Karl Rove Thinks Clinton is More Electable Than Obama
Jack Tapper acquired two interesting maps today from the consulting firm of Karl Rove & Co. The first measures John McCain against Barack Obama, and the second pits McCain against Hillary Clinton....
View ArticleMorning Reading List – 12 Days To Go
The Big Ten Battleground Poll has Obama sweeping from Happy Valley to the Metrodome. The Q-Poll has Obama up in the Big 3 and leading by double-digits in Buckeyes and Nittany Lions country. Robert...
View ArticleWhat Constitutes “Flyover Country”?
Wendell Cox at New Geography has a really smart post about how people are actually moving in droves to so-called “Flyover Country.” He measures domestic migration and finds that “what residents of...
View ArticleCongressional District Cartogram
Nate Silver at 538 offers this sharp cartogram of the 111th Congress:
View ArticleBlue States or Obama States?
Kos had a post yesterday about the battle for the big states: It was stark just how poorly the GOP did in the big states. Here are the top 22, listed by population size: 1. California 2. Texas 3. New...
View ArticleElectoral Map Trivia
What was the last capital of the Confederacy? Bonus question: Who did the voters of this locality support in the 2008 presidential race?
View Article2008: The Year in Political Geography
I made this slideshow with some of my favorite maps from the 2008 election cycle, and I think it tells the story of the campaign pretty well. Hope you enjoy, whether you’re happy with the outcome or...
View ArticleTEM Under Construction
TEM readers – You might notice in the next 48 hours that the blog is under construction. Bear with me – When I relaunch (hopefully on Monday Friday) you’re going to see a whole new TEM, complete with...
View ArticleIraqi Electoral Map Clearly Illustrates Divides
I usually focus solely on American electoral maps, but considering the sizable American investment in Iraq, I thought that I’d post the electoral map of the recent parliamentary elections there. Here’s...
View Article83% of Congressional Districts Trended Republican in 2010
Two years after Barack Obama and Democrats reached their electoral high point, the political pendulum swung quickly and definitively back to Republicans in 2010. It was a political “whiplash” of sorts...
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