Red Blue State Map 2016
Here is a typical map of the results of the 2016 election.
Red blue state map 2016. The terms red state and blue state have been in familiar lexicon since the 2000 us presidential election. The states are colored red or blue to indicate whether a majority of their voters voted for the republican candidate donald trump or the democratic candidate hillary clinton respectively. Here are newman s maps showing the results of the 2016 election. The election was much closer than you might think from the balance of colors and in fact.
The darker the blue the more a county went for hilary clinton and the darker the red the more the county went for donald trump. 2016 united states presidential election results by county on a color spectrum from democratic blue to republican red. On monday we featured a map from 2012 and asked you what you could learn from it. Click on any of the maps for a larger picture.
The map above shows the county level and vote share results of the 2016 us presidential election. In every election since 2004 the democrat candidate has gathered more than 50 of the vote. 50 years of electoral college maps. Red and blue map 2016.
The beginnings of the blue red regional alignment in today s american. To win donald trump broke through some of the blue wall of 242 electoral votes that had voted democratic in each presidential election since at least 1992. The new york times. The last time that new york has voted republican was 1984.
Turned red and blue. If a state is not a red state or a blue state it might be a swing state. In oregon the race is a little tighter. The demographic and political applications of the terms have led to a temptation to presume this arbitrary classification is a clear cut.
Purple states are also often referred to as battleground states. The colorful distinction between major parties is a relatively recent phenomenon. Scribner s statistical atlas of the united states published in 1883 detailed presidential voting patterns by county for prior elections. A blue state is different from a red state or a swing state.
Pennsylvania michigan wisconsin and one district in maine voted republican in 2016. A purple state refers to a swing state where both democratic and republican candidates receive strong support without an overwhelming majority of support for either party. The results are fascinating and show a country largely split between deep blue cities and a scarlet red countryside. The state is considered a safe blue state and 2016 saw 58 4 of the vote going to hillary clinton.
Electoral maps weren t always red and blue states. Each map highlighted democratic dominance of the south in red while republican wins in the northeast and upper midwest were highlighted in blue. There is significantly more red on this map than there is blue but that is in some ways misleading. A map showing red states blue states and swing states as of the 2016 election.