{"id":2933,"date":"2004-11-03T23:27:16","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/red-vs-blue\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:48:06","slug":"red-vs-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/red-vs-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Red vs. Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9882,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/home.comcast.net\\\/~jeffc103\\\/Jeff\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9883,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.boingboing.net\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/03\\\/purple_haze.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110112021541\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.boingboing.net:80\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/03\\\/purple_haze.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9884,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/archive.scripting.com\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/04#When:6:41:29AM&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080905072406\\\/http:\\\/\\\/archive.scripting.com\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/04&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9885,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.princeton.edu\\\/%7Ervdb\\\/JAVA\\\/election2004&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200605080803\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.princeton.edu\\\/~rvdb\\\/JAVA\\\/election2004\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9886,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.metafilter.com\\\/mefi\\\/36743&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080906104703\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.metafilter.com\\\/mefi\\\/36743&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:50:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The problem with the typical &#8220;red vs.\u00a0blue&#8221; map of how states voted is that while it accurately represents the final casting of each state&#8217;s electoral votes, it doesn&#8217;t accurately represent how each state actually voted on the individual level. Here&#8217;s a map created by <a href=\"http:\/\/home.comcast.net\/~jeffc103\/Jeff\/index.html\" title=\"Jeff Culver\">Jeff Culver<\/a> that colors each state according to the proportion of votes each candidate got.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/_images_Purple-USA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/_images_Purple-USA-tm.jpg\" height=\"313\" width=\"400\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Purple USA\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2004\/11\/03\/purple_haze.html\" title=\"Purple Haze\">Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/graphics\/2004countymap3.html\">here&#8217;s a map<\/a> that sticks to the usual red\/blue, but breaks it down by county rather than by state.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.scripting.com\/2004\/11\/04#When:6:41:29AM\" title=\"Fascinating graphic from USA Today\">Dave<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/%7Ervdb\/JAVA\/election2004\/\" title=\"Election 2004 Results\">Yet another map<\/a>, this time combining the two above, to give a county-by-county shading.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/36743\" title=\"Purple America, Updated\">MeFi<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526albumTerm=Groove Radio pres. House (full mix)%2526songTerm=Groove Radio pres. House (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\">Groove Radio pres. House (full mix)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%26partnerId%3D30\">Various Artists<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526albumTerm=Groove Radio pres. House (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\">Groove Radio pres. House (full mix)<\/a><\/em> (1997, 1:13:46).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with the typical &#8220;red vs. blue&#8221; map of how states voted is that while it accurately represents the final casting of each state&#8217;s electoral votes, it doesn&#8217;t accurately represent how each state actually voted on the individual level. Here&#8217;s a map created by Jeff Culver that colors each state according to the proportion of votes each candidate got.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-2933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}