{"id":7064,"date":"2004-11-04T06:49:19","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/04\/purple-reign.html"},"modified":"2004-11-04T06:49:19","modified_gmt":"2004-11-04T13:49:19","slug":"purple_reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/04\/purple_reign.html","title":{"rendered":"Purple reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>While the electoral college system encourages a binary blue\/red split, this map (click on it) gives a bit more, ah, nuanced approach, letting the color tones within each state reflect the balance of popular vote, not electoral. <\/p>\n

Yes, there are broad patterns — a more red-violet in the south and Midwest, pretty much red through the northern mountain states, more blue and purple along the coast — but it makes things a lot more clearly muddled, too, if that makes sense. If only there weren’t a typo up in the date, it would be perfect. If nothing else, it shows that even if you think the Other Side is nothing but a flock of whackos, there’s plenty of Your Side hanging out there, too — unless you live in Utah, or Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: It occurs to me that this map demonstrates one of the biggest weaknesses\/strengths of the electoral college system. On the one hand, it overemphasizes the size of victories, lending a certain added air of legitimacy to the winner, usually a good thing. On the other hand, it overemphasizes the size of victories, making the voting seem much more divisive than it may actually be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the electoral college system encourages a binary blue\/red split, this map (click on it) gives a bit more, ah, nuanced approach, letting the color tones within each state reflect…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2004"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31292,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/whats-blue-and-red-and-purple-all-over-2012-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":7064,"position":0},"title":"What's Blue and Red and Purple All Over? 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