Why does Beshear win West Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi by over 30%?
Confusing shades. He won KY and WV by a margin between 10% and 15%, and MS by 5%-10%.Why does Beshear win West Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi by over 30%?
One big contributing factor to Beshear losing the PV is the fact he is only won WV by these kinds of margins and Romney is winning WY by more than 20 points and ID by 15. That, and the fact both TX and CA voted R by more than 5 points.
Fair point. Between CA and TX on one side voting R by 5-10% and FL voting D by less than 1% and NY by 5-10%, and the rest of the nation outside of these states, especially mid-sized states like GA, IL, PA, and NC voting for Beshear in aggregate, did i guess the PV right?The Texas and California margins would have far greater effect on this than the Idaho and Wyoming ones. If there's one thing 2016 taught us, it's that.
I would think something like this would be closer to a solid south in the modern day (What a modern "Solid South" would probably look like ("Solid" meaning all Southern states are won by a generic Democrat by a margin of at least 10% in a generic election)
Fair point. Between CA and TX on one side voting R by 5-10% and FL voting D by less than 1% and NY by 5-10%, and the rest of the nation outside of these states, especially mid-sized states like GA, IL, PA, and NC voting for Beshear in aggregate, did i guess the PV right?
I would think something like this would be closer to a solid south in the modern day (View attachment 323833)
We seem to be starting from different points.Uh, what?
That's basically what the actual solid south looked like. In modern times, Democrats would run up huge margins in the suburbs and urban areas, as well as the Black Belt, while losing most of the rural South.
We seem to be starting from different points.
I was imagining a timeline where Jimmy Carter won in '80, and the solid south stays democratic.What point are you starting from, exactly?
I was imagining a timeline where Jimmy Carter won in '80, and the solid south stays democratic.
What do you think is the single most interesting thing about that map?I really couldn't say, but I doubt it's too far off in either direction.
This thread is almost to the end of its lifespan (500 pages) - will there be an Alternate Electoral Maps II coming up soon...?
Would it be ok reposting my thing on the first page of the new thread?This thread is almost to the end of its lifespan (500 pages) - will there be an Alternate Electoral Maps II coming up soon...?
Sure.Would it be ok reposting my thing on the first page of the new thread?
How many counties would democrats win?