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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPictogram of US Congressional Districts as of November 2018
This isn't a map per se - it's a pictogram showing by color breakouts the number of Democratic and Republican Congressional Districts throughout the US. I guess since a few are still being counted, there may be a change here or there.
What I love about this is the equal representation of blue across the entire country, not just on the coasts. It's a truer representation of how things really are in this country.
underpants
(182,576 posts)If so I see two TWO red flips - both in Minnesota
FakeNoose
(32,543 posts)Most of the flips were BLUE this time. Don't forget that a couple of Senate seats also flipped red, but they aren't showing on this chart.
underpants
(182,576 posts)That's what gave me the idea.
I see a third Repub flip now - Pa.
FakeNoose
(32,543 posts)It happened when the districts were redrawn this year, and different candidates ran who were't incumbents. It's sort of hard to explain. But if you recall that Conor Lamb won that special election back in March, and he won again in a different district last week. But in the district that he left behind (because of the new map) a Republican candidate won. So the net result is the same, it started out as a Republican district at the beginning of 2018 and now it is again, even though it's redrawn.
underpants
(182,576 posts)struggle4progress
(118,204 posts)FakeNoose
(32,543 posts)Hang in there, it won't be long!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)and Great Lakes.
Big red states like MT, ND, SD, WY, ID, take up a lot of land area on most maps but don't really represent a whole lot of people. But they still get two Senators each, same as CA, NY, FL, TX ! How does that make sense ?
FakeNoose
(32,543 posts)If we were representing the Senate spread of GOP/Dem states, we'd be looking at a lot more red. It's so depressing to us that I wanted to share this pictogram to offset the map that the Republicans love to use.
eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)Most electoral maps show a lot of red sagebrush and tumbleweed, with most of the people shoved into the blue corners, and lots of people don't realize how misleading that is.