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How the US has voted since 1980: Interactive Map from Google

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:06:45 +0000

Working with the Digital Scholarship Lab at University of Richmond, the Google Earth team mapped presidential election results from 1980 to 2004 by state and county for Google Earth.

Download this KML to Google Earth. (recommended way to view data if you have google earth on your computer)

from Google These maps show how the population has voted in past presidential elections from 1980 through 2004, and include election results at both the state and county levels. The maps also include demographic information derived from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 US Census.

Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:24:37 +0000

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…

The Changing Electoral Map

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:17:52 +0000

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.

Electoral Vote Maps from 270toWin.com

admin — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:51:58 +0000

The United States Electoral College is a term used to describe the 538 President Electors who meet every 4 years to cast the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States; their votes represent the most important component of the presidential election. 270toWin.com has a collection of maps showing how the Electoral College has voted by state since 1788.

2008 – Uncolored states are undecided and their electoral votes are up for grabs. Colored states lean either Republican or Democratic.

2004 Electoral Vote Map

2000 Electoral Vote Map

1996 Electoral Vote Map

1992 Electoral Vote Map

1988 Electoral Vote Map

1984 Electoral Vote Map

1980 Electoral Vote Map

more at 270toWin.com

Presidential Fund Raising Maps from PoliticalBase.com

admin — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:33:59 +0000

PoliticalBase.com has a great collection of interactive election fund raising maps. The maps below show which Presidential candidate raised the most money in each state. There is a map for every Presidential election from 1980 to the 2008 election.

2008 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

by candidate

by party

2004 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

2000 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

1996 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

1992 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

1988 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

1984 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

1980 Presidential Campaign Contribution Map

2000 Presidential Election Maps

admin — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:59:34 +0000

The 2000 Presidential Election pitted Vice President Al Gore against Texas Governor George W. Bush and proved to be one of our Nation’s most contentious and polarizing elections.

Map from Robert J. Vanderbei at Princeton University

2000 Presidential Election Map Links:

http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2000
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sara/html/mapping/election/map.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/2000/results/whitehouse/

More info on the 2000Presidential Election:

Red States + Blue States = Purple Nation

admin — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:33:29 +0000

The pundits constantly refer to Red States and Blue States, but the reality is that the nation is Purple as illustrated by Robert J. Vanderbei’s maps.