November 3, 2008 lecture by Professor Martin Lewis for the Geography of United States Elections (GEOG 5) course. Professor Lewis discusses the geographical history of recent presidential elections in the United States, beginning with 1972 and continuing on to 2004, which he elaborates upon extensively.

1. Course Introduction
2. The basic principles of political geography
3. U.S. Presidential elections: 1789 to 1916
4. U.S. Presidential elections: 1920 to 1996
5. U.S. Presidential elections: 2000 and 2004
6. The 2008 election

Led by Martin Lewis, this map-intensive course will explore the geography of US elections (both past and present), and challenge the suggestion that we are simply divided into a Red America and Blue America. Its really much more complicated than that.