The particular article that I chose
for this week’s discussion is one that requires a lot of spatial analysis.
Immediately when I found the website that came from the NY Times it was clear
how much it was related to Geography and how it is critical to understanding the
upcoming election. There is a series of maps using a various number of different
techniques that convey different variables that contribute to the distribution
of voting in Ohio. A proportional symbol
map was used to show how both Republicans and Democrats voted in respect to the
candidates inside there own parties.
I really enjoyed reading about how
college education and the population of an area are directly related to how an
area votes. The counties were broken down and analyzed individually. I found it
interesting that John Kasich is doing so well, to be honest I had not been
hearing a lot about Kasich and up until seeing all these proportion maps I wasn’t
aware he was doing so well. The areas that favored Barrack Obama in the 2008
election tended to side similarly with Clinton. In high population centers such
as Cleveland and Columbus the vote clearly went Democratic, as we know areas of
high poverty tend to go to the Democrats. This site was very informative and
with just a little critical thinking they were very helpful in understanding how
and why the voting is the way it is in Ohio.
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/ohio
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