County-Level Political Maps

This needs to be at a county level. Many blue states are deeply red outside their cities.

are these maps using county boundaries? i would prefer something like kernel density or normalizing for county population or something... but still very cool. mississippi louisiana alabama georgia seem to be one pole, and everywhere else the other.

The districts don't have to be the same as the states.

How is it plausible? The division isn’t on state lines. It’s rural and urban areas. You have many “red” states with multiple “blue” cities in it. How would this work?

I assume the census data doesn't have enough information to divide it up into equal size areas?

This ^It's mostly urban vs rural, even on the coasts and in states like CA.Visual: https://brilliantmaps.com/2016-county-election-map/

The map on the Guardian page that this HN submission points to suggests otherwise re: it being a representative sample. The districts appear to be relatively large, and most districts are reporting 0% counted while others are at e.g. 50%. The districts with any votes reported at all are also strongly clustered.

Same reason why we have counties without counts?

Yes, "by state" seems like a terrible way to do this. By county, or some division around that size, would make a lot more sense.

Maybe seeing a breakdown by county for these states would be an interesting map. I bet it would show some big differences for those states.