Washington state is unique in having legalised abortion through referendum, 49 years ago. There's a very detailed look at the campaign here, which I urge reading for context far beyond what I could give: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/referendum20.htm. Thought it was an interesting look at a historical curiosity.
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What on earth is up with San Juan County/Island? Or is it just the colour scheme making it stand out when it's not that much more than some other areas?Washington state is unique in having legalised abortion through referendum, 49 years ago. There's a very detailed look at the campaign here, which I urge reading for context far beyond what I could give: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/referendum20.htm. Thought it was an interesting look at a historical curiosity.
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It's definitely San Juan you're talking about, and I really don't know - I think it's because it's so small, there were only about two thousand votes cast and the YES side won by eight hundred. You can see a similar thing for NO in Garfield County, but there were no thirty to forty percent yes areas which makes it stand out. I guess it prefigures SJ's huge Democratic shift during the eighties.What on earth is up with San Juan County/Island? Or is it just the colour scheme making it stand out when it's not that much more than some other areas?
Amazing work! Very impressive.Made this ages ago but it came up on twitter so thought I'd put it here: the US but the Congressional Districts have the same average population as UK parliamentary constituencies, giving 3,625 districts, plus UK-style names.
State with the most districts: California - 438
State with the least districts: Wyoming - 7
Safest Dem seat: Chicago, Englewood (Illinois, 99.59% D-0.41% R)
Safest Rep seat: Denham Springs and Lockhart (Louisiana, 88.26% R-11.74% D)
Most marginal seat: Evesham (New Jersey, 24,381 D votes to 24,379 R votes)
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