Lets say that the Kerry GOTV machine cranked things up in NY and CA for some reason. If he had gotten an additional 4 million votes in those 2 states and won the PV -- but no other state had a single vote difference -- you would be on here talking about how dramatically some states swung to Bush by comparing the state result to the national average.
Impossible situation. Had Kerry gained 4 million in these two states he would have proportionally gained in all other states.
Nothing in presidential race is CA specific. If Kerry had gained, for example 7% in CA then he would have gained 5% - 9% in each and every state including UT and WY.
Why? The voters in UT and WY would have known that CA was going to vote at a higher rate and instict would have told them to go out and vote? lol Ridiculous theory.