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2016 Postmortem

n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:48 PM Nov 2012

fascinating graphic of voting trends from last night's election

(blue = became more Dem, red= became more Repub)

animated version at link, more options as well. This tells me that African Americans were really motivated, more than even in 08 (the 'black belt" is very clear across the south) and we are seeing Hispanics start to influence Texas more. Appalachia remains appalling.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/07/us/politics/obamas-diverse-base-of-support.html

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fascinating graphic of voting trends from last night's election (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2012 OP

I don't buy it. At the end of the animation, Michigan is entirely red. So sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #1

The 2012 graphic shows just the change, not a sequence from the 2008 result to the 2012 result. eomer Nov 2012 #2

kick n/t n2doc Nov 2012 #3

sinkingfeeling

(51,471 posts)

1. I don't buy it. At the end of the animation, Michigan is entirely red. So

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:57 PM

Nov 2012

how could it have gone to Obama?

eomer

(3,845 posts)

2. The 2012 graphic shows just the change, not a sequence from the 2008 result to the 2012 result.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:17 PM

Nov 2012

When you click on the 2012 button, the red are the areas where the shift in 2012 was toward the right. But any of those areas could represent a change from very blue to a bit less blue and still be shown as red because the change was toward the right.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

3. kick n/t

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:46 PM

Nov 2012

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