Post random maps here

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On a similar theme to my previous 3 maps (here).

1912?

Margin of Victory - Roosevelt vs Wilson, assuming all other votes distributed to Roosevelt? For example, Nevada - Wilson 39.7 vs Roosevelt 27.94+16.47(Debs)+15.89(Taft) = 39.7 vs 60.3. or a little over a 20% margin of victory?

Rough calcs in my head made it look like it would also work for other states, too, but I haven't run the numbers on them.

Xahar: Any clues?

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Intrinsic characteristics of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming all suggest mountains or mormons to me...

Wyoming never used to suggest mountains to me until I saw David Attenborough's Life of Mammals in which he showed a colony of beavers in Wyoming and it was very beautiful there. Until a few nights back when I saw it, I always thought of Wyoming as something like Kansas - flat with wheat farms, so I probably don't have the best idea of the intrinsic characteristics of those states. (Sorry all Wyoming inhabitants out there).

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Xahar - is it something to do with water? Maybe something like the red states only have rivers that originate in the same state, the grey states have rivers that originate in the same state but also rivers that originate in another state, and green states only have rivers that originate outside the state?

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Borders that run in straight lines?

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Republican Party: 49%
Democratic Party: 46%
Ind/Minor Parties: 5%

This is the same as the earlier one I posted a few days back, but including the Independent/Minor Party figures. What does it represent?

Any ideas on this one?

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Not political, eh? Is it sporting, like your other one there?

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DWTL - that makes your map harder for me - I don't really know much about sports in the US... Is it something to do with number of people who attend grid iron matches vs people who attend basketball games?

PlatypeanArchcow - proportion of state's border which is straight?

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Do the colours have to do with how many teams they have? Eg - Florida has Orlando in the basketball and the Dolphins in the grid iron, so two major teams? I think they've got a hockey team, too, but don't quote me on it.

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A straight out number of straight state borders?

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If enclosed within a rectangle - how much of the rectangle is the state and how much is its neighbour?

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Perhaps how many neighbouring states are partially within that enclosing rectangle?

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Are they sports related?

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Are they sports related?

Mine is.

Something to do with Basketball?

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Light Blue = three or less.

Is it sports related?

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Welcome Humder.

Is it political?

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Alaska and Hawaii included in the map, but no DC suggests that it's either House/Senate, or 1960 presidential?

In 1960, there were electoral votes cast that didn't go to Kennedy, nor to Nixon, but I don't think that would have had much of an affect on Alaska, nor Indiana... and those electoral votes were given in Mississippi and Alabama, which are both awarded to the Democrats in this example - suggesting that this isn't a simple "x% swing" map.

There are numerous state changes, however there seems to be a similarity with 1960, none-the-less.

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Ben... any hints?

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This one is far better: it's a question of historical order for states to pass something. Something electoral.
Enjoy it.

Women's suffrage?

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No, Ben, States - I love these. I just haven't had time recently to sit and think long and hard about them, although I love the challenge and mental stimulation the random maps thread provides. I've still got one out there, too, that no one's commented on yet - it's back a couple of pages, though...

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1988 With No Democrats/Republicans

(Libertarian)Ron Paul: 324 EV
(New Alliance)Lenora Fulani: 80 EV
(Right to Life)William Marra: 36 EV
(Consumer)Eugene McCarthy: 35 EV
(Populist)David Duke: 32 EV
(Peace and Freedom)Herbert Lewin: 16 EV
(National Economic Recovery)Lyndon LaRouche: 8 EV
None of These Candidates/Write In: 7 EV

Very original idea, this! I like it!

It is sad to see that LaRouche could outpoll other minor parties anywhere, even if in only one state.

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     Interesting idea. I was actually thinking about that while playing President Forever.

Yeah, I've been playing around creating a scenario in which the red dog Democrats become a more populist Labor Party, the liberal Democrats join the Greens (which thus become far stronger than presently), the Republicans rebadge themselves as the Conservative Party and in response the Giuliani group within the Republicans join the Libertarians (which, like the Greens, also thus become far stronger).

It's not finished yet, because I keep starting it, and then deciding that all the elections will end up going to the House, so I stop working on it, then I decide to work on it again because it will be fun... it's a vicious circle.

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Should be pretty easy to get the basic idea about what the map shows; but might be a bit difficult to get some of the catergories (I, T, and D and R +30, +50, +70 and +90

Come on, this one's easy!

Is it political?

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I'm guessing this has been done sometime before, but I found this curious:

Which party the state has voted for most frequently in the past 100 years?

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Well... it's 1892, but I notice that some of the states have flipped to Weaver, however I also notice that North Dakota flipped from Weaver to the Dems... Louisiana flipped to the Republicans. I thought briefly that it might have been a "who came second" type of map, but California, Washington, Oregan, Nevada, Idaho didn't flip (nor did plenty of others, they're just the ones I care to mention). I'm a little unsure. I will certainly give this some thought.

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And using the same method to projet 2016 (yes, I know it is wacky, but this is how it turned out):

You may need to adjust Mass and Arizona for the homestate effect.