“America Votes: Mapping the Political Landscape” begins with gerrymandering, 200 years of manipulating political districts for partisan objectives, and includes maps illustrating the extension of the vote to non-property owners, blacks, and women. These issues are represented in many examples that also show the importance of the states as the proxy for the voice of the people they represented. Efforts to legislate behavior, such as prohibition, were another aspect of mapping the political landscape.

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USA, Then and Now

	Jean Lattré, Carte des Etats-Unis, 1784		Phelps & Ensign, Map of the United States, 1842
	Congressional Districts of the 110th Congress, 2007		Presidential Elections 1789–2008, 2009

From Gerrymander to Bushmander

	Elkanah Tisdale, The Gerry-mander, 1812		Worcester and Essex Counties, 1812
	History of the Gerry-mander, 1820		José-Luis Olivares, Redistricting Texas Style, 2004
	Texas’ Congressional Districts, 2011

Mapping Massachusetts Congressional Districts

	Frank A. Foster, Massachusetts’ Population, 1900		George H. Walker, The Eleventh Congressional District, 1902
	Massachusetts’ 2011 Congressional Districts		Massachusetts Population and Electoral College 2012

Mapping Presidential Election Results

	The Battle-ground of the Presidential Election 1888		Weller’s Political Map of the United States, 1892
	Mark Newman, Presidential Election Results Maps, 2008		Mark Newman, Presidential Election Results Cartograms, 2008

States’ Rights and Agendas

	Thomas Strong, Our National Bird, 1861		The Whole Story in a Nutshell!, 1888
	The Facts of Prohibition, 1924		Make the Map All White, 1914
	Statler Hotel and the First Load at Copley

Expanding the Franchise

	John Lewis, Free-Soil and Slavery Map, 1848		Result of the Fifteenth Amendment
	Victory Map, 1919		Uncle Sam’s Newest Baby Girl, 1910
	Property Qualifications for Suffrage, 1932		We The People, 1995