The counties that went for one candidate or another are pretty much irrelevant in the big picture. Elections are about population, not square miles of land. Obviously the election was much closer than the map implies. The blue areas on the map are mostly much more densely populated than the red ones. Liberals like big cities.

It's kind of like those sneaky statistics that mention "percentage of GDP."

The map is a fun conversation piece, and although a bit misleading, it does make a bit of a point about some parts of the country being more one philosophy or the other. My reason for posting it was to show the California central valley as mostly "red," implying a more conservative, or "midwestern" outlook than the coastal areas or cities. Not a serious comment.

On the other hand, if "midwesterners" are conservative, why does every Democratic flake that runs for president carry Minnesota?