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Explore every American place.
Akashic keeps a page for every place in America. Start with the one you know, or browse 11,533 places by state, by political typology, or by geography level.
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Type an address, a county, or a state — e.g., 1 Wyoming Street, Welch, WV
Browse by state
Every US state plus DC, each colored by its 2024 presidential margin. Open a state for its full profile, or jump straight to its county, metro, congressional, or media-market index.
Northeast
9 statesNew England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the industrial corridor.South
17 statesFrom the Border South through the Deep South to Texas and the peninsula.Midwest
12 statesThe Great Lakes, the Corn Belt, and the Northern Plains.West
13 statesThe Mountain West, the desert Southwest, and the Pacific Coast.Browse by political typology
Thirteen data-driven types group every place by how it votes and how it has moved since 2020. Pick one to see its members.
New American
Heavily non-English-speaking — the hardest swing to Trump in 2024.
e.g. Clark, NV · Hillsborough, FL · Riverside, CA
Florida Surge
Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply right.
e.g. Volusia, FL · Marion, FL · Manatee, FL
Black Belt
Black-majority rural South, long Democratic, now trending Republican.
e.g. Decatur, GA · Russell, AL · Chambers, AL
Heartland Swing
Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily Republican.
e.g. Sandusky, OH · Jasper, IA · Mercer, IL
Appalachian Realigners
Lower-income Greater Appalachia — a long, deep Democratic-to-Republican arc.
e.g. Henry, MO · Nicholas, WV · St. Francois, MO
Evangelical Deep South
Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist Deep South.
e.g. Coffee, TN · Dyer, TN · Covington, AL
Texan Right
East Texas and the Piney Woods — solidly Republican, with a Latino presence.
e.g. Nacogdoches, TX · Taylor, TX · Anderson, TX
Industrial Catholic Metro
Mid-size industrial metros — the most competitive, swing-prone ground.
e.g. Sangamon, IL · Beaufort, SC · Brevard, FL
Sunbelt Conservative
Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt — reliably Republican.
e.g. Suwannee, FL · Grayson, TX · Bay, FL
Diversifying Metro
Mid-size metros growing more diverse and trending Democratic.
e.g. Dauphin, PA · Virginia Beach, VA · Douglas, NE
Farm Belt
Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, modest movement.
e.g. Ionia, MI · Livingston, IL · Warren, MO
Stable Rural Right
Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties near their ceiling.
e.g. Jasper, MO · Butler, KS · Augusta, VA
Realigning Affluent Suburb
College-educated affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving Democratic.
e.g. El Paso, CO · Platte, MO · Johnson, KS
Browse by geography level
States
51 incl. DC
Aggregated from constituent counties.
Illinois →
Metro areas
918
Core-based statistical areas.
Chicago metro →
Media markets
208
Nielsen DMAs — the unit ad buyers think in.
Atlanta DMA →
Congressional districts
436
118th Congress.
IL-1 →
State senate districts
1,942
Upper chamber, every state.
State house districts
4,835
Lower chamber, every state.
Tools
Beyond browsing: compare two places, draw your own region, or ask the data a question directly.
Compare
Set any two places side by side — 2024 margins, the long arc since 1876, demographics, and how they diverged.
Canvas
Draw any region on the map and Akashic computes its rollup — constituent counties, presidential margins, and demographics.
Ask
Ask a question in plain English and get an answer grounded in the Akashic corpus, with citations back to the source pages.
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Reference
How Akashic is built, what the terms mean, and where it is going.