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essentialsaltes ([personal profile] essentialsaltes) wrote2012-05-09 05:18 pm

Cartography



This seems to be a more accurate map, but for the most part, it's the same:


And for reference...

[identity profile] essentialsaltes.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
As for the alleged argument in the first picture, it may also have to do with differences in city/rural populations.

[identity profile] ian-tiberius.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
In addition to that, the map is actually pointing out a correlation between colleges and the vote, not between level of education and the vote. Know what support for gay rights is *really* correlated with? Age. Of course college towns are going to be more in favor of gay marriage.

What you'd really need to make this case is a map indicating the percentage of the voters in each district that have a college education, rather than a map showing the locations of colleges.