The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation project has grouped every US county into one of eleven community types and is following how the political climate develops during the presidential campaign in representative communities. more on the 11 community types below
Patchwork Nation consists of America’s 3,142 counties, divided into 11 community types on the basis [...]
Senator Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic presidential nominee after one of the longest and closest primaries in history. More than 35 million voters took part in this historic election, yet Obama only had a small margin over Clinton (in both delegates and the popular vote).
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Here are a collection of maps highlighting how Obama won. These will no doubt be analyzed in great detail between now and the general election, with John McCain looking to take advantage of Obama’s geographic weaknesses that became apparent during the primary, such as Appalachia and the rural rust belt.
Collection of interesting links and news stories from the past week with a focus on the political and geographic:
358: Pennsylvania Prediction: Clinton to net 12 delegates, 120K popular votes
New York Times: Obama v. Clinton county decision tree based on demographics
Electoral Vote: 2008 Electoral Map based on recent polling: Obama v. [...]
Collection of the most interesting political and geographic news stories from the past week:
US News: In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians
The Electoral Map: Mapping Strategies - How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability
The Huffington Post: Throw Out the Rove-era Election Map For November
Tim Russert / [...]
The Los Angeles Times’ interactive Primary Tracker contains a state by states breakdown of primary schedules, current polling, and election results.
Political Maps » Blog Archive » If Clicks Were Votes - November 2007
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2008 Primary Tracker - Los Angeles Times
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Election Guide 2008 - Presidential Election - Politics
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NPR : Election 2008 : Primaries
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The Next American City / [Commentary] How to avoid killing [...]
Compete.com, which specializes in web analytics, has released some interesting maps about who is visiting the Presidential Cantidates’ websites. Based on their analysis, Ron Paul leads the Republicans and Barak Obama leads the Democrats.
