"2020 Election Edition" road atlas

[bandit957]

Today in the book aisle at Kroger, I saw a Kappa road atlas that had something unusual on the cover. It was labeled "2020 Election Edition." I only flipped through it for a couple seconds and didn't notice what made it an "Election Edition." It just looked like a regular, ordinary road atlas.

What makes it an "Election Edition"? Does the top of each page have a little photo of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, or Joe Biden blowing a huge bubble with bubble gum?

I probably should have buyed it to find out why it was an "Election Edition."

[oscar]

Today in the book aisle at Kroger, I saw a Kappa road atlas that had something unusual on the cover. It was labeled "2020 Election Edition." I only flipped through it for a couple seconds and didn't notice what made it an "Election Edition." It just looked like a regular, ordinary road atlas.

What makes it an "Election Edition"? Does the top of each page have a little photo of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, or Joe Biden blowing a huge bubble with bubble gum?

K(r)appa will do anything to boost its map sales, I guess.

[GaryV]

On November 4, the pages will magically turn Red or Blue.

[Rothman]

On November 4, the pages will magically turn Red or Blue.

Like a litmus test!

[Bruce]

The maps are decided by the Electoral College and do not include most cities.

[Kniwt]

What makes it an "Election Edition"?

Someone is already selling one on eBay, and they say this (yawn):

The 2020 Atlas includes a special section on US Presidents and White House History.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/North-America-Large-Print-Street-Atlas-2020-Election-Edition-K-/143421830282

[Super Mateo]

On November 4, the pages will magically turn Red or Blue.

They'll get FritzOwl'ed with Interstate shields plastered on to every road.

[Brandon]

So basically, the "Election Edition" over-promises and under-delivers with deliberate misdirections and even flat out lies while hoping for the top atlas office of the land.

[bandit957]

So basically, the "Election Edition" over-promises and under-delivers with deliberate misdirections and even flat out lies while hoping for the top atlas office of the land.

It should be impeached. But it needs two-thirds of this forum to remove it from office.

[paulthemapguy]

The maps are decided by the Electoral College and do not include most cities.

Love it.

[hotdogPi]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

[formulanone]

Do you need an ID to buy this atlas? What if I want two?

[roadman]

MMGA (Make Maps Great Again)!

[nexus73]

MMGA (Make Maps Great Again)!

Bring back Gousha!  Their style looked better to my eyes than Rand McNally's.

Rick

[kphoger]

The maps are decided by the Electoral College and do not include most cities.

On the other hand, rural areas finally receive the decent treatment they've been lacking.

[oscar]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

[bandit957]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Besides, does I-97 even enter any cities?

[formulanone]

Iowa and New Hampshire take up eight pages apiece.

[SectorZ]

Iowa and New Hampshire take up eight pages apiece.

This is the perfect comment to satisfy my rage towards the system in question...

[SectorZ]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Don't confuse a state overall and the regions of those states the interstates reside.

[kphoger]

Iowa and New Hampshire take up eight pages apiece.

  LOL  

[kphoger]

Also...

Florida's map is no longer made of 100% recycled hanging chads.

[roadman]

Iowa and New Hampshire take up eight pages apiece.

And they sell you the atlas in installments based on the primary schedule.  So you won't get Nevada until after you've left on your early summer road trip.

[Scott5114]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Probably the most accurate way to calculate this would be taking the average Cook PVI of the territory the road runs through. The best way to handle it would probably be to do it on a per-Congressional district basis. This gives I-27 a PVI of R+30. Short of using GIS, though, that seems like it would get tiresome very quickly, particularly with roads that run through cities with many Congressional districts and heavily gerrymandered areas.

Fortunately, Wikipedia has a PVI by state table. However, that would imply that I-27 (using Texas's statewide R+8) is not as red as I-44 (R+12), because I-44 runs through Oklahoma (R+20), even though I-27 runs through R+33 and R+27 districts, quite a bit redder than even Oklahoma's statewide total.

I am not going to try to touch the "bluest 2di" question because I don't have the patience for it, but I suspect that I-97 is high up there, because it looks like most of the Maryland Congressional districts in the vicinity are in the D+20 to 30 range. I-88 IL passes through some Republican districts that would bring its average down.

[JoePCool14]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Besides, does I-97 even enter any cities?

Wouldn't I-5 qualify? All 3 states it traverses are fairly blue to say the least.