[R] US 2004 Elections map

[Hedderik van Rijn]

even for people who didn't like the outcome of the US elections this  
year, it must have been a joy to see all the nice (and not so nice)  
graphs that were shown. As an exercise, I recreated the map shown on  
the NY-Times website [  
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/11/03/politics/ 
20041103_px_ELECT_GRAPHIC.html ]

If you're interested,

   http://www.ai.rug.nl/~hedderik/R/US2004

contains the created maps, the data and the code. Note that there are  
some differences in the R map and the NYT map (most notably with  
respect to some missing data in some New England states, some  
mismatches in county names, and the representation of NYC), but I was  
quite satisfied with the map as it stands now.

   - Hedderik.