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ORIGIN The original image was created on . GEOGRAPHY The meme is in the form of a Map of North America which depicts a new hypothetical national border between the United States and Canada . The " Blue States " from the 2004 Election have been merged with Canada to form a single nation, which is labeled the "United States of Canada". The remaining " Red States " are labeled as "Jesusland". Some view the map as a humorous, cynical, or even bigoted commentary on the cultural and political divide within the United States; others have labeled themselves proud to be from one "nation" or the other. VARIATIONS ]]Similar maps give different labels to the geographically separated blue states. The northeastern states are referred to as "Eastern ", and some maps purport to show a Capital of Crawford, Texas , the home of U.S. President George W. Bush . One map shows Alaska as having been returned to Russia . A popular variation of the map pokes fun at the political divide in Canada by including Alberta , which tends to vote conservative in Canadian elections, in "Jesusland". Some conservative versions replace "Jesusland" with "God's Country" or the "United States of Bad Asses" {Link without Title} , or refer to the "United States of Canada" as "Godless Communists" or "Douchebagistan". ANALYSIS by State , upon which the meme is based. ]] during the Civil War . ]] by County , on a Color Spectrum from Democratic Blue to Republican Red ]]> In the context of the Jesusland map, the states in which a majority voted of the '' New York Times '', some have characterized the divide as being one between a " Faith-based Community " and a " Reality-based Community ". The gap is seen as stark enough that some (which was somewhat similar to the electoral map following the 2000 Election ) and a map of the United States in 1860 , showing the Free And Slave States prior to the American Civil War . {Link without Title} Critics of the Jesusland map, and of the concept of the Red State Vs. Blue State Divide in general, have pointed out that the actual electoral map is in fact mostly "purple", containing a mixture of support for both parties (and therefore by comparison, both cultural outlooks) which rarely exceeds 65% towards either side in any given location, and that some Exit Poll s exaggerated the depth of adherence to the issues, creating a mistaken impression of the public's motivations. In addition, in most states (especially in most of the Swing State s, but also even in some solidly "red" or "blue" states), a large urban–rural split or geographic split exists in which one side tilts one way and another part the other way. by Province ]]They also point out that it generally ignores cultural divides in Canada, which is not a monolithic bloc of opinion, and in fact actually has many regions (particularly in Western Canada but also some counties in Ontario and Atlantic Canada ) which have some cultural similarities with the "red states". In addition, Quebec is often seen as a place in itself, with few similarities to either the red or blue states. The map may have become somewhat less relevant after the 2006 Election In Canada as large areas of Canada became more divided by the Conservative minority government. However it can be claimed that Canada on the whole still remains on the left of the American political spectrum. SEE ALSO
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