Kerry VS. McCain

[King]

I took the individual state totals of both Kerry in 04 and McCain in 08 and made this map.

Kerry wins the popular vote 51% to 49% and EV count 293-245, but it produces one of the most polarized electoral maps ever as most states give 60% in support of their candidate with Colorado, Nevada and Ohio being the only three states decided by less than 4 points.

[King]

I took the individual state totals of both Kerry in 04 and McCain in 08 and made this map.

Kerry wins the popular vote 51% to 49% and EV count 293-245, but it produces one of the most partisan electoral maps ever as most states give 60% in support of their candidate with Colorado, Nevada and Ohio being the only three states decided by less than 4 points.

     Interesting map. It's funny that McCain got more votes out of the Deep South than Bush did, despite getting fewer overall votes.

I find it interesting that Kerry lost Nevada by only 2 points and McCain lost Nevada by a large 12 point margin, but head-to-head vote totals McCain narrowly manages to win the state.

[King]

The nation is growing you know, of course the turnout this year was nice, but the real list you should look at is that:

What are those figures - turnout as a percentage of what?  I imagine non-citizens and felon populations are higher than ever, although how is earlier disenfranchisement taken into account?

That's just the percentage of popular vote each candidate got.