1. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Interaction of politics and place

2. Geography of Politics Effect of politics on place

3. Environmental effects of poverty Desperately poor Haitians chop down trees for fuel; deforestation can be seen on border Haiti Dominican Republic Republic

4. Haiti DominicanRepublic

5. Most forest outside reservation logged out in 1800s; tribal timber industry gradually harvests trees inside reservation Menominee Sustainable Forestry, Wisconsin

6. U.S.-Canadaboundary Alberta- Montana

7. U.S.-Mexicoboundary Calexico, California- Mexicali, Mexico

8. U.S.-Mexicoboundary El Paso, Texas- Juárez, Mexico

9. U.S.-Mexicoboundary El Paso, Texas- Juárez, Mexico

10. U.S.-Mexicoboundary El Paso, Texas- Juárez, Mexico

11. U.S.-Mexicoboundary

12. U.S.-Mexicoboundary El Paso, Texas- Juárez, Mexico

13. U.S.-Mexicoboundary El Paso, Texas

14. Politics of Geography Effect of place on politics Example: Making political boundaries

15. Levels of administrative regions

16. Extension of U.S. states and territories

17. Extension of U.S. counties

18. Territorial organization

19. Territorial organization

20. Wisconsin county organization

21. ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY Political Geography of Elections Variation of voting districts and voting patterns

22. U.S. congressional delegation redistricting, 1882, 1991 Reapportionment : allocating seats to a geographic area (after census)

24. “Gerrymandering” Redistricting for partisan purposes

25. WisconsinAssemblyredistricting, 1892, 1998

26. 1860 Presidential Vote Led to Southern secession, Civil War

27. 1952 Presidential Vote

28. 1980 Presidential Vote

29. 1992 Presidential Vote

30. 2000 Presidential Electoral Vote (Electoral Vote system gives more power to smaller states) Red won electoral vote

31. 2000 Presidential Popular Vote Blue won popular vote

32. Electoral Votes by State 2004

33. 2004 Bush 286 Kerry 252 (went to Bush)

34. Popular Vote by County 2004 Bush 51% Kerry 48% Nader 1%OH WI NM IA FL PA MN MI NH CO

35. Popular Vote by Population Density 2004

36. Popular Vote by County 2000

37. Popular Vote by County 2004

38. Bush turnout 2000 vs. 2004

39. Gore turnout 2000 vs. Kerry turnout 2004

40. Wisconsin Presidential Vote, 1896-1996 Changes in Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties

41. Wisconsin Governor’s Race, 2002 Doyle (D)45% McCallum (R)41% Thompson (L)11% Young (G) 3%

42. Pawlenty (R)45% Moe (D)36% Penny (I)16% Pentel (G) 2% I

43. Minnesota Senate Race Coleman (R)50% Mondale (D)47% Moore (I) 2% Tricomo (G) 1%

44. Davis (D)48% Simon (R)42% Camejo (G) 5% Copeland (L) 2%

45. Schwarzenegger (R) 48% Bustamante (D)32% McClintock (R)13% Camejo (G) 3% Other 4%

46. U.S. Senate 2004 D 45 R55 I 1 (R + 4)`

47. D 200 R 231 (R +4) I 1 U.S. House 2004

48. D 21 R 28 Und. 1 State Governors 2004