Why Cities Matter, part 3

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November 4, 2004, 10:49 AM PST

Here's the county-by-county map for this year, thanks to USA Today.

Blue is mostly cities; red is suburban and rural, as I've pointed out before. What's interesting is, as I understand it, Kerry victories in the blue towns were by a much narrower margin than Bush victories in the red regions. Cities mattered this week because they could not beat the countryside.

Here, too, is a map from Boing Boing that blurs the lines a bit. If I thought Xeni was reading this, I'd say thanks.

Point being, the margins in this race were whisper-thin. Nevertheless, with 51 percent of the vote going to the president and a clear popular vote margin, the guy got his mandate.

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