I hope this is my last post on the 2008 election in my county. At the central committee meeting last night, people asked about my candidate, how he was handling the loss. I told them that he is handling it better than me, that he is being incredibly gracious and I am still [...]
From Mark Newman, a cartogram with the election results, weighted by electoral college votes:
The cartogram weighted by population looks almost the same. The point is that Obama won this election because he won the more urban areas (with higher population density) of the country by a large margin. The suburban and rural parts [...]
Margin of victory 2008, county by county from the Washington Post
NY Times – Electoral Map 2008, Voting Shifts
From an article by Frank Schaeffer :
The small smear of red on the otherwise blue electoral map looks more like a minor bloodstain on a dirty Band-Aid than anything resembling a national political party. Who voted for McCain/Palin in bigger numbers than they even voted for Bush/Cheney? Only one shrinking group: uneducated white folks [...]
President-Elect Barack Obama had some advice for Stas, a seven-year-old political blogger:
Look out for other people, even when it does not directly benefit you;
Strive to make a difference everywhere you go;
Get back up every time you are knocked down.
I need to remember this myself, especially the last part.
The only way a Democrat in my county is going to win an election is to change their name to “Liquor Option.”
Obama won. I am grateful for that. However, at the local level, his win was accomplished on the backs of our local Democratic candidates, who all LOST. Badly.
Here’s the kicker… All of the time, money and effort that the local Obama campaign put in to their GOTV efforts – and they [...]
Look at this map. Ohio did not “turn blue” just because Obama won.
This is from an interactive map at the Secretary of State’s website. The blue counties are the ones Obama won. The red ones are the ones he lost. In my county, he lost badly. I am stunned at [...]
