# Wapo election visualization, "political winds"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-election-visualization-political-winds/925318>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-election-visualization-political-winds/925318 "2020-11-11T14:13:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-election-visualization-political-winds/925318/1 "2020-11-11T14:13:01Z")

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This may have come up in one of the election megathreads, but I drowned the last time I tried to swim in there. The map shows change in voter participation and overall dem/pub change.

> **[The political winds in the U.S. are swirling](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/elections/electorate-changes-2016-election-vs-2020/)**
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> See how political shifts and changes in turnout from 2016 have affected the 2020 election across the U.S.

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I don’t have much to add – I just hadn’t seen a visualization like this before and thought others might like to see it. The print edition had it as a big 2-page centerfold. Online, the lines move!

My eyes gravitated toward regions of the country I’m interested in for personal reasons, and I was surprised to see a republican shift in and around El Paso, TX. The county still went blue, just not as much as it did 4 years ago.

Almost everywhere saw increasing voter participation. Notable exceptions being much of NY, southern SF bay area, MS. There are probably more that I didn’t notice.