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Mapping Early American Elections

Mapping Early American Elections is an ongoing digital humanities project from the Ray Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University that aims to "offer a window into the formative era of American politics by producing interactive maps and visualizations of Congressional and state legislative elections from 1787 to 1825." The project is headed by a team of history scholars and students and by software developer Ken Albers. As of this write-up, Mapping Early American Elections features a series of state maps that depict the results of the first five congressional elections on a county basis. During the first three Congressional elections, held between 1788 and 1795, the young nation was split between Federalists candidates (which enjoyed an advantage in most states) and Anti-Federalist candidates (who won in large swaths of New York state and North Carolina). By the fourth round of Congressional elections, which began in 1794, the Democratic-Republican party had formed, shaping new political divisions. As visitors explore these maps, they may choose to examine these elections in greater detail by downloading the election data (available via GitHub) and explore links to outside resources (many of which provide information about early Congressional candidates.) In addition, the project's blog page provides helpful context about early American politics. Mapping Early American Elections is currently a work in process, so stay tuned.
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March 2nd, 2018
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February 26th, 2018 at 11:43am
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