Democrats totally marginalized

[schmengie]

I have not found a postable map yet, but look at this map from CNN

Far west coast from LA to Canada, NYC and most points NE of the city, South Texas and Chicago. Other than that its sporadic pockets centered around Colleges, Minority centric urban areas and some parts of the old south.

Stunning

Comments

[adb_jaeger]

Those maps are cute, but of course the House isn't 420-15.

[schmengie]

not a matter of being cute. And I know it isnt 420-15...yet :-)

But the democrats have become very regionalized this cycle. If they want power back they will have to consider flyover country and even further risk losing their base.

[smartmeanfatkid]

So basically, it's Democrats in all the population centers?

[schmengie]

yeah, because no one lives anywhere but the coasts. Just empty space coast to coast. Those Red districts are just land without people

[smartmeanfatkid]

I'm picking up on your sarcasm.

However, that is essentially correct. See that little blue spot in North Texas? That's DFW. There are more people in that little blue spot than there are in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho combined. That giant sea of red represents far fewer Americans than it looks like.

[schmengie]

Each congressional district in effect holds approx 600,000 people. If the Republicans hold 244 seats then the Republicans represent 146,400,000 people. The Democrats represent 114,600,000 people.

Before the election the numbers were 153,000,000 for Dems and 107,400,000 for Reps. Thats a change from -46M to +32M. Even across great swaths of land 78 Million is a big number.

I appreciate...

[freelikebeer]

that you get the labels right. You don't sneer the term 'Liberal' into a euphemism for 'Democrat'. There's honesty in that.

Re: I appreciate...

[schmengie]

well not all Democrats are Liberal (although the remaining members of the D caucus in the house are going to be mainly liberal). And all Liberals are not Democrats.

Liberals staying home and Moderates going 60% for Republicans is why the crushing occurred.

Re: I appreciate...

[vizslas_r00l]

To be fair, very few "Republicans" these days appear to be anywhere near "Conservative" on the fiscal side. George W. Bush, for example, was arguably as Liberal as Obama when it comes to the economy.

[jpmassar]

All R/D maps always look like this (other than psuedo-maps which make all CD's the same size). Vast swathes of red and tiny, tiny dots of blue (containing large amounts of population).

D's will still control about 45% of the House. That's hardly marginalized!

For an amusing look at just how 'left coast' the 'left coast' is, take a look at the California CD's now. Almost all the D CD's are really on the left coast, which almost all the R ones are not on the coast at all.

[schmengie]

not sure i agree this time. the post 2008 House map did not have that red look to it

Compare
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/house/map.html

with
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/house

Big ass difference

[jpmassar]

If you switch six huge CD's on the 2008 map you get something that looks very red.

(North Dakota, South Dakota, One in NM, AZ, CO and TX)

It's like looking at maps in school where Greenland is as big as Africa. Total distortion.

[gunga_galunga]

Colorado, an island of sanity in a sea of lunacy.

[jpmassar]

What happened to the space alien initiative?

[gunga_galunga]

I believe it failed.

[jpmassar]

Curses. Foiled again.