via The Washington Post Precincts — which can include a few hundred to a few thousand voters — make it...
How Large Is the Divide Between Red and Blue America?
via The New York Times As of 2012, the divide was pretty wide. Half of all voters were living in...
After decades of Republican victories, here’s how California became a blue state again
via the LA Times California hasn’t always been a lock for the Democratic presidential nominee. Republicans won the state in...
Kottke: How the Cretaceous coastline of North America affects US presidential elections
kottke.org draws attention to a post from Deep Sea News that highlights the connection between the Cretaceous coastline (100 million...
What This 2012 Map Can Tell Us About the 2016 Election
The New York Times examines the similarity between the 2012 election results and where gay marriage accounts for a higher...
Daily Kos: How gerrymandering cost Democrats the House in 2012: An interactive look at alternative maps
Stephen Wolf at Daily Kos put together detailed analysis on the impact gerrymandering had on the House in 2012. In...
AJC: How Georgia went from blue to red
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has put together a map showing how Georgia's counties have voted for president between 1992 and 2012....
National Geographic: There’s More Than One Way to Map an Election
National Geographic has great article about the history of electoral maps. Highlights include the earliest known US electoral map from...
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...
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...
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...
2012 House of Representatives Map
Note: Will be Updated As Results Are Finalized and New Maps Created source: NY Times House of Representatives Election Results:...
2012 Senate Map
Note: Will be Updated As Results Are Finalized and New Maps Created source: NY Times Senate Election Results: New York...
2012 Electoral Map: Barack Obama Wins
Barack Obama wins 2nd term as US President. Electoral Votes* Popular Vote** Barack Obama (D) - 303/332 59,584,661 -...
2012 Virginia Political Maps
Source: NY Times Source: NY Times Pre-Election Coverage Below Barack Obama won Virginia in 2008 becoming the first Democratic candidate...
Google Election Explorer
Google has built an interactive map showing where the candidates has spent money of advertising, where they have raised money fundraising...
2012 Ohio Political Maps
Source: NY Times Source: NY Times Pre-Election Coverage Below Like 2004, the 2012 Presidential election may come down to who...
Gerrymandering
DistrictMojo has created an interactive tool that identifies the most gerrymandered congressional districts and has an accompanying post on "Everything...
Guides to Watching the 2012 Election
In addition to the presidential election, there are 435 congressional races, 33 senate races, and 11 gubernatorial contests to keep...
2012 Electoral Map Predictions: 11-6 Election Day
With less than 24 hours until the last vote of the 2012 Presidential election is cast, Barack Obama appears on...
Electoral College: How Much Is Your Vote Worth?
Slate has a great map showing this disparity in vote value by state as a result of the Electoral College....
2012 Florida Political Maps
Florida was the tipping point state in 2000 that gave George W. Bush the presidency over Al Gore and with...
2012 Campaign Finance Maps
The 2012 Presidential election is projected to cost nearly 6 billion dollars. The maps and websites below show where it...
2012 Electoral Map Prediction
With just days to go until the 2012 Presidential election, Barack Obama appears on course to be reelected with 303...
South Carolina Primary – Saturday, January 21st
Newt Gingrich wins the South Carolina with 40% of the vote. Romney follows with 28%, Santorum 17% and Paul 13%.
New Hampshire Primary – Tuesday, January 10th 2012
Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire primary with 39% of the vote. Ron Paul takes second with 23%, Huntsman 16%,...
Iowa Caucuses – Tuesday, January 3rd 2012
Results: NY Times Washington Post Washington Post's Interactive campaign tracker shows Rick Santourum has made the most campaign stops....