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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is a sequel to an earlier comic, [[1939: 2016 Election Map]]. The United States elects its president not directly by popular vote but by an Electoral College composed of a number of electors, partially proportional to population, from each state. Presently, a "winner-take-all" system is used in most states: the winner of the popular vote in each state receives all of the electoral votes for that state. Though, strictly speaking, the electors are not required to cast their ballots according to this system, many states impose penalties on them if they don't. Technically, the popular vote in each state is to elect a slate of electors who in turn elect the President.
 
This is a sequel to an earlier comic, [[1939: 2016 Election Map]]. The United States elects its president not directly by popular vote but by an Electoral College composed of a number of electors, partially proportional to population, from each state. Presently, a "winner-take-all" system is used in most states: the winner of the popular vote in each state receives all of the electoral votes for that state. Though, strictly speaking, the electors are not required to cast their ballots according to this system, many states impose penalties on them if they don't. Technically, the popular vote in each state is to elect a slate of electors who in turn elect the President.
  
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During the election season, news outlets and other political trackers tend to color-code each state with the party which won the state (or which is projected or speculated to win).  Since the 2000 election it's become common practice to code Republican victories as red and Democratic victories as blue. Other parties have less consistent colors, but are commonly green. These colors have become embedded in popular vernacular, as states that are heavily Republican are known as "red states" and those that are heavily Democratic are known as "blue states".
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Many electoral results map color the states a solid color, indicating which state won the electoral votes, but this may not be representative of the population size of the state, or the number of voters. (The exceptions are the states of Maine and Nebraska, which award only 2 electoral votes to the statewide winner, and 1 to the winner of each congressional district. For example, while Biden won Maine statewide, he only got 3 out of its 4 electoral votes, as Trump got more votes in the 2nd district.)
  
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These graphics can be misleading as to the realities on the ground, though.  Because each state is colored solidly red or blue, it gives the impression that each state belongs entirely to one party or the other, when the color could represent a very slender minority, or an overwhelming advantage. In addition, such a graphical view means that larger states translate to more area of a given color, giving the impression of party strength, even though that may not represent many voters. In the US, large cities trend largely Democratic, while rural areas trend largely Republican. This means that many Democratic voters are concentrated in relatively small urban areas, so a large "red" state may represent fewer voters than a small "blue" state.  
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Randall has also made some attempt to distribute the Cueball icons within a state in a manner similar to how the actual votes were distributed, but this is subject to even more difficulties than "while keeping national totals correct".  For example, Michigan's Upper Peninsula has 3% of the Michigan's population, which isn't enough for a Cueball, so it is drawn empty. On the other hand, Western Massachusetts is drawn crowded because the entire area of Massachusetts is needed to fit enough Cueballs on the map. Similarly, Michigan should have had a 10th red Cueball, and didn't have nearly enough "other" voters for a green Cueball, but the Green Cueballs have to be allocated *somewhere*, and Michigan is big enough to be less unreasonable than Wyoming.  
  
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Randall's solution to this is to represent the Republican and Democratic voters in each state with Cueball icons, each icon representing 250,000 voters.  He has made some attempt to distribute the Cueball icons within a state in a manner similar to how the actual votes were distributed. This has the advantage of giving a decent impression of how popular each candidate was, how their popularity varied across the country, and how the votes were distributed by both state and region.  It also gives at least a basic indication of population patterns in the US, with large regions that are sparsely inhabited, and populations clustered in urban centers.
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Other maps used to demonstrate that "corn doesn't vote, people vote" (or similar rebuttals, referring to non-voting 'open space') include maps distorting the otherwise recognisable geography to make areas strictly proportional to the populations (or registered voters, actual voters or majority gap) within them. As an example, Los Angeles County, alone, is more populous than each of the states except for the nine most populous (even if you deprived California of it, for the duration) - or all of the ten least populous (plus DC) added together. Alaska, the largest state but with one of the fewest inhabitants, could be split and yet both halves each still cover more land area than Texas (and potentially both Alaskas now ranked firmly at the bottom of the population table).
  
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The title text compares different voter pools in terms of absolute size. These facts are frequently counter-intuitive. California is generally thought of as a "blue state", and Texas as a "red state" (Although that may be changing), so it's surprising to realize that, in 2020, Donald Trump received more votes in California than he did in Texas. The reason for this is not complex, California has a huge population, nearly 40 million people, of whom 17.5 million voted in 2020. Even though [[Joe Biden]] won the state easily, Trump received 6 million of those votes. Texas, by contrast, has 27.7 million residents and 11.3 million voters in the 2020 election. Trump received 5.9 million of those votes, which was enough to win the state. Because of the huge variation in population among US states, and the political divisions within each state, there are multiple "blue" states which have more Republican voters that at least some "red" states, and vice versa. This underscores the importance of not viewing any state as politically uniform. Even if a state trends heavily toward one party, there is always a substantial population of the other party, and in large states, which means enough people that they'd be a formidable political force anywhere else.  
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Another mapping solution used by commentators was to use coloured circles sized to represent the quantities of voters (or majorities) that do something very similar to Randall's map by showing vast areas with small and sparse splotches of hue and other areas packed tightly with the local 'flavour' of votes.
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The title text compares different voter pools in terms of absolute size. Unexpected truths - e.g., "There are more Trump voters in California than Texas" - can be explained by differences in population size. California (which was won by Biden) has a larger population than Texas (which was won by Trump), which has a higher population than New York (won by Biden), and so on. For example, Trump received over 6 million votes in California (though Biden received 11 million votes in winning the state) compared to 5.9 million votes received by Trump in Texas.
  
 
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|New York
 
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|Ohio
 
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|style="text-align: right;"|53.27%
 
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|Massachusetts
 
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|style="text-align: right;"|32.14%
 
|style="text-align: right;"|32.14%
 
|style="text-align: right;"|3,631,402
 
|style="text-align: right;"|3,631,402
 
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|Mississippi
 
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|style="text-align: right; background-color: aqua;"|539,508
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|style="text-align: right;"|57.60%
 
|style="text-align: right;"|57.60%
 
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|style="text-align: right;"|1,313,894
 
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|Vermont
 
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|Maryland (MD)
 
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|style="text-align: right;"|
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|style="text-align: right;"|
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|style="text-align: right;"|
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|Nevada (NV)
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|style="text-align: right;"|
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|New Hampshire (NH)
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−
|style="text-align: right;"|501,614
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|401,894
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|20,457
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|923,965
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|New York (NY)
 
|New York (NY)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|20.5
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,125,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,230,985
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|13
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,244,798
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0.5
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|125,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|119,043
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|34
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|8,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|8,594,826
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|North Carolina (NC)
 
|North Carolina (NC)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,684,292
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,758,775
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|81,737
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|22
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,524,804
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|North Dakota (ND)
 
|North Dakota (ND)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|114,902
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|235,595
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11,322
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|361,819
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Ohio (OH)
 
|Ohio (OH)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,679,165
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|12
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,154,834
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|88,203
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|24
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,922,202
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Oklahoma (OK)
 
|Oklahoma (OK)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|503,890
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,020,280
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|36,529
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,560,699
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Oregon (OR)
 
|Oregon (OR)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,340,383
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|958,448
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|75,490
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|10
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,374,321
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Pennsylvania (PA)
 
|Pennsylvania (PA)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|15
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,458,229
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|14
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,377,674
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|79,380
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|29
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|7,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6,915,283
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Rhode Island (RI)
 
|Rhode Island (RI)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|307,486
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|199,922
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|10,349
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|517,757
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|South Carolina (SC)
 
|South Carolina (SC)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,091,541
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,385,103
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|36,685
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|10
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,513,329
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|South Dakota (SD)
 
|South Dakota (SD)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|150,471
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|261,043
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11,095
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|422,609
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Tennessee (TN)
 
|Tennessee (TN)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,143,711
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|7
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,852,475
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|57,665
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|12
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,053,851
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Texas (TX)
 
|Texas (TX)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|21
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,259,126
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|24
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|5,890,347
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|165,583
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|46
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|11,315,056
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Utah (UT)
 
|Utah (UT)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|560,282
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|865,140
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|62,867
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,488,289
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Vermont (VT)
 
|Vermont (VT)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|242,820
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|112,704
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,608
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|367,428
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Virginia (VA)
 
|Virginia (VA)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|10
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,413,568
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|8
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,962,430
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|84,526
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|18
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4,460,524
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Washington (WA)
 
|Washington (WA)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|9
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,369,612
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,584,651
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|133,368
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|16
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|4,087,631
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|West Virginia (WV)
 
|West Virginia (WV)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|235,984
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|545,382
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|13,365
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|794,731
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Wisconsin (WI)
 
|Wisconsin (WI)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|7
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,750,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,630,866
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|6
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,500,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1,610,184
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|56,991
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|13
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,298,041
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Wyoming (WY)
 
|Wyoming (WY)
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|73,491
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|193,559
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|0
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|9,715
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|1
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|276,765
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Total
 
|Total
−
|style="text-align: right;"|325
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|81,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|81,268,867
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|296
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|74,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|74,216,747
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|12
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|3,000,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|2,896,077
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|633
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|158,250,000
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
−
|style="text-align: right;"|158,381,691
+
|style="text-align: right;"|
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{{comic discussion}}
 
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[[Category:Politics]]
 
[[Category:Elections]]
 
[[Category:Elections]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Large drawings]]
 
[[Category:Large drawings]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring politicians]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring politicians]]
−
[[Category:US maps]]
+
[[Category:Maps]]
−
[[Category:Comics featuring Donald Trump]]
 
−
[[Category:Comics featuring Joe Biden]]
 

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