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Nostalgic Donating Member (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 05:08 AM
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Isarithmic History of the Two-Party Vote
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4h62jRiUcc
 
Posted on YouTube: November 11, 2010
By YouTube Member: davidbsparks
Views on YouTube: 42784
 
Posted on DU: November 24, 2010
By DU Member: Nostalgic
Views on DU: 234
 
The following explanation of the clip is from the guy who created it, davidbsparks:

Using county-level data, I spatially and temporally interpolated presidential vote returns for the two major party candidates in each election from 1920-2008. The result illuminates the sometimes gradual, sometimes rapid change in the geographic basis of presidential partisanship.

A detailed description can be seen at http://goo.gl/alfsQ.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 01:04 PM
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1. interesting red/blue shift, but the 1960 results really seem off to me
The country looks solid blue in 1960, but that was the closest election in 20th century.
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