More election trends

If you’re just catching up after the election – and who could blame you for taking a break? – we’ve been swarmed with maps as to how the election broke down. There was the electoral map, the margin of victory, and even the makeup of red state voters and blue state voters. Now we have the above chart, via the Associated Press, which helps break down the demographics of the voters: men vs women, by race, and by age. It’s an interesting set of data that underscores why Romney lost (alienating women and growing minorities).

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