The area in green is likely more fertile and probably had higher concentrations of cotton farms, hence the higher population of African American voters even years after slavery ended. Fascinating stuff!
The cretaceous period (145 to 66 million years ago) seashore in Alabama vs how Alabama voted in the 2016 election #Map #Maps #Terriblemaps #TerribleMap #USA #Alabamapic.twitter.com/VfW8Le66Ak
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https://twitter.com/glasfurd31/status/1126093502385881093?s=19 … not just probably. This actually seems to check out.
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This really isn't a terrible map at all. It shows the connection between geology and history / geography / economic activities, etc.
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No this is a good map because the ancient shoreline became fertile land, plantations were built, and the blue voters in Alabama are largely descendants of the slaves from these plantations
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woa!!!!
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Damn paleocoastal elitists.
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Wow, almost like there's a connection between ancient land forms and soil productivity.
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