous and sprawl out from Appalachia.

Interesting that Arizona has trended Republican. So much for demographic changes turning the state Democratic.

[JonathanSwift]

I was just about to make such a map for New England. Bumping this for all the people who think NH has been trending Republican over the last years And notice the strong Democratic trend despite the fact that Romney was a MUCH better fit for the state then George W. Bush.

Yes, New Hampshire (like its neighbors) has trended significantly to the left over the years, and will likely continue to do so; but in all fairness, Nader's strong performance in northern New England obviously cut into Gore's margin and hence exaggerated these trends. Also, New Hampshire did trend slightly to the right in both 2008 and 2012.