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Mapping the Vote
Alex Egoshin ran the presidential election returns through GIS software to create new relief maps comparing the United States of Doanld to the United Urban Centers of Hillary. Above, you have the Clinton Archipelago, and below, TrumpLand. Open each in a new tab for the full-size versions.
“Trumpland.” Which is it? Depends on your POV:
This is probably a separate conversation, but…
Perry demonstrated himself to be a principleless hack when he called Trump a “cancer on conservatism” and then endorsed him anyway. Mulvaney may or may not be a Bircher, which I consider a mark against him. And you left off his AG pick, who was the one hard-core pot prohibitionist left in the Senate at the moment that marijuana is set to become the defining federalism issue of the next decade.
His cabinet is a collection of generals and major CEOs, which wouldn’t by itself be a problem, but combine that with a President who has no prior Washington experience fascist tendencies … Let’s just say I’m not cheering as hard as most people.
I count 11 states where Trump’s vote total was under 769,000. (Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Nebraska, West Virginia, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Alaska.)
See, 769,000 is the number of votes Trump got in just Los Angeles county.
It’s not “where the real population is.” I didn’t use that phrase. I don’t believe in a “real America.” No part of America is less real than any other part. But the reason Clinton won the popular vote is because those islands have a high population density.
I’m not sure what “freakout” I had, much less what my “normal freakout” might be. All I did was point out that the map of where all the scare illegal aliens are is also centers of population density.
I’m not sure what this mean. I’m not sure where I’ve been inconsistent. You are invited to point it out.
It could be that Perry has realized he was wrong about Trump. So many were completely snowed by the propaganda. It can happen to anyone overexposed to the MSM
Mulvaney may or may not be a Witch too! He has a ouija board in his game room.
Fascist tendencies? You still don’t understand.
Be genuine here Franco. Of all the losers on election day the biggest L was slapped on foreheads of open borders/TPP libertarians. First, Rand Paul was reduced to a chihuahua nipping at Trump’s boots after backpedalling from every libertarian stance not involving your iPhone. Next, Ted Cruz, a genuine conservative with healthy federalist/libertarianish impulses, could never win over the libertarians owing to his “Thank Gawwwwd” rhetorical style and lack of dude ganja vibe (Jeff Spicolli must be 35 by now, right?).
Finally, the Libertarian Party comically demonstrated what many of us always expected of the Dinner With Schmucks Party: they can never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity better than the Palestinians ever could (or is it couldn’t?). Throwing all of their principles overboard in order to achieve what greater libertarian goal: federal funding???
And it’s stalwarts like Tom Price that are selling their souls and licking boots?
What don’t I understand?
It is fairly simple, Libertarians are people who want to be Liberals but are too geeky even for them.
You guys are definitely clever. And cutting edge. Man, I’ve never heard anybody take swipes at libertarians before.
Well, when I’m wrong I’m wrong. Spengler makes the case for the biggest losers, rather than the most comic losers, on election day.
A prime example of the footwear fitting.
We were voting against a candidate who had Washington experience in exercising her fascist tendencies. Much better to have someone without that experience.
I’m gonna stop you right there. Hillary Clinton isn’t the issue anymore. She doesn’t matter anymore.
You are getting sillier with each passing hour. Of course she matters, because there is lots more of her where she came from. And she matters because she is a good part of the reason why we have Donald Trump. This is not the Soviet Union where you just airbrush people out of history.
I’m hoping that when you sober up we can have a good laugh about this.
I agree.
What the original poster claimed/hinted has still not been supported by evidence.
This is the comment that started all the argle-bargle. @TKC1101 hijacked yet another thread and flew it to Illegalalienstan.
Now *this* is funny.
Well, you folks back in Brooklyn or even Brookline may not have any concerns about the caliber of the voting make up of the map, but those of us out west here have other ideas. I think accusation of hijack is a stretch, since the maps do coincide and it is a valid and on topic point. You, of course, in your ways of your ilk, can disagree. I shall not accuse you of any such anti -social behavior.
One day, you may have the incredible power to grab threads and fly them to far off places. Do not despair.
For me it always comes down to freedom.
Far out, man.
?? I was under the impression that you voted for Hillary.
Pretty sure he voted for Johnson.
I know some people have trouble telling the difference, but there is one.
Johnson has a better wardrobe.
Oh, OK.
Believe me, I do. I’m surrounded.