Another View Of The Elections

There's been a lot of talk on what helped Mr. Trump win the White House.  In that regard take a look at the two illustrations below.  The first needs a bit of background.  Many who study politics and sociology have noted that the US is not so much one country but a Republic comprised of a certain number of nations.  I've seen studies on that which find as few as four nations to as many as thirteen.   Each nation under these theories is bound together by shared histories, cultures, geography weather etc and this helps explain the differences you encounter in various parts of our country.  The map below is an illustration of this thinking and you can find a better explanation of this viewpoint as well as the different nations here.  

Take a look at that map above then notice how it corresponds the the electoral college map from the last election below.

Map is from 270towin.com.

Looking at information like this won't necessarily help you with your investments  in the short term.  However,  it is useful when  forming the overall backdrop that is part of the modern investment mosaic.  Also it's sort of fun for a nerd like me to dig into facts like these.

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