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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLand doesn't vote - people do.... (Great visual map)
These maps are a truer depiction of voters in each county.
(Click the bottom map too)
Link to tweet
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The republicans make it seem like the first map means that they are more popular, but the second map shows the truth.
NBachers
(17,098 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)And when cows and tumbleweeds get the vote that might be relevant
BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)especially shows huge land swathes of red, many of those areas are not densely populated.
I still prefer the proportional voting maps, where the state size is depicted in accordance with the voting population. But I can't seem to find a link to one yet.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)Isnt this the one that Trump had framed and in the Oval Office?
JFC. Like its some Verizon wireless coverage map.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)We wouldn't even be having discussions like this if our all knowing "founding fathers" hadn't fucked us over with that albatross called the Electoral College which will forever doom us to having a right leaning government while the majority of people's views are much further left.