The Nine Nations Map of the 2012 Election

Mark Newman -- who studies complex systems at the University of Michigan -- produces some of the coolest electoral cartographs Joel knows. Newman morphs the maps to more accurately reflect population size and similar. Here are his maps for the 2012 election. The Nine Nations boundaries pop pretty nicely. Links to his maps for the 2008, 2006 and 2004 elections are below. Scroll down about two dozen items. Or just change the year at the end of his url here: