Astonishing shift to blue

Of all the electoral maps, the one I found most fascinating is the "Voter Shift" map that appeared in The New York Times on Thursday. It shows, county by county, where and by what percentage the electorate changed its voting preference this year compared to 2004. (Note: there's a box to the left of the map that lets you choose various ways of looking at the results. "Voter Shift" is one of the choices.)

 

The shifts do not necessarily correlate directly to a "win" in a particular state, but demonstrate rather, at a deeper level of detail, the change in direction of voter sentiment.

It's a very pretty, very blue map. Enjoy!