I was inspired by snakkerdudaniel 's Passport ownership map to combine their data with my election data sheet.

Posted by -Puddintane-

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  2. Would be easier to read if hashing always meant the same thing

  4. It kills me that the solid colors don’t represent the same thing. As in solid red is <50% passport ownership & Trump voter; therefore solid blue should be <50% passport ownership & Harris voter.

    Cool data, but a tiny swap would make this much more intuitive to read.

  6. Not surprising. Most Trump voters arent particulary well educated or well traveled…..

  7. What this graphic doesn’t easily express is that swing states like WI, MI, GA, and PA (which are generally purple) will likely be made much more solidly red by requiring proof of citizenship (passport) at the booth.

    It is definitely interesting that Trump’s policy could put TX and FL much more into play though.

    Could be interesting to see this graphic integrated with the margin by which each candidate won/lost the state as solidly red/blue states are also less likely to be affected by this policy.

  8. Scaling the checkerboard pattern makes it visually ugly.

    I know you wanted to drive a political point home (Republicans never travel), but that really doesn’t come across effectively.

    Keeping the markings consistent would go a long way towards making it more readable.

  11. Passport should be required to vote 🤷‍♂️

    It’s only right to PREVENT ILLEGALS FROM VOTING

  12. So the most closed-minded people have never travelled. Whoda thunk…?

  13. We should have a program that for first time international travel we help folks do it… meeting folks that think and look different from you will make you gain new perspective and how we are more similar than different, how we should strive for more partnership and that we shouldn’t fear others.

    It isn’t surprising to see places where less than half the population has no passport and has never left the country or state live in constant fear of others “coming to get them or take their stuff” .

  14. Interesting map! Can you do a scatter plot of percent ownership in X and the margin that Trump/Harris won by in Y. I’m curious to see how strong the correlation is.

  16. No wonder maga thinks the rest of the world is exactly like the US. It ain’t.

  17. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain

  18. ““**Travel is fatal to prejuidce, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness**, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

    well, not perfect, certainly. But the pattern is real.

  19. Was the original dataset only people old enough to vote?

  21. The outliers are the most fascinating. I wonder what it is that gives FL, TX, NV and UT both traveling populations and conservative politics.

    As a Floridian, this certainly does gel with my experiences… it’s odd how many people I’ve talked to that come back from a trip to Europe and then share the most bigoted opinions.

  23. Unfortunately for them, Trump captured the hearts and minds of the poor

  24. It’s confusing that the solid red means “<50%” but solid blue means “>50%”. I’m not sure how I’d fix it – maybe by changing the premise of the map in the first place or by using pastel blue pastel red to indicate “<50%” only.

  25. The party of the rich live in VHCOL cities and travels internationally more. What a revelation.

  26. A map is a terrible way to plot this. It should be a scatter-plot, with a trend line if one’s justified.

  27. TX, FL, UT and NV need to learn how to use their passports.

  28. I’m an American living in Canada. So many Canadians are baffled at how there are so many Trump voters because they’ve never met one. My theory is that’s because the only Americans who travel internationally are the cosmopolitan ones, so we’re the only ones Canadians ever meet.

  30. This is a rich state – poor state divide.

    Solid blue and chequered red are rich.
    Solid red and chequered blue are poor

  31. Is this just a population plot in disguise? Percent of urban voters? It looks like all of the states with large urban/rural population ratios (large cities) have high passport ownership. It also happens they lean blue.

  32. Seems like a case of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

  34. I’m guessing having a passport has an EXTREMELY high correlation to affluence. Would be interesting to see if you get the same graph with a certain salary threshold replacing passport ow worship.

  36. So 4 red states may lose republican voting edge to 3 blue states democratic voting edge?

  37. Too many people are conflating these results along party lines. This is an economic issue. International trips are extremely expensive. It is categorically irresponsible to take a vacation when you are trying to save money for necessities like housing and education. A passport is not a good investment when you don’t have the money to leave the country. Might as well be a poverty map.

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