1932 map similar to today

[shraby]

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[RKP5637]

1. Pretty much the SOS. n/t

[bluestateguy]

2. Prohibition was bipartisan

Bible Belt Democrats and small town Yankee Republicans.

[shraby]

4. The point I'm trying to make is not whether they are Democrats or republicans...

but that the people in the "wet" sections are people who like to control what other people do with their lives.
There are a few exceptions..like Oregon, but darned few.

[LuckyStrykes]

3. Some things never change

Thanks for posting!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. what a cool map. where'd you find it?

[shraby]

6. In the Manitowoc Herald News, March 17, 1932 p.10

Out of the Newspaper Archive
http://www.badgerlink.net

[CrazyOrangeCat]

7. Extremely cool . . .

[porphyrian]

8. Ah, the days when Florida had only 3 electoral votes and most of it was still a swamp. n/t

[JackRiddler]

14. Five.

If I'm reading it right.

3 in House = 5 electoral.

[porphyrian]

15. Correct, I was using republican math for a second. n/t

[shraby]

9. I learn a lot combing the old newspapers for news of people who settled

in this county. Saw a heading today from a 1955 newspaper postulating that pollution is causing the climate to warm. That far back they were talking about it.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Fascinating.

Would be interesting to see a map of the original votes that put the amendment in during the teens...

[central scrutinizer]

11. did Syria border a landlocked Persia in 1932?

[shraby]

12. What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?

[Canuckistanian]

13. Hey, that looks familiar

I wonder why that is?

[yardwork]

16. Note that Ohio elects Obama in that map!

[reformist2]

17. That's crazy....Maybe there *is* something in the water!