Dividing or Uniting the U.S. by Design

The Palm Beach Post has posted a new map-based chart representing U.S. service men, women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan. It got me thinking about the 2004 election maps showing blue and red states and what a polarizing graphic that became. However, you stack that blue and red map up against this map honoring the fallen and you see a much more united country in terms of the loss shared by all states in this conflict...