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As a Reality Check: 2004 Presidential Race
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Michael Gastner, Cosma Shalizi, Mark Newman/University of Michigan

As a Reality Check
During the nail-biter that was the 2004 presidential race, while newscasts reported a too-close-to-call vote, they also regularly flashed versions of the map above, which, as an electoral college map, seemed to show a Republican win. See the next slide for a different view.
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Look's like the "bird" is sitting on a branch, to me. Can't see any Reps or Dems!

By joancassels, on 09/22/2008

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