Category: 2004
50 Years of Electoral College Maps: How the U.S. Turned Red and Blue – NY Times
The New York Times uses electoral maps to show political realignments over the past 50 years. Notable moments include the shift in Southern states from Democratic to Republican, the landslide […]
Historical US Presidential Elections Interactive 1920-2012
Jacob Olsufka has created an interactive look back at all of the presidential elections in US since 1920. A few examples are below, but be sure to check out the […]
History in Red and Blue (and Green and Purple) via Sabato’s Crystal Ball
History in Red and Blue (and Green and Purple)via Sabato’s Crystal Ball Simple maps can teach a lot. Presidential election maps show at a glance where the nation was at […]
2004 Presidential Election Maps
Incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 United States Presidential Election. Bush received 62 million votes (51%) and Kerry received 59 million votes (48%). […]
Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008
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 […]
How the US has voted since 1980: Interactive Map from Google
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 […]
Real Clear Politics Swing State Review: Colorado
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 […]
The Changing Electoral Map
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, […]
Electoral Vote Maps from 270toWin.com
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.
Presidential Fund Raising Maps from PoliticalBase.com
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.
Red States + Blue States = Purple Nation
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.