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	<title>Comments on: 2008 Election County-By-County</title>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008_election_county-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-523906</link>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>people are stupid. land is good XD</description>
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		<title>By: Dantheman</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008_election_county-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-521239</link>
		<dc:creator>Dantheman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To show how silly these maps are, consider 2 counties in Pennsylvania.  Fulton County in South Central Pennsylvania voted 74-25 McCain, while Philadelphia County voted 83-16 Obama, so both would show up in pretty clear hues (source -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PA Secretary of State&lt;/a&gt;).  Fulton County is almost exactly 3 times larger than Philadelphia County (438 sq. miles to 143) (source -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_counties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;).  Yet McCain&#039;s win in Fulton County netted him 3,050 votes (4,612 to 1,562).  Obama&#039;s win in Philadelphia County netted him 461,008 votes (574,042 to 113,034).

Sorry, but land mass just doesn&#039;t mean much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To show how silly these maps are, consider 2 counties in Pennsylvania.  Fulton County in South Central Pennsylvania voted 74-25 McCain, while Philadelphia County voted 83-16 Obama, so both would show up in pretty clear hues (source -- <a href="http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/" rel="nofollow">PA Secretary of State</a>).  Fulton County is almost exactly 3 times larger than Philadelphia County (438 sq. miles to 143) (source -- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_counties" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>).  Yet McCain's win in Fulton County netted him 3,050 votes (4,612 to 1,562).  Obama's win in Philadelphia County netted him 461,008 votes (574,042 to 113,034).</p>
<p>Sorry, but land mass just doesn't mean much.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been looking everywhere for these maps.  Thanks OTB!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've been looking everywhere for these maps.  Thanks OTB!</p>
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		<title>By: just me</title>
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		<dc:creator>just me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Whatever the margin, at least we have a VP who knows that Africa isn&#039;t one country and what countries are in North America.&lt;/em&gt;

I am not so sure of this one.

After all he thinks the US and France kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon.  And that JOBS is a three letter word.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Whatever the margin, at least we have a VP who knows that Africa isn't one country and what countries are in North America.</em></p>
<p>I am not so sure of this one.</p>
<p>After all he thinks the US and France kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon.  And that JOBS is a three letter word.</p>
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		<title>By: Derrick</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008_election_county-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-521198</link>
		<dc:creator>Derrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whatever the margin, at least we have a VP who knows that Africa isn&#039;t one country and what countries are in North America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever the margin, at least we have a VP who knows that Africa isn't one country and what countries are in North America.</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
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		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I&#039;m sorry to pile on James, but, sorry, NO, only a moron would think that a particular side won by looking at the dominance of one color or another on those maps.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


blah, I when I play Risk I alway start in China take over that side of the map and by the end of the night all them gimps are speaking Chinese.

oh sorry you said on those maps. I see them now. I need to actually start looking at the post instead of just cheeking to see what the donkakooks are blithering now.

Ill restart this as my effort into giving the the new 3rd R.... oops I mean administration a chance to show what there made of.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I'm sorry to pile on James, but, sorry, NO, only a moron would think that a particular side won by looking at the dominance of one color or another on those maps.</p></blockquote>
<p>blah, I when I play Risk I alway start in China take over that side of the map and by the end of the night all them gimps are speaking Chinese.</p>
<p>oh sorry you said on those maps. I see them now. I need to actually start looking at the post instead of just cheeking to see what the donkakooks are blithering now.</p>
<p>Ill restart this as my effort into giving the the new 3rd R.... oops I mean administration a chance to show what there made of.</p>
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		<title>By: Triumph</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008_election_county-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-521151</link>
		<dc:creator>Triumph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Because of population patterns, you’d guess that the Red team won. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;m sorry to pile on James, but, sorry, NO, only a moron would think that a particular side won by looking at the dominance of one color or another on those maps.

As Jeff Baker and Anderson says the area on the maps represent land area--they don&#039;t represent votes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Because of population patterns, you&rsquo;d guess that the Red team won. </p></blockquote>
<p>I'm sorry to pile on James, but, sorry, NO, only a moron would think that a particular side won by looking at the dominance of one color or another on those maps.</p>
<p>As Jeff Baker and Anderson says the area on the maps represent land area--they don't represent votes.</p>
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		<title>By: PD Shaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>PD Shaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I live in one of those blue dots that was a red dot in 2000 and 2004.  The thing I noticed about this blue dot is that in almost every other line on the ballot it voted Republican.  I attribute this to a moderately conservative dispostion that was attracted to Obama&#039;s personality, demeanor and life story.

I see an opportunity for Obama to convert, but I think it would be a mistake to assume that they are converted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live in one of those blue dots that was a red dot in 2000 and 2004.  The thing I noticed about this blue dot is that in almost every other line on the ballot it voted Republican.  I attribute this to a moderately conservative dispostion that was attracted to Obama's personality, demeanor and life story.</p>
<p>I see an opportunity for Obama to convert, but I think it would be a mistake to assume that they are converted.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In other words, Obama won the counties where people tend to live.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In other words, Obama won the counties where people tend to live.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeffrey W. Baker</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008_election_county-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-521125</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey W. Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not really talking about politics, I&#039;m talking about cartography.  See here for one of my favorite documents about election infographics, and some very nice examples.

http://www.style.org/mappingvotes/

Of course, the California gubernatorial election doesn&#039;t have the 3EV-minimum distortion that our presidential election has.  Neat maps, anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm not really talking about politics, I'm talking about cartography.  See here for one of my favorite documents about election infographics, and some very nice examples.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.style.org/mappingvotes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.style.org/mappingvotes/</a></p>
<p>Of course, the California gubernatorial election doesn't have the 3EV-minimum distortion that our presidential election has.  Neat maps, anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: James Joyner</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Joyner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;We don&#039;t have a one acre/one vote system.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

But we do have a federalist one.  I&#039;m in favor of a national popular vote for a variety of reasons but am not indifferent to the arguments for a state-by-state allocation of votes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>We don't have a one acre/one vote system.</p></blockquote>
<p>But we do have a federalist one.  I'm in favor of a national popular vote for a variety of reasons but am not indifferent to the arguments for a state-by-state allocation of votes.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeffrey W. Baker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeffrey W. Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Useless without population weighting.  We don&#039;t have a one acre/one vote system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Useless without population weighting.  We don't have a one acre/one vote system.</p>
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		<title>By: GreatHairGuy (GreatHairGuy)</title>
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		<dc:creator>GreatHairGuy (GreatHairGuy)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 04:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/davidgs&quot;&gt;@davidgs&lt;/a&gt;  I had the same thought many times over recent years.  Let&#039;s draw lines.  Lots of red out there. Ck it out.http://bit.ly/dOTZ #tcot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/davidgs">@davidgs</a>  I had the same thought many times over recent years.  Let's draw lines.  Lots of red out there. Ck it out.http://bit.ly/dOTZ #tcot</p>
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