Map: 2004 United States Elections...

ComradeFlyer · Jul 23, 2006

What POD does it take to get a voting map like the following...

red is the GOP, blue is the Dems.

also, how do these changes alter the election outcome?

WhatIsAUserName · Jul 24, 2006

I must hate you due to the fact that you've made Stanislaus and Duval County GOP.

Interesting how you reversed the color schemes.

EvolvedSaurian · Jul 24, 2006

Whoo-hoo, Chemung is Republican!

I wonder how it happened OTL....

To Wiki!

EvolvedSaurian · Jul 24, 2006

This is OTL, except Alaska, which, for some reason, is blank.

Wildcard · Jul 24, 2006

Alaska does not report electoral results by counties.

That map looks like a swing to the Democrats of around 5-10%. So, possibly the nomination of a more dynamic Democrat who is able to win a more solid victory over Bush. Possibly, a sweep of the debates and no Swift Boat Vets and Kerry could pull this off.

Anaxagoras · Jul 24, 2006

Austin, TX, goes for Bush!? You're talking ASBs here.

BGMan · Jul 24, 2006

Well... a lot of Democrat Mormons, for one.

Anaxagoras said:
Austin, TX, goes for Bush!? You're talking ASBs here.

Nah... University of Texas.

HueyLong · Jul 24, 2006

Isn't there a controversy over the gerrymandering of Texas? Where Democratic cities are held down by large areas that vote Republican?

reformer · Jul 24, 2006

I'd guess, juding from the changed areas, that this is a POD where McCain ran as Kerry's VP.

David bar Elias · Jul 24, 2006

I'm guessing Kerry won Arizona, New Mexico, Iowa, Colorado, Arkansas, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina if it was a Kerry/McCain ticket we're talking about (in addition to all the OTL Kerry states).....and do my eyes decieve me, or did Kerry win Utah?

Funion The Barbarian · Jul 24, 2006

David bar Elias said:
I'm guessing Kerry won Arizona, New Mexico, Iowa, Colorado, Arkansas, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina if it was a Kerry/McCain ticket we're talking about (in addition to all the OTL Kerry states).....and do my eyes decieve me, or did Kerry win Utah?

In this TL Kerry still wouldn't win Virginia. The only population center he wins is Richmond and the surround suburbs. The rest of the counties he wins are rural with low populations (aside from Albemarle & Charlottesville). The big population centers (NOVA and Tidewater) still go with W.

David bar Elias · Jul 24, 2006

Oklahoma doesn't make sense....it looks like Kerry won two of those staunchly conservative counties in the panhandle....

OK, I'm guessing Dubya won VA by about the same margin Dole did in '96....arond 2% or so.....since Kerry did much better in eastern VA, but Dubya kept NOVA.....

Tom Veil · Jul 24, 2006

ComradeFlyer said:
What POD does it take to get a voting map like the following...

red is the GOP, blue is the Dems.

also, how do these changes alter the election outcome?

Did you do anything particular, like bump everything 5%, or change certain areas? There's so many counties, it's hard for me to follow.

Anaxagoras · Jul 24, 2006

BGMan said:
Nah... University of Texas.

Are you suggesting that UT students support Bush? You obviously haven't been around Austin in awhile.

I don't understand how Austin, a Democratic stronghold, goes for Bush, but the counties to the east of Austin, an area of solid Republican support, go for Kerry.