For many Americans, it feels as if the 2016 election split the country in two.
To visualize this, we took the election results and created two new imaginary nations by slicing the country along the sharp divide between Republican and Democratic Americas.
Trump’s America
Greater
Puget
Sound
Alaskan
Outpost
Rolette
Cove
Spokane
International Falls
Baxter
Island
Missoula
Lake
Minot
Connecticut
Strait
Helena
Eugene
Estuary
Portland
Sound
Boundary
Water
Bismarck
Augusta
Fargo
Bozeman
Lake
Billings
Boise
Upstate
Twin Cities
Reservoir
Boston
Harbor
Teton
Tarn
Pierre
Buffalo
Bay
Sioux Falls
Madison
Lake
Casper
Ithaca
Lake
Detroit
Delta
Des Moines
Pond
Lakota
Lakes
Elko
Salt
Lake
New York
Narrows
Chicago
Sea
Reno
Reservoir
Cheyenne
Cleveland
Cove
Pittsburgh
Puddle
San
Francisco
Bay
Indy
Puddle
Omaha
Acela
Channel
D.C.
Delta
Denver
Sea
Champaign
Kettle
Kansas City
Isthmus
Cincinnati
Slough
Charleston
Colorado Springs
St. Louis
Pond
Norfolk
Sound
GREAT
AMERICAN
PLAINS
Louisville
Lake
Bakersfield
Hook
Las Vegas
Harbor
Raleigh
Bay
Lake
Flagstaff
Knoxville
Los Angeles
Bay
Tulsa
Nashville
Pond
Santa Fe Sea
Amarillo
Wilmington
Memphis
Harbor
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Columbia
Lake
San Diego
Inlet
Atlanta
Lake
Miss.
Lake
Bay of Tucson
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pond
Selma
Sea
El Paso
Bay
Jacksonville
Austin
Pond
Houston
Bay
San Antonio
Lake
New Orleans
Inlet
Lake
Disney
By Tim Wallace/The New York Times
Laredo Gulf
Tampa
Bay
Corpus Christi
Miami
Bay
Geographically, Donald J. Trump won most of the land area of the United States. A country consisting of areas he won retains more than 80 percent of the nation’s counties.
While Trump country is vast, its edges have been eroded by coastal Democrats, and it is riddled with large inland lakes of Clinton voters who were generally concentrated in dense urban areas.
Clinton’s America
Seattle
Montana
Archipelago
Old Glacier
Gulf
Maine
Cove
Lutsen
Island
Portland
Northwest
Sea
Albany
Narrows
Coos
Bay
Minneapolis
Boston
Great Bays
New
England
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Detroit
Wyoming
Shallows
Reno
Island
Cleveland
New York
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Midwest
Isles
Des Moines
Pittsburgh
Denver
San Francisco
Washington
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Norfolk
Blue Ridge
Sea
Bakersfield
Bay
Las Vegas
Raleigh
Great
American
Ocean
Nashville
Albuquerque
Island
Los Angeles
Carolina
Islands
Santa Fe
Memphis
Maricopa
Sea
San Diego
Atlanta
Mississippi
Island
Tucson
Island
High Plains
Sea
Dallas
El Paso
Island
Jackson
Georgian
Strait
Hawaiian
Islands
Alabama
Gulf
Houston
San Antonio
Tampa
Isla
Grande
By Tim Wallace/The New York Times
Miami
Hillary Clinton overwhelmingly won the cities, like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City, but Mr. Trump won many of the suburbs, isolating the cities in a sea of Republican voters.
Mrs. Clinton’s island nation has large atolls and small island chains with liberal cores, like college towns, Native American reservations and areas with black and Hispanic majorities. While the land area is small, the residents here voted for Mrs. Clinton in large enough numbers to make her the winner of the overall popular vote.
Land Area
Clinton’s America
15%530,000 square miles
Trump’s America
85%3,000,000 square miles
Population
Clinton’s America
54%174 million
Trump’s America
46%148 million
Popular Vote
As of Friday, Nov. 18. Percentages are for Trump
and Clinton votes only and exclude other candidates.
and Clinton votes only and exclude other candidates.
For Clinton
50.5%62.1 million
For Trump
49.5%61.0 million
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