Post-Election Reflections

Fascinating maps developed by the pattern recognition scientists at the University of Michigan provide additional insights into the location, relative weight based on population, and density of Republicans and Democrats throughout the U.S. Look at this cartographic representation of county level election results.

Like MSNBC's purple nation map, this map also shows the blending of red and blue toward purple to illustrate how both parties co-exist throughout most of the nation. When it comes to politics, the pot has clearly melted in large sections of the country.

To my eye, it looks like bands of red surrounding most of U.S. cities. Looks like Rove's suburb/exurb strategy was dead on. So, should Democrats head there too?



Map image © 2004 M. T. Gastner, C. R. Shalizi, and M. E. J. Newman
Reproduced under Creative Commons license.

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