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Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 11:30 AM Mar 2016

The Map The Main Stream Media Will Never Televise or Print

I love maps. I could not find an election map that accurately illustrates the results so far of the primary season so I made my own.
I wish I had the photoshop skills to combine text from a couple of Great OP's to go with the map but will insert the links from yesterday's threads by Attorney in Texas and Kristopher.
Here goes.....

Delegate count:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511507658

Super delegate Perspective:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511511766

Here's the non-existent map:







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The Map The Main Stream Media Will Never Televise or Print (Original Post) Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 OP
O-K Bernie, time to rock. (nt) So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #1
Link to the non-existent map? NCTraveler Mar 2016 #2
You should explain what the map shows nt TheDormouse Mar 2016 #3
There is a small legend at the top that shows votes shown in percentages. Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #5
Funny, the media also believed that Michigan was a WIN.. brooklynite Mar 2016 #6
Maps mean nothing, math means everything nt firebrand80 Mar 2016 #4
I don't understand what I'm looking at here. closeupready Mar 2016 #7
I have redone it--does this work better? Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #8
YES! Much better - it's like showing the red state/blue state divisions - closeupready Mar 2016 #9
Thank you closeupready! I appreciate Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #10

Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
5. There is a small legend at the top that shows votes shown in percentages.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 01:00 PM
Mar 2016

The point is the MSM believes a state such as Missouri that was won by .2% is a WIN but it isn't, it is a tie.

brooklynite

(94,482 posts)
6. Funny, the media also believed that Michigan was a WIN..
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 01:03 PM
Mar 2016

a HUGE win...a game-changing win...

until the following week.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
7. I don't understand what I'm looking at here.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 01:06 PM
Mar 2016

For a Democratic statistician, this might mean something, but for low-information voters like me, it's just a color-coded map of the United States. So what?

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
9. YES! Much better - it's like showing the red state/blue state divisions -
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:48 PM
Mar 2016

You look at the map and you can see how the primary vote was split, and by how much. Cheers.

Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
10. Thank you closeupready! I appreciate
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 05:41 PM
Mar 2016

your help and feedback. I'm gonna try to repost it and see if it helps left some spirits around here,


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