Mapping It

Well, there's this...

...and this...

...and this...

But you know, I prefer either this...

...or better yet this...

...as a truer indicator of the current American mindset. It's the very opposite of a mandate, folks - according to an already-suspect voting process including unaccountable, no-paper-trail "black box" machines owned by Republican supporters, a slim majority voted one way and almost as many voted the other way. We are as divided a nation as we've been since September 10 '01, perhaps even more. Maps courtesy of The Poor Man, Andrea Eastman (who also has up the Pre-Civil War Free vs. Slave States comparison map with the Election Results one) Bob Goodsell, BoingBoing (finally added to the News+Views Groups section of my blogroll!) and Robert J. Vanderbei.

Update 1: From a more international perspective, this one, via Bob Harris, is cute too:

Update 2: Over at the Blogging of the President, Barry Ritholtz has gone map crazy!

Update 3: Via Will Shetterly, have some fun with cartograms!