{"id":1844975,"date":"2025-09-19T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844975"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:08:30","slug":"the-2024-u-s-presidential-election-mapped-at-the-precinct-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/the-2024-u-s-presidential-election-mapped-at-the-precinct-level\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Mapped at the Precinct Level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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VoteHub has released a precinct-level map of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results<\/a> that includes vote density as well as margin\u2014in other words, taking into account how many votes are in a district, not just by how much (tempering the fact of winning 90% of the vote in a district with the fact that there are only 100 votes to be had in the district, say). [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, VoteHub is also tracking the unusual and hinky attempts at gerrymandering U.S. congressional districts outside the usual census cycle<\/a>, with a map showing which states are involved and what the potential impact might be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VoteHub has released a precinct-level map of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results that includes vote density as well as margin\u2014in other words, taking into account how many votes are in a district, not just… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-09-19T16:08:00+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lz7aqbxyaw2b","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lz7aqbxyaw2b\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiac7ki7bsee3ke2qs55zl2viqvacy6s6idlwteql7ifgxs4dou5zu\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreih455sd2ccozpwupbfmzfgj4gnpy2i5pih7ceyc6x73wa3ynhpik4\",\"rev\":\"3lz7aqbyb262b\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[1709,535,1536,158],"class_list":["post-1844975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-politics","tag-2024-us-elections","tag-gerrymandering","tag-redistricting","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786024,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/empty-land-doesnt-vote-and-other-hot-takes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844975,"position":0},"title":"‘Empty Land Doesn’t Vote’ and Other Hot Takes","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 July 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The hot takes about the New York Times\u2019s detailed map of the 2016 U.S. presidential election results (see previous entry) have been coming in fast. 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