Comments on: Historical presidential maps http://blog.webfoot.com/2009/04/13/historical-presidential-maps/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:26:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ducky http://blog.webfoot.com/2009/04/13/historical-presidential-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-445 ducky Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:02:30 +0000 http://www.webfoot.com/blog/?p=635#comment-445 The Democratic/Republican maps (red->blue) maps are all at the same scale. (The additional info, the white->green maps, are at different scales because they show different things.) Note that the very last map is not 2008 minus 2004, but 2008 minus 1960, so it isn't actually very surprising that it has stark differences. (I'll modify the text to make it more clear that I don't show 2008 minus 2004.) Other years do have strong colour changes, especially in the South as it whipsaws around. The Democratic/Republican maps (red->blue) maps are all at the same scale. (The additional info, the white->green maps, are at different scales because they show different things.)

Note that the very last map is not 2008 minus 2004, but 2008 minus 1960, so it isn’t actually very surprising that it has stark differences. (I’ll modify the text to make it more clear that I don’t show 2008 minus 2004.)

Other years do have strong colour changes, especially in the South as it whipsaws around.

]]> By: spacemika http://blog.webfoot.com/2009/04/13/historical-presidential-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-446 spacemika Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:17:21 +0000 http://www.webfoot.com/blog/?p=635#comment-446 So, about the massively different intensity of the 2004 vs 2008 map vs all the other maps... Are all the maps to the same colour scale (ie, this particular shade of red represents the same thing in all the maps), or a sliding colour scale? If it's all the same colour scalle, it looks like it's one of the most intense changes of the lot. I like your independent projects; it's inspiring me to keep going with landslide models even after I finally submit the thesis. So, about the massively different intensity of the 2004 vs 2008 map vs all the other maps… Are all the maps to the same colour scale (ie, this particular shade of red represents the same thing in all the maps), or a sliding colour scale? If it’s all the same colour scalle, it looks like it’s one of the most intense changes of the lot.

I like your independent projects; it’s inspiring me to keep going with landslide models even after I finally submit the thesis.

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