With just two states left, I decided to make this map update a little different. One of the major flaws of my past maps has been that it treats all counties equally, when some counties clearly have more voters than others. So, to give a better idea of where the voters are, I´ve darkened areas where voters are sparse and brightened areas where they are dense (in number, not intellectually).
The result better reflects the actual pattern of voters across the country:
However, there are several caveats, as I will detail below.
This is the color scale:
Red is Clinton, green is Edwards, and blue is Obama. Normally, I post color swapped versions, but in the interest in posting this more quickly, I'll just direct you to my Flickr photostream and fix this with an update later.
Update: Color swaps are at the bottom of the diary.
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