{"id":13869,"date":"2004-11-04T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/04\/alternate-us-geography\/"},"modified":"2004-11-04T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-04T15:37:00","slug":"alternate-us-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/04\/alternate-us-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate U.S. Geography?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The map below takes the two-party “blue state” vs. “red state” paradigm a step further, showing how slim most of the margins in each state were by coloring each state via a graded legend that ranges from blue to red. The result is a “purple haze<\/a>,” to quote Boing Boing<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The second map below is pretty cynical but complements my surly\/depressed mood perfectly. Not A Dollarshort<\/i><\/a> rethinks the Canada-U.S. border, coming up with Canada 2.0<\/a> (a similar map<\/a> is somewhat more extreme, but I’ll link to it anyway). I really like the inspiration for this:<\/p>\n

From the moment I woke up this morning, I’ve been hearing Ving Rhame’s Marsellus Wallace character from Pulp Fiction<\/i> in my head:<\/p>\n

“Hey, Red America you’ve just lost your Canada 2.0 privileges.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Too funny.<\/p>\n

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via Boing Boing<\/a> and Cynical-C Blog<\/a><\/div>\n
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The map below takes the two-party “blue state” vs. “red state” paradigm a step further, showing how slim most of the margins in each state were by coloring each state via a graded legend that ranges from blue to red. The result is a “purple haze,” to quote Boing Boing. The second map below is … <\/p>\n

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