A state is made of counties. The earlier states were divided into more counties, as it was harder in the old days with horses and wagons to go long distances to get to the county courthouse. Example: My state, North Carolina, has exactly 100 counties. Western states have far fewer.
The electors in the electoral college are based on how many representatives each state has in Congress. Since the Constitution has left the exact process to the individual states, the way this works vary. For example, in some states, if one candidate carries the popular vote of the state, all that state's electors must vote for that candidate. In other states, the electors are voted election district by election district. Also, some states allow electors to be turncoats and vote for a different candidate than the one they were elected to vote for.
The election is won by the number of votes in the electoral college. Sometimes that gives an opposite result from the popular vote. The electoral college system is meant to keep the most populous states from controlling the election every time.
The red vs. blue county maps are just to indicate how large of a land area each party's support is. But that doesn't correspond to the population figures and how the final election results are determined.
Ordinarily, nearly the entire map being red would indicate that the conservative candidate should win every time. Cheating prevented that in the 2020 election and probably others in the past.
Obama won against McCain partly because real informed conservatives couldn't stand the thought of McCain being in charge, as he was a known traitor. Obama was mostly unknown at the time, so we took our chances. I think McCain was nominated just to get this result, which was meant to be part of a 16-year plan of destruction.
Did I overexplain it? I have Asperger's and can go on and on.
A state is made of counties. The earlier states were divided into more counties, as it was harder in the old days with horses and wagons to go long distances to get to the county courthouse. Example: My state, North Carolina, has exactly 100 counties. Western states have far fewer.
The electors in the electoral college are based on how many representatives each state has in Congress. Since the Constitution has left the exact process to the individual states, the way this works vary. For example, in some states, if one candidate carries the popular vote of the state, all that state's electors must vote for that candidate. In other states, the electors are voted election district by election district. Also, some states allow electors to be turncoats and vote for a different candidate than the one they were elected to vote for.
The election is won by the number of votes in the electoral college. Sometimes that gives an opposite result from the popular vote. The electoral college system is meant to keep the most populous states from controlling the election every time.
The red vs. blue county maps are just to indicate how large of a land area each party's support is. But that doesn't correspond to the population figures and how the final election results are determined.
Ordinarily, nearly the entire map being red would indicate that the conservative candidate should win every time. Cheating prevented that in the 2020 election and probably others in the past.
Obama won against McCain partly because real informed conservatives couldn't stand the thought of McCain being in charge, as he was a known traitor. Obama was mostly unknown at the time, so we took our chances. I think McCain was nominated just to get this result, which was meant to be part of a 16-year plan of destruction.
Did I overexplain it? I have Asperger's and can go on and on.
No. The election districts are parts of the states, sometimes without regard for county lines.