Too close to call
Got this cute mock-up of an electoral/polling map from my girlfriend; not sure where it's originally from. But it's inspired. (World: Strong Obama. US: Too close to call.) No related posts.
View ArticleThe red and blue states of white* America (*and hispanic)
Brian Beutler noted the difference between the perception of California as a liberal bastion and the electoral reality. The state is solid blue thanks to Latinos, Ezra Klein adds: white Californians...
View ArticleThese two parts of the country count for equal shares of the vote
A map for two occasions: when someone harangues you about "the real America;" and when you're wondering at just how unfavourable the fundamentals are for McCain. There's all the states where McCain's...
View ArticleThe red and blue states of white America in 2008: Southern whites constitute...
The NYT map of electoral shifts suggests that the Appalachians and the Highland South were at the centre of a phenomenon where white voters bucked the trend and moved toward McCain. Splicing the exit...
View ArticlePublic corruption in the US – Illinois easily bested by LA, MS, KY
The "corruption rate" mapped by state below is calculated as the total number of public corruption convictions from 1997 to 2006 per 100,000 residents. The data were compiled by Corporate Crime...
View ArticleThe Democrats who voted against the stimulus bill in the House
UPDATE, 13 February: For an overview on today’s vote, see this new post: The Democrats who voted against the stimulus bill in the House, part II: Once more round the bend. ————— Yesterday, as Americans...
View ArticleFailure or success for the regime? The constitutional referendum results in...
Last Sunday, Egypt’s Supreme Electoral Committee announced the results of the referendum on the new constitution: no less than 98.1% of Egyptian voters had cast a vote in favour of the new text. That...
View ArticleThe geographical (and historical?) divisions underlying Ukraine’s political...
As Washington Post blogger Max Fischer illustrated with what he called “the one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis”, the current protests and revolts in Ukraine are fierce, but largely limited...
View ArticleUkraine: Did the protest movement transcend historical borders?
“Even in the president’s heartlands, in Eastern Ukraine, protesters have come out in strong support of ‘Euromaidan’,” two British academics argued last week on the Washington Post’s political science...
View ArticleA weak tide, that’s not lifting all boats: median household income in the...
From 1984-1986 up through 2010-2012, the US Census Bureau maintained three-year average data on median household incomes by state, as part of its Annual Social and Economic Supplement. To see how even,...
View ArticleRegional elections in France and the National Front scare: After the run-off
It’s a great relief for any democrat that Marine Le Pen’s Front National (FN) failed to win any region, after having led in six after the first round, and after Le Pen herself had prognosticated that...
View ArticlePosting elsewhere: Mapping election results in Budapest; photos of New York...
Elsewhere online: Between the tower blocks and family houses: what mapping election results taught me about BudapestSocialist pensioners in high-rise estates. Far-right voters in other, less fortunate...
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