If acres could vote
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 03:35PM
Skeptic in Elections 2008

 

 

For other graphic representations of the recent Presidential election results, go here. Thanks to Matt Yglesias for the link.

Update on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 04:17PM by Registered CommenterSkeptic

Tallied Statewide, majorities of whites voted for McCain only in the old Confederacy plus Oklahoma, Kentucky, and West Virginia, according to this Brad DeLong post

Update on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 09:36AM by Registered CommenterSkeptic

The counties in which John McCain garnered a larger percentage of votes than George W. Bush did in 2004 are also in the old South (11 Confederate States plus OK, KY, and WV) plus, of course, AK and AZ. Of the good set of graphics The New York Times has here, this is the one that best tells the tale, 

Electoral Shifts

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