http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://minnesotaindependent.com/16501/bluer-than-you-thought-another-look-at-that-new-political-map http://minnesotaindependent.com/16501/bluer-than-you-thought-another-look-at-that-new-political-map#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000 Jeff Severns Guntzel http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=16501 To look at the ubiquitous red state/blue state map in the wake of the Obama landslide is a bit confusing–it’s quite red. Mark Newman of the University of Michigan To look at the ubiquitous red state/blue state map in the wake of the Obama landslide is a bit confusing–it’s quite red. Mark Newman of the University of Michigan has stretched and squashed the map until it makes a little more sense. His simple trick was to make a map that reflects population instead of geographical boundaries.

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