[R] US 2004 Elections map

[michael watson (IAH-C)]

So, ahem, it would be pretty easy to swap the colors round and claim a
Kerry victory?
;)

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Hedderik van Rijn
Sent: 09 December 2004 14:36
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] US 2004 Elections map



even for people who didn't like the outcome of the US elections this  
year, it must have been a joy to see all the nice (and not so nice)  
graphs that were shown. As an exercise, I recreated the map shown on  
the NY-Times website [  
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/11/03/politics/ 
20041103_px_ELECT_GRAPHIC.html ]

If you're interested,

   http://www.ai.rug.nl/~hedderik/R/US2004

contains the created maps, the data and the code. Note that there are  
some differences in the R map and the NYT map (most notably with  
respect to some missing data in some New England states, some  
mismatches in county names, and the representation of NYC), but I was  
quite satisfied with the map as it stands now.

   - Hedderik.

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