12.25.2006 2:52 am
A Christmas present: Missouri’s bellwether record in 3 minutes, 11 seconds
Special to the Post-Dispatch
As a holiday gift to all Political Fix regulars, here’s a fascinating YouTube video — apparently around for sometime, but just recently discovered by yours truly — that documents, in vivid red and blue, Missouri’s presidential past. It’s particularly interesting to watch the stark “mood swings” of the state’s voters (such as, big for Hoover, then bigger for FDR.)
I don’t know the creator of the maps or the video, but assume that it is largely the creation of a professor or some other election expert. Kudos to whoever put it together.
And to all — Enjoy.
All the better blue for John Edwards for President in ‘08!
Thank you, Jo. Really handy to have!
The intended message is pretty slick allright. Too bad that it goes too fast, and is too small a scale (in fact, mostly illegible), to be very informative to anybody who is interested in American history but doesn’t already have a pretty good knowledge of its basics.
It’s pretty interesting that the greatest unaminity throughout Missouri was in supporting Nixon over McGovern in 1972. (Like a stopped clock that is right twice per day, the City of St. Louis then, as it has for the past 70 years, voted knee-jerk Democratic).
It’s also interesting that Missouri has displaced Maine as the “belwether” (spelling?) state in Presidential elections — although it’s not likely that many people would be able to realize that by watching this particular presentation.
Wow! This was a great find.