US election maps

[Georg Ebner]

Shouldn't we collect for a better OverView the US-ElectoralMaps in a separate thread?

[Georg Ebner]

Presidential Election 2020, trends (= swings, compared to national average):



Not entirely completed yet.

[Georg Ebner]

Georgia, since 1952:

[Georg Ebner]

Atlanta:

[Merseymike]

Dec 22, 2020 5:31:57 GMT Georg Ebner said:

Shouldn't we collect for a better OverView the US-ElectoralMaps in a separate thread?

I wish that maps could be filed away somewhere else entirely. I usually look at the recently posted feed and this morning it's a whole page of maps. I never look at them as I'm not a visual thinker and find them unhelpful

[The Bishop]

OTOH I absolutely love maps and always have done. And tbh on a psephology forum more will gravitate towards that pole.

[Richard Allen]

For the benefit of those not overly familiar with Georgia it should be emphasised that those maps of "Atlanta" go way, way beyond the city itself, including not just its suburbs but small town / exurban areas as well.

[Georg Ebner]

AlleghenyCounty (= Greater Pittsburgh):




























2016-2020:

2020:

[Georg Ebner]

Apropos PA:

[Georg Ebner]

SubUrbs of Philadelphia:

[John Chanin]

Dec 22, 2020 12:58:19 GMT The Bishop said:

OTOH I absolutely love maps and always have done. And tbh on a psephology forum more will gravitate towards that pole.

Georg Ebner ‘s maps are great, but it isn’t always very clear what exactly they are showing.  It would help if Georg gave a clearer explanation and key to colours at the top of his posts.

[Georg Ebner]

Texas, main MetropolitanAreas:

[Georg Ebner]

Dec 22, 2020 20:43:55 GMT John Chanin said:

Dec 22, 2020 12:58:19 GMT The Bishop said:

OTOH I absolutely love maps and always have done. And tbh on a psephology forum more will gravitate towards that pole.

Georg Ebner ‘s maps are great, but it isn’t always very clear what exactly they are showing.  It would help if Georg gave a clearer explanation and key to colours at the top of his posts.

Except for those of Greater Atlanta (GIF without key) and Gr.Pittsburgh 2016-2020 & 2020 (key without %-explanation) You can find everywhere keys.

[Merseymike]

Dec 22, 2020 20:48:17 GMT Georg Ebner said:

Texas, main MetropolitanAreas:

And that shows just how strongly Democrat Austin is, given that the Republican district shown isn't really part of the city.
I have some friends who live there and they were involved in Pete Buttigieg's initial campaign

[Georg Ebner]

TX, swings of counties (with the surprisingly sharp shifts of Hispanics to Trump in the RioGrande-valley):

[Georg Ebner]

Dec 22, 2020 20:56:35 GMT Merseymike said:

Dec 22, 2020 20:48:17 GMT Georg Ebner said:

Texas, main MetropolitanAreas:

And that shows just how strongly Democrat Austin is, given that the Republican district shown isn't really part of the city.
I have some friends who live there and they were involved in Pete Buttigieg's initial campaign

Yes, the TX-cities alltogether look quite normal (=leftwing) nowadays.

[Merseymike]

Dec 22, 2020 21:04:39 GMT Georg Ebner said:

Dec 22, 2020 20:56:35 GMT Merseymike said:

And that shows just how strongly Democrat Austin is, given that the Republican district shown isn't really part of the city.
I have some friends who live there and they were involved in Pete Buttigieg's initial campaign

Yes, the TX-cities alltogether look quite normal (=leftwing) nowadays.

Austin always has been. It's a joke that it's a bit of San Francisco escaped to the middle of Texas. The local slogan is "Keep Austin Weird"

[John Chanin]

I think what these maps show generally is the increasing polarization between cities and non-cities (small towns and rural). This is not a phenomenon unique to the USA, but can be seen quite widely. The political implcations then depend on whether cities are growing (universal in poorer and middle income countries), or whether they are losing population. I suspect in the USA this is fairly neutral, but others may know better. Clearly cities are expanding in some areas of the south, particularly Texas, but may still be losing population in the mid west.

[Georg Ebner]

Dec 22, 2020 13:20:58 GMT Richard Allen said:

For the benefit of those not overly familiar with Georgia it should be emphasised that those maps of "Atlanta" go way, way beyond the city itself, including not just its suburbs but small town / exurban areas as well.

Yellow are the counties covered, blue the (artificial) borders of AtlantaCity:

[Georg Ebner]

Dec 22, 2020 21:14:31 GMT John Chanin said:

I think what these maps show generally is the increasing polarization between cities and non-cities (small towns and rural). This is not a phenomenon unique to the USA, but can be seen quite widely. The political implcations then depend on whether cities are growing (universal in poorer and middle income countries), or whether they are losing population. I suspect in the USA this is fairly neutral, but others may know better. Clearly cities are expanding in some areas of the south, particularly Texas, but may still be losing population in the mid west.

Yes, there has been a polariziation with GOP losing the few cities they once held (TX, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Cincinnati) and few years ago it seemed a perennial trend. Yet, this time Trump gained traction with minorities, also in cities.

NYC:




Ethnies: