Two Maps — One Conclusion?
The map on the left shows French departments where Muslim mosques, prayer rooms or meeting houses are located. The shades of green indicate their density, varying from less than five (white) to more than thirty (dark green).
The map on the right shows how France voted in last year’s presidential elections. The blue departments are the ones where Sarkozy’s right-wing UMP party won, the pink departments where the socialists had the majority of votes.
Is there any relationship between those maps? Judge for yourself…
Thu 20-Mar-08 | Posted in: Society
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Comment from Lurker
Time: March 20, 2008, 10:15 pm
I don’t see the connection (If there is one), the relationship looks far too tenuous. It also doesn’t help that one is graduated, the other is absolute.
And whoever did that “2008″…
Comment from simon
Time: March 23, 2008, 6:12 pm
I’ve lived in the south in Franco-French areas (Gironde, Tarn, Dordogne), and in immigrant parts of Paris, Toulouse and the North, and (right now) immigrant-rich Amsterdam, in Holland
A common thread that I have seen over the years is that the less people are exposed to newcomers from other cultures, the more they fear and detest them, while the more they move in a mixed environment, the more they accept immigration.
The maps you show I believe shows rather historic penetration of the left and right. In the countryside in particular the differences between the political parties are not so much on issues as on belonging to certain social groups, and being on the receiving end of certain patronages.
Comment from dam
Time: March 20, 2008, 6:08 pm
I still prefer the tchernobyl’s radiation explanation…
see there : http://www.atlas-historique.net/1945-1989/cartes/FranceTchernobyl.html