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Found this Map interesting - Election Results by county

IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,696
edited November 2012 in A Moving Train
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/countymaprb1024.png

SHOW COUNT: (159) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=103, US=118, CAN=15, Europe=20 ,New Zealand=2, Australia=2
Mexico=1, Colombia=1 

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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    That's Neat!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    It looks like at least 85% of the rural areas voted red.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Thats interesting!
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Jason P wrote:
    It looks like at least 85% of the rural areas voted red.

    but about 48% of the people.
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    pretty clear obama got the majority of the urban vote and vice-versa ... what i found interesting is that there were counties in texas that voted for obama ...
  • curlycurly Posts: 703
    great map...thanks...
    btw...i come from a long line/family of Democrats...
    yes,...i did vote for Obama...
    My daughter's 6th grade class voted....Less than 10% was for Obama and its a public school...
    Ya...i live in Nebraska...and unfortuneatley...we're a red state and its not just for the cornhuskers...

    i've taught my children that we support our president and to be kind if Romney would have won...
    But he did not...and at the end of the day...more people agree with me than w/ Romney in this country...

    Peace ya'll...
  • snow_board_ridersnow_board_rider Posts: 943
    Looks more like a map of locations of Universities in the US
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    so Florida is done counting?
    I missed that
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    snow_board_rider wrote:
    Looks more like a map of locations of Universities in the US

    That's too funny. And also a good point.
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    200px-Florida_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg.png

    What i thought was interesting about my state of FLorida was that most of the counties that were BLue are College and University counties.

    (this is from 2008, but this years is the same)
    Top - Leon is FSU
    Center - Alachua is University of FLorida
    Lower center - UCF
    west - USF
    South - most populated and contains FAU and U of M

    So I guess Mitt was smart to go after college kids by saying that 50% of recent graduates arent working or cant find a job in their field.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    pandora wrote:
    so Florida is done counting?
    I missed that
    are we done counting from 2004? :D:lol: or you mean this year? ;)
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    pandora wrote:
    so Florida is done counting?
    I missed that

    I believe Romney acquiesced in Florida. btw - if Republicans continue to lose their hold on Florida it's going to be extremely difficult for them to take back the presidency.

    The GOP would destroy the donkeys if it were based on land area.
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,696
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    so Florida is done counting?
    I missed that
    are we done counting from 2004? :D:lol: or you mean this year? ;)

    Think you mean 2000!

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  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    mentioned this in a previous thread... amazing the success of targeting the swing county voters.
    ill say it again $2billion and the democrats finally learned MATH!

    the gop ran out mcCANE and rMoney and expected to win??? really. even i give half of the voting public more credit than that.
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Indifference wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    so Florida is done counting?
    I missed that
    are we done counting from 2004? :D:lol: or you mean this year? ;)

    Think you mean 2000!

    Oh yeah... shit, we dont do numbers in Fla obviously. No even me. :lol:
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  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,104
    snow_board_rider wrote:
    Looks more like a map of locations of Universities in the US

    A lot of things correlate with being educated.
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    Go Beavers wrote:
    snow_board_rider wrote:
    Looks more like a map of locations of Universities in the US

    A lot of things correlate with being educated.

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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,183
    Very interesting. Not knowing where all the population centers are makes it hard to judge but I was surprised to see so much blue in Arizona.

    Also, a little surprised to see Romney failed to win Cape Cod. He didn't just lose Massachusetts, he got crushed.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    JimmyV wrote:
    Very interesting. Not knowing where all the population centers are makes it hard to judge but I was surprised to see so much blue in Arizona.

    Also, a little surprised to see Romney failed to win Cape Cod. He didn't just lose Massachusetts, he got crushed.

    I think almost all the Arizona vote is in the Phoenix & Tuscon areas. Some of the blue areas may contain Indian reservations, which are heavily Democratic but sparsely populated.

    There are similar blue areas in the Deep South where the populations are predominantly black and rural.
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    200px-Florida_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg.png

    What i thought was interesting about my state of FLorida was that most of the counties that were BLue are College and University counties.

    (this is from 2008, but this years is the same)
    Top - Leon is FSU
    Center - Alachua is University of FLorida
    Lower center - UCF
    west - USF
    South - most populated and contains FAU and U of M

    So I guess Mitt was smart to go after college kids by saying that 50% of recent graduates arent working or cant find a job in their field.
    College Kids and Jews like me :lol:
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Black Diamond wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    200px-Florida_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg.png

    What i thought was interesting about my state of FLorida was that most of the counties that were BLue are College and University counties.

    (this is from 2008, but this years is the same)
    Top - Leon is FSU
    Center - Alachua is University of FLorida
    Lower center - UCF
    west - USF
    South - most populated and contains FAU and U of M

    So I guess Mitt was smart to go after college kids by saying that 50% of recent graduates arent working or cant find a job in their field.
    College Kids and Jews like me :lol:

    There are Jews in South Fla?! :lol:
    The cleaning lady in my office who is from Haiti, saw a bass amplifier in the corner of my office yesterday and asked if I play Jewish music. I was dumbfounded. I suppose I was stereotyped because my entire office is Jewish, besides me...but my last name sounds very Jewish too. I dont know what the hell that has to do with anything, carry on...oh yeah, oye vey, there are a ton of Jews in South Florida, especially in Boca Raton, or Del boca Vista as Jerry Seinfeld likes to say.
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    polaris_x wrote:
    pretty clear obama got the majority of the urban vote and vice-versa ... what i found interesting is that there were counties in texas that voted for obama ...
    Some of those are counties are where universities are located but he carried Dallas County, which used to be a Republican stronghold but has gone to the Dems the last few elections. Obama also carried counties in the Rio Grande Valley which tend to be very impoverished for the most part (and not the sites of universities).
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    but my last name sounds very Jewish too. I dont know what the hell that has to do with anything, carry on...oh yeah, oye vey, there are a ton of Jews in South Florida, especially in Boca Raton, or Del boca Vista as Jerry Seinfeld likes to say.
    Pistachio is NOT a Jewish name :mrgreen:

    (nice Seinfeld reference, by the way - though I read it in the voice of an agitated Frank C.)
  • riotgrlriotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    I looked at a county map for KY and wasn't surprised that Jefferson Co. (Louisville) and Fayette Co. (Lexington) went to Obama. But I was surprised that Elliott Co. in far Eastern KY went to Obama. Here's the super extra nerdy part, I had to look up why a mountain county goes Democrat. This is what I found:

    Elliott County has voted for the Democratic Party's nominee in every Presidential election since it incorporated in 1869. This is the longest ongoing streak of any county voting Democratic in the United States.[3]

    Elliott County was the second whitest county in the country, at 99.04%, to vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election, the whitest being Mitchell County, Iowa. Obama garnered 61% of the vote, while John McCain received 36%. In 2008, Elliott county provided Obama with the highest percentage of the winning vote out of all Kentucky counties.[4]

    As of 2012, Elliott county had the fewest number of registered Republicans, 187, out of all counties in Kentucky


    Just surprised me and thought I would share :D
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • fear4freedomfear4freedom Posts: 920
    polaris_x wrote:
    pretty clear obama got the majority of the urban vote and vice-versa ... what i found interesting is that there were counties in texas that voted for obama ...

    yes the ones along the border....wonder why?
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    fear4freedom wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    pretty clear obama got the majority of the urban vote and vice-versa ... what i found interesting is that there were counties in texas that voted for obama ...

    yes the ones along the border....wonder why?
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    The border counties are in what I described as the Rio Grande Valley.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    hedonist wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    but my last name sounds very Jewish too. I dont know what the hell that has to do with anything, carry on...oh yeah, oye vey, there are a ton of Jews in South Florida, especially in Boca Raton, or Del boca Vista as Jerry Seinfeld likes to say.
    Pistachio is NOT a Jewish name :mrgreen:

    (nice Seinfeld reference, by the way - though I read it in the voice of an agitated Frank C.)

    :lol: Pistachio isnt Jewish! :o
    Now that reminds me of another classic -- The movie The Jerk, when Steve Martin says "you mean I'm not black!?"

    and its always more fun to say lines in Frank C's agitated voice. How that man kept a straight face delivering those lines is beyond me. :mrgreen:
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    hedonist wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    but my last name sounds very Jewish too. I dont know what the hell that has to do with anything, carry on...oh yeah, oye vey, there are a ton of Jews in South Florida, especially in Boca Raton, or Del boca Vista as Jerry Seinfeld likes to say.
    Pistachio is NOT a Jewish name :mrgreen:

    (nice Seinfeld reference, by the way - though I read it in the voice of an agitated Frank C.)

    :lol: Pistachio isnt Jewish! :o
    Now that reminds me of another classic -- The movie The Jerk, when Steve Martin says "you mean I'm not black!?"

    and its always more fun to say lines in Frank C's agitated voice. How that man kept a straight face delivering those lines is beyond me. :mrgreen:
    Pistachio's are Kosher ;)
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Alright...you two've made me :mrgreen:
  • Sludge FactorySludge Factory Posts: 976
    Here is another neat map that shows the vote by population density.

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/elec ... ction.html
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