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![]() Both these maps show the same segment of the southern United States, and demonstrate a similar pattern. Yet each describes a wholly other era and a completely different process. The bottom map dates from 1860 (i.e. the eve of the Civil War), and indicates where cotton was produced at that time, each dot representing 2,000 bales of the stuff. Cotton was King back then, and mainly so in the densely cultivated border area between Louisiana and Mississippi, and in an equally dense band of cotton cultivation starting west of the Mississippi-Alabama line, tapering out across Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Other cotton centres are the areas around Memphis and what appears to be Lawrenceburg in southern Tennessee. The top map dates from 2008, and shows the results of the recent presidential election, on county level. Blue counties voted for Obama, red ones for McCain (darker hues representing larger majorities). In spite of Obama’s national victory, and barring Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, all Southern states (i.e. all states formerly belonging to the Confederacy) went for McCain. The pattern of pro-Obama counties in those southern states corresponds strikingly with the cotton-picking areas of the 1860s, especially along the Louisiana-Mississippi and Mississippi-Alabama borders (the pattern corresponds less strikingly and deviates significantly elsewhere). The link between these two maps is not causal, but correlational, and the correlation is African-Americans. Once they were the slaves on whom the cotton economy had to rely for harvesting. Despite an outward migration towards the Northern cities, their settlement pattern now still closely corresponds to that of those days. During the Democratic primary, many African-American voters supported Hillary Clinton, thinking it unlikely Barack Obama would win the nomination, let alone the presidency. When it became apparent that Obama had a good shot at the nomination (and thereafter at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue itself), their support for Obama became near monolithic. As it turns out, president-elect Obama won with the an overall support of 53%, but that includes over 90% of black voters (1). And while their votes did not swing their states towards ‘their’ (2) candidate, the measure in which black residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina voted for Obama is remarkable in that this particular voting pattern still corresponds with settlement patterns of almost a century and a half ago. . Many thanks to Paul Downey for sending in this map, found here. . UPDATE #1: I received an overlay of both maps from Mark Root-Wiley: “The borders do not line up perfectly but came closer than I thought they would. The top layer had to be made semitransparent in order to see the blue vs. red breakdown in Arkansas/Lousiana/Mississippi, but I think it’s pretty useful. The correlation was even stronger than I thought.” It looks great. Thanks, Mark! . UPDATE #2: The original juxtaposition of the two maps was the work of Allen Gathman (explained here, and done here). . UPDATE #3: In comment #96, C. Neal explains how the voting pattern can be related to even more antique antecedents than Antebellum agriculture - the Late Cretaceous Period, no less. Go to the comment for link to the post… ![]() ![]() |
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@winamp: Ik gebruik het al jaren, en ben wel bekend met de standaard opties enzo. De medialibrary is inderdaad handig
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@Missy: Ga je dan ook helemaal niet meer naar school? Als in, dat je vanaf nu best vaak thuiszit? Heb je echt helemaal geen idee wat je eventueel zou willen?
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Godverdomme, mijn vader heeft een digitale klok met mini-whitebord gekregen, de klok zie je niet, maar het ding maakt een verschrikkelijk gezoem wat hij niet hoort maar ik mijn moeder en mijn zusje wel.
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![]() Maar op dat klokje kan je gewoon niets zien, als ik nou een geschikt iets had om het open te maken, maar een schroevendraaier past niet. iemand een idee? was er niet iets met een magneet ertegenaan houden ofzo? |
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Wil je 'm openmaken om te kijken waarom hij zoemt of wil je 'm gewoon kapotmaken? Dat laatste is wel flauw. Maar goed, je kan 'm gewoon in het water duwen, dan houdt hij vast op met werken. (Wel eerst de batterijen eruit halen, althans, ik weet niet precies hoe het allemaal werkt maar dat lijkt me wel verstandig.)
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