1776

An Online Magazine of American History

 

Video: Geography of Presidential Elections

election map purple county

Image by Mark Newman

 

Below, is the introduction to a Stanford University course on the geography of United States elections. The visual impact of the different maps makes it clear how easy it is to present a one-sided view of the voting public.

This video is only three and a half minutes, but there are more videos available to continue the lecture. Just select the videos that come up after this one is finished.

 

 

Related posts:

  1. Civil War Video Lectures The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877, as taught at...
  2. American History in Video Thousands of old newsreels, documentaries, and other films....
  3. Videos: Americans At War Video interviews with veterans about their wartime experiences....
  4. History Channel: WWII in HD The History Channel has a new 10-hour series called...
  5. How the States Got Their Shapes A video explaining how our state borders were drawn....

Tagged as: , ,

Leave a Response