China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

The 2004 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican incumbent President George W. Bush against Democrat John Kerry. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2004 election, Mr. Bush won the majority of counties and county equivalents. Mr. Kerry won the popular vote in the most of the major urban centers with the exception of Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Cincinnati, which were won by Mr. Bush. Mr. Kerry also won in along the Pacific coast in California, Oregon and Washington, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, along the southern half of the Mississippi River, extreme southern Texas, northern Minnesota, eastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin central Alabama, central South Carolina, and the majority of counties in New Jersey and the New England states. Mr. Bush won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Kerry won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to George W. Bush versus John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election

US Counties

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2004

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Florida

Rhode Island

Washington

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

Maine

North Dakota

Nova Scotia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

Wisconsin

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Massachusetts

New York

Québec

Ontario

California

Arkansas

South Dakota

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

None

A map shows ecological regions in North America with Level-2 regions marked by black dots. Regions include Taiga and Alaska Boreal Interior in the northwest; Temperate Prairies and others in the Great Plains; and regions in Mexico like Sierra Los Tuxtlas.

Level 2 Ecological Regions of North America. There are more than 50 such regions, which are areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

Ecological Regions: Level 2 Labels

Idaho

New Hampshire

Louisiana

Hawaii

Kansas

Connecticut

Georgia

Maryland

Oklahoma

A map shows drought conditions in the western U S. Cream (Abnormally dry) areas from North Dakota to Arizona. Orange (Moderate) in parts of Montana and Utah. Brown (Extreme) in western Nevada. Dark brown (Exceptional drought) in California.

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Display by:	Ecological Regions: Level 2 Labels	Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2004	Ecological Regions: Level 2 Labels	D0 Abnormally Dry	D1 Drought - Moderate	D2 Drought - Severe	D3 Drought - Extreme	D4 Drought - Exceptional




		1.326086956521739	20.5%	18.9%	14.1%	20.8%	24.1%

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United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members