John_In_Dakota

Looks to me that there is a lot more red than blue.

Pirates_Ghost

And I see more blue than red

Really tho...if you think about it...the map really is MOSTLY Purple..(mind, on the more red side of Purple, I'll give you that)

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Pirates_Ghost

And I see more blue than red

Really tho...if you think about it...the map really is MOSTLY Purple..(mind, on the more red side of Purple, I'll give you that...it doesn't really help that the SHADE of purple)...and that Purple IS more red than blue...check it out...get out your Crayons (or borrow Dubya's ....sorry, shouldn't go there) and make purple with red and blue....More red than blue

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Java_Bob

notice were the blue is?? big cities and west coast imagine that , and northeast i wonder why

paul144

I would love to see a copy of that map superimposed on a similar map showing average educational level. Funny, but I bet that they would line up almost exactly.

paul144

Found a map. The darker the green the higher the percentage of people with a Bachelor's degree or higher. Unfortunately, the data is only at the state level. I will keep looking for one by county.
And yes, there does seem to be a very high degree of correlation between education level and the results of this last election.

da_phone_dude

man get over it already. Move on. Sheesh.

paul144

Next, Average state IQ and how they voted:

State Avg. IQ 2004
1 Connecticut 113 Kerry
2 Massachusetts 111 Kerry
3 New Jersey 111 Kerry
4 New York 109 Kerry
5 Rhode Island 107 Kerry
6 Hawaii 106 Kerry
7 Maryland 105 Kerry
8 New Hampshire 105 Kerry
9 Illinois 104 Kerry
10 Delaware 103 Kerry
11 Minnesota 102 Kerry
12 Vermont 102 Kerry
13 Washington 102 Kerry
14 California 101 Kerry
15 Pennsylvania 101 Kerry
16 Maine 100 Kerry
17 Virginia 100 Bush
18 Wisconsin 100 Kerry
19 Colorado 99 Bush
20 Iowa 99 Bush
21 Michigan 99 Kerry
22 Nevada 99 Bush
23 Ohio 99 Bush
24 Oregon 99 Kerry
25 Alaska 98 Bush
26 Florida 98 Bush
27 Missouri 98 Bush
28 Kansas 96 Bush
29 Nebraska 95 Bush
30 Arizona 94 Bush
31 Indiana 94 Bush
32 Tennessee 94 Bush
33 North Carolina 93 Bush
34 West Virginia 93 Bush
35 Arkansas 92 Bush
36 Georgia 92 Bush
37 Kentucky 92 Bush
38 New Mexico 92 Bush
39 North Dakota 92 Bush
40 Texas 92 Bush
41 Alabama 90 Bush
42 Louisiana 90 Bush
43 Montana 90 Bush
44 Oklahoma 90 Bush
45 South Dakota 90 Bush
46 South Carolina 89 Bush
47 Wyoming 89 Bush
48 Idaho 87 Bush
49 Utah 87 Bush
50 Mississippi 85 Bush

slagburn

The important thing to keep in mind with these maps is how populated certain areas are, looking at a pure Red/Blue map of California shows more Red but it's in all of the low populated areas where as the Blue sections hover in the cities.

Anyway who cares? 4 more years of W :P