What the map is showing is that actual counties within the state, and the people in those counties voted for DJT which in essence says the county is red. It would be interesting to see how red each county is based on the number of votes obtained by each party legally.
I just made a reply to u/BooniesRedneck that would also work for your post. They were asking if there was a huge difference in population per county. Here is the reply I made to them:
Probably not each, but yes, they can be drastically different.
The perfect example is Virginia, and we saw the results of those huge differences in the recent redistricting election.
Remember the big deal that was made when Fairfax county reported their numbers late and swung the numbers from No to Yes?
Fairfax County has over a million people. This one county has more people in it than ~60 of the least populated counties in the state combined. Not 6. 60. 6-0.
That one county, which is overwhelmingly democrat, negated ~60 republican counties, many of which only had ~ 2,000 to 5,000 people.
Virginia only has around 95 counties. And Fairfax isn't the only example here.
Prince William county, democat, ~500,000
Loudon county, democrat, ~400,000
Arlington county, democrat, ~250,000
Those three counties have more people than the next 20 smallest counties (after the 60 I mentioned above) which are mostly Republican.
That's 4 democrat counties that effectively negates ~80 republican counties, because of the huge difference in population. Remember Virginia only has ~95 counties.
By physical size alone, those 4 counties don't take up anywhere near ~80+% of the state.
So the map showing lots of red doesn't mean that there are a lot of Republican voters in those areas. Because land doesn't vote. People do, and they're not evenly distributed across the state.
What the map is showing is that actual counties within the state, and the people in those counties voted for DJT which in essence says the county is red. It would be interesting to see how red each county is based on the number of votes obtained by each party legally.
Here is a link to the 2024 presidential election results by precinct. https://votehub.com/2024-map/
You can change it up to see by county, etc.
VERY cool map! Thanks for sharing.
It offers a feature to illustrate the "Vote Density" for each county that you can even magnify for clarity / contrast.
🔵 Blue density look like skyscrapers in all the large metro areas.
🔴 Red density is nonexistent. There are NO skyscrapers even in Texas and Florida.
Oh cool, thank you for telling me that. I’ve got to go check that out. :)
I just made a reply to u/BooniesRedneck that would also work for your post. They were asking if there was a huge difference in population per county. Here is the reply I made to them:
Probably not each, but yes, they can be drastically different.
The perfect example is Virginia, and we saw the results of those huge differences in the recent redistricting election.
Remember the big deal that was made when Fairfax county reported their numbers late and swung the numbers from No to Yes?
Fairfax County has over a million people. This one county has more people in it than ~60 of the least populated counties in the state combined. Not 6. 60. 6-0.
That one county, which is overwhelmingly democrat, negated ~60 republican counties, many of which only had ~ 2,000 to 5,000 people.
Virginia only has around 95 counties. And Fairfax isn't the only example here.
Prince William county, democat, ~500,000
Loudon county, democrat, ~400,000
Arlington county, democrat, ~250,000
Those three counties have more people than the next 20 smallest counties (after the 60 I mentioned above) which are mostly Republican.
That's 4 democrat counties that effectively negates ~80 republican counties, because of the huge difference in population. Remember Virginia only has ~95 counties.
By physical size alone, those 4 counties don't take up anywhere near ~80+% of the state.
So the map showing lots of red doesn't mean that there are a lot of Republican voters in those areas. Because land doesn't vote. People do, and they're not evenly distributed across the state.