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. America Voting Election Maps 1840 – 2004 Interactive Map Video Commentary Map Very small sampling of the maps available below… addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalmaps.org%2Fvoting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008%2F’; [...]

The latest post on key swing states at Real Clear Politics examines Colorado, a traditionally Republican state that both Obama and McCain view as a potential swing state in this election. Swing State Review: Colorado Here are four things to watch on Election Day. (1) Metropolitan Denver. Denver is the critical battlefield because it’s so [...]