More Conflictual than Consensual

Anytime politics are discussed about, there is an argument on who agrees or who disagrees with certain topics.  American political culture is definitely more conflictual than consensual. The division is between Red America and Blue America, also known as Democrats and Republicans.  There are many differences between the two. For example, the difference in the average household income, the difference in college degrees and high school diplomas, and ethnic diversity.  The blue states population of diversity is "60 percent is white, 15 percent is black, 12 percent is hispanic, and 11 percent is asian"(Brooks). For the red states, "95 percent of the population is white"(Brooks).  This major difference in diversity can and will cause conflict in voting. The more diverse the states are the more they will vote blue and of course the less diverse vote republican. In the voting maps you can't tell which states are diverse and which aren't, but you can tell which are republican and democrats.

For the election, states are colored  based on the vote for each president. The map shown every election is made to show which president won for each state.  The creators of the map chose to focus more on "Geographic accuracy over electoral importance"(Vox). These maps are hard to understand how the states really voted.  Especially to see the number of people that were white and voted for what party compared the ethnic population of the people that voted. Because their differences in diversity the government is conflicting.