States & Capitals

Demographic Maps of the United States

Question to Consider: How might the demographics of a place impact political outcomes?

2008 Election Results by State

2008 popular vote by county

Cartogram of 2008 Election Results (scaled to states’ populations)

Cartogram of 2008 Election Results (scaled to states’ electoral votes)

The following slides are based on the 2000 Census data

Religion in America (based on a study from 2000)

Sources

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

http://www.censusscope.org/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States

http://www.glenmary.org/grc/RCMS_2000/maps.htm