When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

06 November 2004

Purple Haze: Another look at red vs. blue

From the most excellent site Boing Boing, here's an electoral map that takes a fresh look at the red state vs. blue state issue.

Most states, in this view, are neither red (100% Republican) or blue (100% Democrat) but varying shades of purple, depending on the proportion of votes from each state.

Crave more detail? Of course you do. Robert Vanderbei, a professor at Princeton University, has got you covered, with a county-by-county shades-of-purple map.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

For more variations on the theme, take a look at this site:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/

It shows more accurately just how close the election was.

In other words: Red states vs. blue states, my shapely little patootie.