I can't understand...NY going republican?
Hardly. It suggests that the polarization of statewide results will not be as severe. In 2/3 of America, America voted in a landslide for Barack Obama, who got margins characteristic of Ronald Reagan in 1984. In the other third he lost by margins typical for George McGovern in 1972. Such is abnormal in America; it suggests cultural rifts between the States.
In most Presidential elections, most states are within 5% of the national average. Such was not so in 2008 or 2012. That could be Barack Obama.
