Political Maps » 1896 http://politicalmaps.org Political News as told by Maps Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:36:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008 http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/ http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:24:37 +0000 admin http://politicalmaps.org/?p=729 The University of Richmond‘s Digital Scholarship Lab created interactive and cinematic maps of the US presidential elections from 1840 to 2004. The maps provide a geographic time line of US presidential elections.

Very small sampling of the maps available below…



]]> http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/feed/ 1 The Changing Electoral Map http://politicalmaps.org/the-changing-electoral-map/ http://politicalmaps.org/the-changing-electoral-map/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:17:52 +0000 admin http://politicalmaps.org/?p=451 With all the talk of candidates changing the electoral map this election, a few websites have taken the time to look at how the map has changed over time. Interestingly, the map has basically inverted since 1896, as shown by the maps below (from 207towin.com). Both Open-Left, a liberal site, and Race 4 2008, a conservative site, have taken the time to examine the electoral map changes.


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