The country still LOOKS VERY RED! (votes, Republicans, political, election)

[Anonymous Political Junky]

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq290/anonymous_political_junky/2008_county_map.jpg (broken link)

2008 Election Map of USA by County

[mike0421]

Unfortunately though, land doesn't vote, people do. If we allocated votes based on square mileage, Republicans would win every single election.

There is a general law I ascribe to: the higher the population density, the more socialistic in nature the people who inhabit it will be. Accordingly, every single county that has a population density of over 1,000 people per square mile went to the socialist candidate.

[helenejen]

I wonder what the number of people per square mile is in tornado alley. Anyone?

[kentuckydad95]

Too bad for Repubs that map means nothing.

[idahogie]

Console yourself with that, OP. It's all you've got.

[outsider1]

Well, can't deny the truth! Thousands and thousands square miles of fly-over country are redder than ever!!

[Politico]

Yea, the majority of sparse land and counties with small populations are indeed red.

However, the areas where there are actually any measurable populations are almost all blue. Interesting.

Personally, I think that the areas where actual people live are more indicative of whether or not the country is truly red or blue.

[zentropa]

Here's a cartogram showing the map with the counties resized according to population. I know, it's freaky looking.

[Politico]

Originally Posted by zentropa

Here's a cartogram showing the map with the counties resized according to population. I know, it's freaky looking.

Hmmm...looks fairly blue to me.

[kentuckydad95]

Originally Posted by Politico

Hmmm...looks fairly blue to me.

It looks like a butterfly that just got shot.