Max's election maps and assorted others

[Ares96]

Ah I was wondering if we’d have in-depth looks at southern Germany and glad you did write them.

Could we expect some state election results as well? Or this is this all we’re getting for some time?

Not in this level of detail, but there might be some additional maps of the 1928 election beyond just the strongest-party map.

 

[Ares96]

To wit:

 

[Alex Richards]

Baden stands out a little there

 

[Ares96]

Baden stands out a little there

I guess they took more than one cue from the Swiss on how to do democracy.

 

[msmp]

Not often one gets to break out the 90%/95% shades. Well done to whatever those kreisen in southwestern Saxony are.

 

[Ares96]

I decided it might be a good idea to adapt the pre-war electoral map to the new base. Of course, a fair few urban constituencies are possibly too big, seeing as how they were based on 1870 boundaries right up until the end. This also made it a hell of a time to map those states that had boundary reforms between 1870 and 1900, which was mainly Saxony and Hessen-Nassau (Mecklenburg-Schwerin was also terribly annoying, but for unrelated reasons).

Also, Thüringen is incredibly confusing, but there's only so much I could do about that.

 

[glhermine]

That Oldenburg constituency takes non-contiguous to a whole new level.

 

[Ares96]

That Oldenburg constituency takes non-contiguous to a whole new level.

About 90% of the weirdness on the map comes from the constituencies not being allowed to cross state lines - a mistake the framers of the Weimar electoral law would conspicuously not repeat, for all their faults.

 

[msmp]

Parts of this map make Cromartyshire look downright compact and sensible.

 

[Ares96]

Parts of this map make Cromartyshire look downright compact and sensible.

Would it surprise you to know this is probably the most sense Germany's internal borders had ever made up to this point?

 

[Alex Richards]

Would it surprise you to know this is probably the most sense Germany's internal borders had ever made up to this point?

This is Thuringia in 1680 for example.

 

[Ares96]

I found a historical atlas of Hessen earlier today, and it has some doozies:

Spoiler: very big image

 

[msmp]

Would it surprise you to know this is probably the most sense Germany's internal borders had ever made up to this point?

It wouldn't, given my (basic) knowledge of the HRE, but it's still jarring to see such a disconnected constituency *in 1918*!

 

[Makemakean]

Would it be possible to request that you make a map of the relative population in the different constituencies, from relatively few people there, to relatively many? Would be interesting to see.

 

[Ares96]

Would it be possible to request that you make a map of the relative population in the different constituencies, from relatively few people there, to relatively many? Would be interesting to see.

I agree, unfortunately I don't have complete data for that. Some of them you could calculate based on the populations of the administrative divisions they're made up of, but quite a few states had boundary changes since the constituencies were drawn up.

 

[Ares96]

surprise

 

[Caprice]

surprise

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What the hell happened in Appenzell Ausserrhoden?

 

[Alex Richards]

What the hell happened in Appenzell Ausserrhoden?

Looks like three candidates from two different parties elected unopposed

 

[msmp]

Why do I get the distinct sense that the "Party of Peasants, Tradesmen, and Citizens" was the far-right of the day?

 

[Ares96]

Why do I get the distinct sense that the "Party of Peasants, Tradesmen, and Citizens" was the far-right of the day?

They are the direct ancestor organisation of the SVP (the black sheep people), so.