Warning!!! (http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/207.gif)
Unless you have hours to waste stay away from this link to
Patch Work Nation (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/patchworknation/#/communities/?show=bt,cc,ee,en,im,in,mb,mc,mo,ms,sw,tc). You may have seen this map used on various news shows since it came on-line as part of the Christian Science Monitor's tracking of the 2008 Presidential Election.
The serious explanation from the home page follows
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Patchwork Nation:
* Divides the U.S. by county into 12 community types using demographic, political and socioeconomic data.
* Tracks 24 representative communities to see how economic trends play out at the local level.
* Analyzes national data by community type to give the big picture more context.
I am a map lover so maybe I'm a special case, but; If you have a curiosity about things like counties that have a Crackle Barrel restaurant overlayed with voters for Barack Obama or John Mclain then this time waster is for you. ::)