A GEOGRAPHY LESSON (OR MAYBE GEO-POLITICAL)
Every one paying attention? Okay, so click on this map take a look and then come back...
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sara/html/mapping/election/election04/election.html
Now run through this set of maps...
http://www.topalli.com/blue/lynching.html

I could comment, but a visual aid is worth a thousand words, and I’ll let you all draw your own conclusions. (Maps kindly sent by logicgrl)

The secret word is Cartography