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A map showing soft drink dialects in North America. "Soda" is used (light green) mainly in California and Nevada. "Pop" (light yellow) in Canada. "Coke" (light purple) in the Southern U S. "Other" (orange) is used mainly in Quebec and northern Canada.

The distribution of generic names given to soft drinks in North America

US / CA States

North America

PopVsSoda.com; Alan McConchie

Soft Drink Dialects

The 2012 presidential election in the United States pitted incumbent President and Democrat Barack Obama against Republican Mitt Romney. 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 2012 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. Romney won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned as being won by Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election

US Counties

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012 

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South Africa

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A world map shows lead mining locations marked by lilac circles with "P b." Key areas include the western U S, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Europe, North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco), Russia (Siberia), Iran, China, India, Australia, and Japan.

Soft Drink Dialects	Display by:	Lead Mines
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012	Lead Mines
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		12.75
		15.333333333333334
		11.333333333333334
		7.611111111111111
		36.7
		1
		419.3333333333333
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		10.4
		2.8