Quick civics test

[Liar]

The blue areas are cotton growing areas and the black dots are plantations that used slaves

Close enough.

SixtyMinuteMan was right before on the blue areas being related to the current election. They are counties in the south where a majority voted for Obama.

The black dots are cotton production in the end of the slavery era. Every dot represents 1000 bales of cotton/year.

The correlation between the two is that African-Americans vote mostly Democrat and even moreso voted for Obama. Since abolition a whole lot of the slaves settled down where they were, and haven't migrated much since. Dosn't mean that everyone or even a majority of the people in those blue districts are black and descendants of slaves, but enough are to tip the scale over to blue.

 

[Liar]

Ok, here's a different one. What's being shown in the lower... erm... map?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/unitedstates10.jpg

 

[Darkniciad]

How people on the coasts actually view the country? I would guess population density per square mile.

 

[PREMwriter]

The expelling of all the hot air produced by Washington Politicians, during the last election.

Yeah me again!

 

[PREMwriter]

America sneezing.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Obviously it's not overall population, or DC wouldn't figure so prominently and both Texas & PA would be much bigger. Density doesn't make sense, either, I don't think, again because of PA.

Hmm. What is there more of in California, NY, and DC than anywhere else? (No mean jokes, please, I gave the South a pass) I suspect it's going to be something esoteric.

Edit: It's not income-related. That would have MA and CO, among others, much bigger.

Edit 2: The presence of DC makes me think politics, of course. Could it have something to do with campaign contributions? It's not the origin of Presidents... hmmmm.

 

[3113]

Ok, here's a different one. What's being shown in the lower... erm... map?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/unitedstates10.jpg

A pretty butterfly?

 

[trysail]

Ok, here's a different one. What's being shown in the lower... erm... map?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/unitedstates10.jpg

Tax rates.

 

[lance gt]

the percentage of drug use per capita

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

A pretty butterfly?

Heh. Be kind of a mutant butterfly, I think.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Tax rates.

Nah, Texas and Florida would be nonexistent.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

the percentage of drug use per capita

 

[lance gt]

Percentage of same sex couples per capita

 

[lance gt]

electricity usage

 

[CharleyH]

Hey Americans, let's see if you have a good grasp of your country.

What do these maps represent?

LOL

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

electricity usage

That would pretty much flip it. Texas dwarfs the other ConUS states in electricity consumption, especially on a per-capita basis. CA and NY are almost dead last per capita.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

National media coverage? Although I'm not even sure how one would measure it.

Or, in the same vein, media coverage specifically related to politics. Explains DC, NY's prominence, and with the gay marriage debate getting so much attention it explains CA.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Nah, belay my last. Doesn't explain GA being so large. Back to the drawing board.

 

[PREMwriter]

Percentage of suicides per capita

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Percentage of suicides per capita

That would also invert it. Montana and Wyoming lead the way, California, NY, and DC are all in the lowest 10 per capita.

 

[PREMwriter]

number of murders per capita

 

[3113]

That would also invert it. Montana and Wyoming lead the way

That many cowboys commit suicide?

 

[Liar]

Nah, belay my last. Doesn't explain GA being so large. Back to the drawing board.

Actually, it is.

Proportional size of news stories on the major network and cable news channels. From each state plus DC in 2007. Election years would probably skew things even more towards both DC and some swing states. I don't want to think about how this mght have looked for Florida in 2000.

This includes both politics, entertainment, and sports. Dunno what that did to GA that year, maybe they have a good team or something?

 

[3113]

Actually, it is.

So the butterfly is how much tv we watch?

 

[Liar]

So the butterfly is how much tv we watch?

No, what the people in your TV talk about.