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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCompare the colors of the KY counties between tonight and 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/05/us/elections/results-kentucky-governor-general-election.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky
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Compare the colors of the KY counties between tonight and 2016. (Original Post)
LAS14
Nov 2019
OP
How is it misleading to compare a county that's blue tonight and was pink or red in 2016?
LAS14
Nov 2019
#2
In Virginia, which is trending towards blue, the county maps are still so red. Yes, you
empedocles
Nov 2019
#4
empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. The county colors, without population weightings, are very misleading.
Especially in Virginia
LAS14
(13,781 posts)2. How is it misleading to compare a county that's blue tonight and was pink or red in 2016?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)4. In Virginia, which is trending towards blue, the county maps are still so red. Yes, you
can see some shifts, in your comparison - it just happens to annoy me to see the maps of Virginia with 3 little blue areas and 90'+ the rest of the map.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,320 posts)3. even my blood-red county has turned slightly pinkish
There may be some closet Democrats in my area.
mcar
(42,300 posts)5. This is why we continue to fight in my very red FL county
Democratic votes are Democratic votes - in state and national elections. We may fail locally much of the time, but we can help win state races.