COOL MAPS -- Where the DU donations are coming from @ Thu 4:00PM

[Skinner]

I thought it would be cool to crunch the numbers from the DU Leaderboard and see if there are any regional trends. Below are two maps, one based on total donations, the other donations per 1 million population.

The first map (total donations by state) isn't really very different from a population map. The most donations are generally coming from the states with the most people.



But this second map (donations per 1 million population) shows some interesting trends. The states seem bluer in the Northeast, Pacific coast, Southwest, and Upper midwest. And the states seem pinker in the southeast and west.


Kinda interesting. For more info, visit the DU Leaderboard:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=leaderboard

[Bonobo]

1. Go Massachusetts!

[CaptainClark23]

2. Not as if you don't have enough to do...

But it would be interesting to see a similar demo. map with the residences of DU members.

Thanks for all the hard work, btw.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

3. Wazzzaup with Wyoming and the Dakotas?

No people?

No money?

No brains

No web access

[Ilsa]

8. I know WY has good web access.

They need it in winter when they are iced and snowed in for seven or eight months. My sister and her husband live there and he said in 1994 that almost everyone in their little town was wired for excellent web access.

On edit: There sure are a lot of Repukes there, though.

[cheezus]

16. we're thrifty

if DU weren't free, I wouldn't use it.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

22. It's South Dakota

That's why I left the state.
(Well, one of the reasons, anyway)

[Sandstorm]

4. Great showing for the Southwest!

EOM

[cosmicdot]

5. perhaps the lavender states, in the GE, are within reach?

I would have thought Pennsylvania and Maine to be less red.

Is that Delaware showing blue?

[DemExpat]

6. In general, liberals live in the periphery of the continent....

while the heartland is more conservative.

Very interesting! I love maps!!!!

:kick:

Don't understand why the northeast coast is so pinkish!

DemEx

[cosmicdot]

10. maybe it's the ocean/sea/salt air sphere of influence

We always said, about taking a swim in the Chesapeake Bay, it would cure what ailed ya.

When I visited Amsterdam, that's the thing I notices, especially, at night ... the sea air enveloped the streets ... and those Dutch are such good people.

[LynneSin]

7. Delaware is a small state but WE KICK YOUR ASS!!!!

:bounce:

[Lizz612]

9. Wow! MN is so Blue!

Blue blue blue.
But my adopted state is a nice dark Purple, gotta get more MDers to donate.

[northofdenali]

11. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO ALASKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We may be small in numbers, but we're BIG where DU comes in!

Hey, fellow Sourdoughs - :yourock:

[tnlefty]

12. Wow! 2 maps where my state isn't red for a change!!!!!

Thanks, I needed to see that.

[DemExpat]

13. Kick for the evening crowd...

:kick:

DemEx

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Come Dakotas and WY!

Let's get moving!

[SmileyBoy]

15. Someone's gotta step up and represent ND. I'm currently broke.

:(:(:(:(:(

[geniph]

18. You DO seem to have a star, though...

are you in one of those states?

[SmileyBoy]

21. Yes. In Fargo.

I donated last quarter.

[geniph]

17. See, I knew the Pacific NW rocked!

:D :D :D

[Pale Blue Dot]

19. I am so ashamed of my home state

There has to be more than 13 DUers in Pennsylvania!

[DemoTex]

20. Texas, Florida, and Cali!

Sweet revenge.

[ConcernedCanuk]

23. Hey, where's them provinces out west that contributed !

.
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Nope, I ain't blowin my own horn cuz I didn't donate,

But gee - Pencil em in if'n ya hafta ! ?

Shame them other states into donating at least a WEE bit more than them poor Canuks !!

:shrug: