Canada

United States

North America

<p>Thunderstorms per year in North America: The highest occurrence region (light brown), includes Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Western U.S.(California, Nevada), and northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories), have the lowest occurrences (black).</p>

<p>Thunderstorm occurrence in North America</p>

Thunderstorm Occurrence

NOAA

Thunderstorms per year

The 2008 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. McCain won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned. Mr. McCain won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to John McCain versus Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election

US Counties

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Display by:	Thunderstorm Occurrence								Display by:
	51–60	41–50	31–40	21–30	11–20	6–10	2–5	1 and below	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008
	16.0%	2.18%	2.19%	5.99%	13.5%	3.15%	2.40%	3.04%