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« on: September 22, 2008, 03:21:05 PM »
« edited: December 31, 2008, 11:31:48 PM by You Will Know My Name »

I like the french geoelections site as much as the next person, but I've always been annoyed by the fact that the maps are incredibly small, and that they don't distinguish between >40% and >30% or less. So I decided to do something about it. I made my own set of maps for every election from 1840 to now using Dave's color scheme. I made a very simple powerpoint with all the maps on it that you can download at http://www.mediafire.com/?tzumzzzox2l.

Since there are so many individual maps, I decided to not post the individual maps (much bigger than in the powerpoint), though I will post individual maps upon request.

One note: I made all of these by hand (I have no life, apparently), so there is a small chance that a county here or there might be the wrong shade. However, the vast, vast majority of them are accurate. Also, I used the same template for every map (minus Alaska), so the old county boundaries are not reflected exactly. However, the general counties that made up the old ones are used in their stead.

Have fun. Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2008, 04:58:54 PM »

Wow. Excellent job.

I'm definitely keeping this in a safe place. Thanks.
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 05:22:56 PM »

Amazing job; thanks Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 06:01:45 PM »

THANK YOU!!!!
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 10:12:17 PM »


Whoa...I wasn't expecting such positive responses. Thank you.

Btw, if anyone wants, I can make single state maps or candidate maps, too.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2008, 08:09:35 PM »


Whoa...I wasn't expecting such positive responses. Thank you.

Btw, if anyone wants, I can make single state maps or candidate maps, too.

If you could do some maps for Virginia, that'd be awesome Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2008, 09:03:17 PM »


Whoa...I wasn't expecting such positive responses. Thank you.

Btw, if anyone wants, I can make single state maps or candidate maps, too.

If you could do some maps for Virginia, that'd be awesome Smiley

Virginia is a little bit tricky with all of the independent cities, but I'll see what I can do. Any specific years?
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2008, 09:38:55 PM »


Whoa...I wasn't expecting such positive responses. Thank you.

Btw, if anyone wants, I can make single state maps or candidate maps, too.

If you could do some maps for Virginia, that'd be awesome Smiley

Virginia is a little bit tricky with all of the independent cities, but I'll see what I can do. Any specific years?

As many years as you're willing to give me.
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2008, 11:56:05 PM »

Virginia Maps (Post Civil War)
1872

(Grey is tied or no data)
1876

1880

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I only made ones that Dave didn't already have. I would have gone back further, but I don't have a template for pre-Civil War Virginia. Also, if I couldn't find data for a city, I colored it the same as the surrounding county.
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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2008, 12:44:44 AM »

What turned SW VA so GOP around the turn of the century?
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2008, 07:55:15 PM »

Awesome Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2008, 04:08:01 PM »

If you could give some maps for WV, that'd be great too Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2008, 09:09:36 AM »

West Virginia Maps
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« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2008, 02:29:25 AM »
« Edited: September 27, 2008, 02:34:38 AM by ޒަހަރު) زَهَـرْ) »

Damn, that's great. Smiley

The 1860 map for California is quite telling, in relation to the demographics of that time. Fremont only carried two modern counties outside of the vicinities of San Francisco and Monterey Bays, but still won the state.
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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2008, 06:32:40 AM »

Grant County cracks me up.
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« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2008, 06:47:07 PM »

Could you give us Texas?
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« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2008, 09:51:50 PM »


It's not that hard to see it if you zoom in.
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« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2008, 12:08:25 AM »
« Edited: December 10, 2008, 09:12:44 PM by You Will Know My Name »

Bump.

Ok...I am a little biased, but I was sad to see this thread die like it did. I really wanted to post the large maps, but no one requested any in particular. I am open for requests for normal maps or single candidate maps. I can do single state maps as well, but doing it for every single year gets a little tedious.

I also plan on updating my powerpoint to include 2008 in the near future.

As a teaser, I will give you the first election before the Atlas has full maps for, 1936:

link: http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp131/rarohla/1936PresidentialElectionMap.png

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« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2008, 12:51:58 PM »

1912 please.
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« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2008, 01:20:09 PM »
« Edited: December 10, 2008, 09:15:28 PM by You Will Know My Name »


1912:

link: http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp131/rarohla/1912PresidentialElectionMap.png

(ignore my misspelling of Debs)
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« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2008, 01:56:29 PM »

No votes in the gray counties? Different county borders? Tie?
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« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2008, 02:06:11 PM »
« Edited: December 10, 2008, 02:22:35 PM by You Will Know My Name »

The grey county in Utah is a tie between Taft and Wilson. The ones in Texas and South Dakota have no votes, or at least no record of them. Apparently the Texas counties were in a period of early organization, not yet in their final organization, and "the records are not extant from the early period". Someone who knows more about Texas history than I should probably attempt to explain it.
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« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2008, 04:55:05 PM »

1896 please.
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« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2008, 05:11:25 PM »
« Edited: December 10, 2008, 09:17:43 PM by You Will Know My Name »

1896:

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp131/rarohla/1896PresidentialElectionMap.png
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« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2008, 06:27:30 PM »

1900 please.
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