I thought this was a fascinating piece of data journalism. A few observations: Sanders has widespread (geographic) support and has built a huge donor base over the last few years. Not surprising...
I thought this was a fascinating piece of data journalism. A few observations:
Sanders has widespread (geographic) support and has built a huge donor base over the last few years. Not surprising really, although the contrast is quite stark on the map.
Warren has done an admirable job at building widespread support in much less time than Sanders. Second place with relatively widespread geographic support in about two years is nothing to shake a stick at. Reminds me of Sanders in 2016.
Hometown advantage is very real. This is pretty evident looking at Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Biden, and Bullock concentrations. Again, no surprises but pretty interesting to see.
I was surprised by Harris's relatively strong support in southern urban centers. The current narrative is that she has been vying with Biden for the black vote so it is interesting to see the pretty uniform support by way of donations from these cities.
Buttigieg is truly the candidate of the urban white liberal. Zoom into pretty much any city of moderate size on this map and you will find pockets of Buttigieg support regardless of the more global properties of the area. At least in the handful of cities I checked, this tends to be in the wealthier parts as well: Manhattan, North Side of Chicago, etc.
Overall, like I said, I just find this to be a very effective use of data in journalism.
I thought this was a fascinating piece of data journalism. A few observations:
Sanders has widespread (geographic) support and has built a huge donor base over the last few years. Not surprising really, although the contrast is quite stark on the map.
Warren has done an admirable job at building widespread support in much less time than Sanders. Second place with relatively widespread geographic support in about two years is nothing to shake a stick at. Reminds me of Sanders in 2016.
Hometown advantage is very real. This is pretty evident looking at Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Biden, and Bullock concentrations. Again, no surprises but pretty interesting to see.
I was surprised by Harris's relatively strong support in southern urban centers. The current narrative is that she has been vying with Biden for the black vote so it is interesting to see the pretty uniform support by way of donations from these cities.
Buttigieg is truly the candidate of the urban white liberal. Zoom into pretty much any city of moderate size on this map and you will find pockets of Buttigieg support regardless of the more global properties of the area. At least in the handful of cities I checked, this tends to be in the wealthier parts as well: Manhattan, North Side of Chicago, etc.
Overall, like I said, I just find this to be a very effective use of data in journalism.