It's an interesting map (although I thought it said Alaska wasn't counted in the results anyway), and another way to slice & dice the statistics. I thought it was interesting that the pattern is very similar to 2000.
What I'd also be interested in seeing though, is a slice at where our absentees are (not talking about absentee ballots, but those who simply did not vote). What is it, like 30% or more who no-showed in some parts of the country? And what does that mean?, simply that people are apathetic, or want to uphold their rights to not be bothered, or don't have faith that their vote can change anything anyway?
I think I said it before, but what I was wishing for in this election was someone to vote FOR - and not to be hounded by unwanted propaganda about picking the person to vote AGAINST. That just irked me, to be continuously pelted with useless junk mail telling me Bush promotes nuclear waste dumps in Nevada, or Kerry voted for the war on Iraq. How wasteful! Meanwhile, our trees are dropping dead by the millions in the Northwest by paper mills bent on keeping up with the umpteenth request by the Democratic party to ship me the same piece of postcard material for the 10th time.
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