#50ShadesOfPurple
January 31, 2017
What if, despite our well known differences, we all had more in common than we thought?
This 2016 election map depicts the certified popular vote for each of our 50 states. Rather than "winner take all" red and blue, red votes and blue votes are depicted together to reveal that every one of our 50 states is in fact purple. In the reddest of red states (in this election West Virginia and Wyoming), one of every four to five people voted blue. And in the bluest of blue states (in this election Hawaii and California), one of every three people voted red.
In the United States of America, we are united in our purpleness. So maybe we need some new politicians who speak purple and who lead purple so we can vote purple.
In the United States of America, we are united in our purpleness. So maybe we need some new politicians who speak purple and who lead purple so we can vote purple.
