Cartophilia: Maps and Map Memorabilia
Stamps, postcards, advertising, coffee mugs, shirts, and other ephemera. I love maps, and maps as an element of design.
"I think that the constant study of maps is apt to disturb men’s reasoning powers" -- Lord Salisbury
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Mapping the 111th Congress
FiveThirtyEight.com offers a nice cartogram of the new congress:

Not suprisingly, most states have some red and some blue. There are nine "all blue" states, and five "all red" states. However, while Oklahoma did allow one congressional district to go blue, the Oklahoma Republican Party was proud to point out, in their e-Christmas card last month, that they were the only state where every county went red for McCain:

HT to Patrick at The Electoral Map
Labels: electoral maps, oklahoma, politics, united states





