Anyone remember this map from 2000, called Mandate? What does it look like now?

[The Straight Story]

[Warren Stupidity]

1. I especially like the 'square miles bush won' theory.

It is so perfectly repugnant. So propertarian.

[The Straight Story]

7. Would have been more accurate to use a color scale

based on # votes, # registered voters, how many voted, etc and so on.

The RW tends to see things in two colors.

[skipos]

2. That map makes me realize how many places I should never move to. nt

[baldguy]

3. Blue = people

Red = prairie dogs & tumbleweeds.

[txindy]

8. On the 2004 map, yes. Not on the 2000 one, though.

There are millions in those red areas. Folks got smarter four years later and smarter still this year.

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Agendas and Mandates are easy , Guiding and Managing are impossible

[Alexander]

5. The map is misleading, the counties should have mixed colors.

I remember the right-wingers boasting about how Bush was supposedly "more popular" because he had captured more counties, to counter the fact that Gore won the popular vote. Right, as if arbitrarily designated borders constitute people. :eyes:

What I think most maps should show is shades of red, blue, and purple, to indicate how many % of voters voted for Republicans, Democrats, etc.

Anyway, we have a victory and a legislative majority now. Let's hope we can maintain it without compromising our core values.

[crickets]

11. Agreed (purple maps here)

There's an excellent set of maps for 2004 here that show the percentages in varying shade of red, blue, and purple. There's a cool 3-D version as well, and links to maps from other years, including 2000.

Edit: and 2006.

[Radio_Lady]

6. The only map I saw in this election was the set-up of the Congressional seats.

I don't think any of the cable stations used a map at all!

Yes, it would be good if someone put a map like this together for 2006. But it might take a lot of work and of course, there were multiple elections -- Governors, Senators, members of the House of Representatives -- Congresspeople!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[LeahD]

10. Here's a map from CNN ......looks s-o-o-o much better!

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/house/

On edit typo

[nuxvomica]

9. There are comparison maps at USAToday

You can see 2004, 2006 or just the counties that switched.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/countymap.htm

[Radio_Lady]

12. Excellent. Thanks for your research. Very much appreciated.