Bush Country 2004: U.S. Map of the Bush Vote by Counties

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[StJacques]

Well I've done a search of the posts here at FreeRepublic to see if this has been posted already and I found nothing, so I want to put it up for everyone to see.

Take a look at the map of the U.S. showing which counties returned a majority for Bush this past Tuesday:





I think this puts a real exclamation point on the Bush victory. There is more to the Bush margin than votes alone, not that the 51% - 48% split is insignificant by any means. There is also geography. What does this map show? It looks to me like Bush carried counties whose total geographical area accounts for 85% or more of the total land mass of the continental United States.

I always liked geography.

[cripplecreek]

It's been posted once or twice but I'm not getting tired of it yet.

[King Prout]

that map, and a more useful one shaded for concentrations, has been repeatedly posted.

[Founding Father]

What it tells you is that with the exception of huge urban areas that can't take care of themselves and need gov't $$$, there aren't many democrats.

[MisterRepublican]

The blue counties look like a cancer on the US.

[alancarp]

Yes - posted 100 times. In fairness, under no specific title, however.

[jdm]

bttt

[Lancey Howard]

Posted a hundred times and I hope it gets posted a hundred more.

[StJacques]

Well after reading that it has been posted on multiple occasions I offer my apolgies for overloading the server and inserting redundancy into the discussion here. I tried using the search engine with several relevant search phrases and found nothing.

I hope no blames me for really liking the look of the map.

[SteveMcKing]

SOmething needs to be done to change urban influence.

[stockpirate]

As liberals continue to have abortions the red areas will grow.....

[FormerACLUmember]

This is also the welfare state map: Ghettos of urban minorities, Indian reservations, and the poor black rural south.

[Robert357]

Absolutely amazing.

However as a resident of a Democratic State and Democratic County, I wonder what the map would look like at the precint level?

My suspicion is that one would see some very very interesting realities. One would see democrats being in the majority of some of the poorest neighboorhoods (the entitlements), where government employment is the strongest (the big government crowd), universities (the cultural elite), enclaves of the arts, and areas where organized labor dominates everything.

It would be very interesting to see a precint map of how the US voted as I would wager that Democratic strength is in a very very small but population concentrated area of this country.

[Popman]

Though it is an important symbol of this election, it does reflect an democracy type result, meaning a red county could be 50 % plus 1. or a blue county 50% plus 1

We are after all a Republic, we can never lose sight of the fact we send people to represent us in government. These people are easily corrupted and swayed by power. We need ever to be vigilant and hold their feet to the fire.

[FreedomCalls]

Kerry Country!

[No Blue States]

Bush Country made this excellent map. (thanks BC)

[Proud2BeRight]

I never knew I love red so much. I don't mind looking again and again at this map.

[anonsquared]

I agree. And looking at it one more time, I think the President should double the income taxes of those living in the blue counties. After all, they have come out time and time again for higher taxes.

[FormerACLUmember]

And in the midwest, socialist Northern Europeans: Scadinavian/German, the old Progressive Party, and taxpayer supported radicals like Garrison Keiler (did you ever read his ultra-leftist ravings?).