November 3, 2008

color-your-own electoral college map

As a kid, I remember watching election returns (Nixon v. McGovern…) with crayons and a map, planning to tally the states as the results were announced.  Hoping for a better outcome this go round, I’ve mashed together a new map, based on the electoral votes per state.  You can download a printable copy and color along with the returns tomorrow night.

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  1. Deron Bauman on November 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    oh, that’s awesome!

  2. Cindy Scroggins on November 4th, 2008 at 9:27 am

    I read the title of this post as “Color Your Own Rectal College Map.”

    It got me all excited for a second.

  3. | MJJ's blog on November 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    [...] votes per state. You can download a printable copy and color along with the returns tomorrow night. Read More|||The MapMash map has eight different 2008 electoral college polls preloaded for comparing poll [...]

  4. Sheila Ryan on November 4th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Fixin’ to color. I’d hoped to hit the road early enough to swing through Chicago for the rally tonight, but it looks like that ain’t gonna happen. So I’m sharpening my colored pencils.

  5. Elizabeth Perry on November 4th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Got home from working at my Pittsburgh polling place all day – just in time to see Pennsylvania called for Obama. Getting my blue crayon out… and alternately humming Sam Cooke’s “Change is gonna come” and whatever I remember of “Happy Days are Here Again.”

  6. Sheila Ryan on November 4th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Elizabeth, I thought of you when the announcement was made that Pennsylvania went for Obama!

  7. Elizabeth Perry on November 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

    It is a great day – typing now through tears of joy and gratitude – so many worked so hard for this moment.

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