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Traditional U.S. electoral maps not only illustrate polarization, but they can also exacerbate it. No state is strictly red or blue, they are all shades of purple. This tool shows historic and present-day shades of purple based on election results.
Purple States of America. In the United States, no state ever votes 100% Democratic (blue) or 100% Republican (red), and yet this is how we are accustomed to seeing our electoral maps illustrated, despite a 2009 study showing that this can exacerbate polarization.
17 Φεβ 2015 · Had Europeans not colonized North America, this map and its unfamiliar shapes hint at what today’s sovereign Native American countries and states might look like.
On Purple States of America, I've collected state-by-state data from the last forty years of U.S. presidential elections and proportionally colored the map in shades of purple. The site first launched with a geographic map of the U.S. and then I later added a proportional electoral map which is based on one used to illustrate the National ...
17 Μαΐ 2024 · A purple state is a state with a vote which is typically closely divided between Democratic and Republican candidates at election time. As a result, such states can become important areas for electoral contests, with candidates fighting to get the majority of the vote so that they can win.
A “purple state” features roughly even numbers of Democratic and Republican supporters in a presidential election. It’s also a term used for a swing state on an electoral map. It is purple because it could either go blue or red. Purple states are sometimes shown as gray on a map instead of purple.
A purple state refers to a swing state where both Democratic and Republican candidates receive many votes without an overwhelming majority for either party. Purple states are also often referred to as "battleground" states.
