- Which sections of the country were the strongest for Clinton, and which were
strongest for Trump? - In the bottom map, which areas are the most mixed (purple)?
- Over the next 20 years, the nation will become more racially and ethnically diverse.
How do you think these maps will change in light of this growing diversity?
Think about it
WHAT DO
THE FACTS
S AY?Purple America:
The 2016
Presidential
Election
The media create maps of the
country on election night with
red states indicating where
Republicans win and blue states
where Democrats win, like the top
map here. But what do we see if
we look beyond the state level to
the county level? And what if we
look not just at who won and who
lost, but which party was stronger
relative to the other? This is what
the bottom map, created by Robert
Vanderbei at Princeton University,
shows. The simple view of two
Americas—Republican versus
Democrat, red versus blue—starts
to look a lot more purple.Source: Provided by Robert J. Vanderbei,
Princeton University, “2016 Presidential
Election, Purple America,” http://www.princeton.
edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2016 (accessed
11/14/16).AK
(3)
HI
(4)
CA
(55)
AZ
(11) NM(5)
TX
(38)
OK
(7)
KS
(6)
CO
(9)
UT
(6)
NV
(6)
OR
(7) ID
(4) WY
(3)
SD
(3)
ND
(3)
NE
(5)
MN
(10) WI
(10)
IN
(11)
KY (8)
OH
(18)WV
NC (15)
VA
(15)
PA (20)
NY
(29)
VT
(3)
MI (16) NH
(4)
MA (11)
RI (4)
CT (7)
NJ (14)
DE (3)
MD (10)
SC (9)
IL
(20)
IA
(6)
MO
(10)
AR
(6)
LA
(8)
MS
(6)
AL
(9)
TN (11)
GA
(16)
FL
MT
(3)
WA
(12)
Clinton/Kaine (D): 232 Trump/Pence (R): 306D.C. (3)
(29)
(5)
ME
(4)
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