There are three parties in the US now, simple as that. Nothing left to do but come up with a third color for the maps. Let's see, red and blue are taken, and there's already a green party, so that leaves yellow. Behold, the House's vote to end the shutdown:
Blue = 198 Democrats voting Yes, 2 Democrats on medical leave
Red = 87 Republicans voting Yes = Grand Old Party
Yellow = 144 Republicans voting No = Tea Party
Their civil war is our gain. Here's to a Dem House in 2014! More maps below the fold...
I'd love to do a senate map, but that requires 6 colors (blue, red, yellow, blue/red, red/yellow and blue/yellow). Anyone want to give it a shot?
http://www.senate.gov/...
Long time lurker, first diary, hope I did it right! The maps came out kind of blurred. The originals are better.
Update: Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I fixed the 1st map. The NY Times also has maps like this:
House:
http://politics.nytimes.com/...
Senate:
http://politics.nytimes.com/...