Results by region

[minionofmidas]

New England
total vote cast
2000 6,086,827
2004 6,659,014
9.4% increase

Democratic percentage
2000 56.14%
2004 57.70%
12.4% increase [in no. of votes]

Republican percentage
2000 36.97%
2004 40.80%
20.7% increase

Other percentage
2000 6.80%
2004 1.50%

Technical swing 2.27 points

[minionofmidas]

Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
total vote cast
2000 14,922,796
2004 16,773,022
12.4% increase

Democrats
2000 56.17%
2004 54.63%
9.3% increase

Republicans
2000 40.00%
2004 44.28%
24.4% increase

Other
2000 3.83%
2004 1.09%

Technical swing 5.82 points

[minionofmidas]

"North East Central" (Oh, In, Il, Mi, Wi)
total vote cast
2000 18,478,200
2004 21,207,579
14.8% increase

Democrats
2000 49.20%
2004 49.84%
16.3% increase

Republicans
2000 47.66%
2004 49.41%
19.0% increase

Other
2000 3.14%
2004 .75%

Technical swing 2.11 points

[King]

Technical swing to who?

[Beet]

Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
total vote cast
2000 14,922,796
2004 16,773,022
12.4% increase

Democrats
2000 56.17%
2004 54.63%
9.3% increase

Republicans
2000 40.00%
2004 44.28%
24.4% increase

Other
2000 3.83%
2004 1.09%

Technical swing 5.82 points

The "9/11" effect still there.

[minionofmidas]

Technical swing to who?

Dem to Rep.

[minionofmidas]

North West Central (Mn to Ks)
total vote cast
2000 8,487,911
2004 9,733,649
14.7% increase

Dems
2000 44.33%
2004 45.16%
16.8% increase

Reps
2000 51.32%
2004 53.76%
20.1% increase

Other
2000 4.35%
2004 1.08%

Technical swing
1.27 points

[Gustaf]

North west central? Should that be interpreted as Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska? (that's what I would guess from what you say, just to make things clear)

[minionofmidas]

North west central? Should that be interpreted as Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska? (that's what I would guess from what you say, just to make things clear)

Yes.
These are the US census bureau regions btw, I didn't make this garbage up.
I guess I should be finishing this some of these days...I still got South Atlantic (De to Fl, includes WV), South East Central (Ky, Tn, Al, Ms), South West Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), Mountain (8 states east of the coast and west of the plains) and Pacific to do.

[minionofmidas]

South Atlantic
total vote cast
2000 18,806,522
2004 22,974,130
22.2% increase

Democrats
2000 47.13%
2004 46.38%
20.2% increase

Republicans
2000 50.48%
2004 52.83%
27.8% increase

Other percentage
2000 2.39%
2004 .79%

Technical swing 2.10 points

Kerry won more votes here than Bush had in 2000...that one surprised me.

[minionofmidas]

South East Central
total vote cast
2000 6,287,845
2004 7,268,959
15.6% increase

Democrats
2000 43.28%
2004 39.91%
6.6% increase

Republicans
2000 54.90%
2004 59.36%
25.0% increase

Other percentage
2000 1.82%
2004 .73%

Technical swing 7.83 points

[minionofmidas]

South West Central
Vote Cast
2000 10,329,303
2004 11,872,558
14.9% increase

Dems
2000 39.92%
2004 38.97%
12.2% increase

Reps
2000 57.55%
2004 60.32%
20.5% increase

other
2000 2.53%
2004 .72%

technical swing 3.72 points

[minionofmidas]

Mountain
Vote Cast
2000 6,384,776
2004 7,949,533
24.5% increase

Dems
2000 39.62%
2004 41.89%
31.6% increase

Reps
2000 54.72%
2004 56.71%
29.0% increase

other
2000 5.66%
2004 1.40%

technical swing -.28 points

Yes, that's right, the Mountains swung Democrat.
And yes, of course, I know that's partly due to the Nader factor. And I know Bush's margin in the no. of votes increased.

[minionofmidas]

Pacific
Vote Cast
2000 15,642,080
2004 17,859,864
14.2% increase

Dems
2000 51.87%
2004 53.42%
17.6% increase

Reps
2000 42.80%
2004 45.17%
20.5% increase

other
2000 5.33%
2004 1.41%

technical swing .82 points

[jimrtex]

North west central? Should that be interpreted as Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska? (that's what I would guess from what you say, just to make things clear)

Yes.
These are the US census bureau regions btw, I didn't make this garbage up.

They are Census Divisions.  There are 4 Census Regions, Northeast, Midwest (North Central before 1984), South and West.   The regions and divisions are mainly used for data presentation.  This is particularly useful for diagrams such as interstate migration where a 51 by 51 grid of migration counts is hard to understand if the states are alphabetized, but if gathered by division and region.  States can also be geographically ordered within divisions, which harkens back to the traditional north to south ordering of the states (the Constitution is signed in geographical order).

Sometimes the regions can be somewhat misleading.  The two most populous states in the South region, Texas and Florida are somewhat atypical of the rest of the region.  Similarly, California has such a large share of the West region's population that it dominates its statistics.

The North Central region was renamed to the Midwest after congressmen and politicions from the region complained that no one knew where "North Central" was.  Nonetheless it was retained in the names of the constituent divisions which are BTW East North Central and West North Central, not North East Central and North West Central The same distinction is made for the 2 westernmost divisions of the South Region.

[minionofmidas]

North west central? Should that be interpreted as Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska? (that's what I would guess from what you say, just to make things clear)

Yes.
These are the US census bureau regions btw, I didn't make this garbage up.

They are Census Divisions.  There are 4 Census Regions, Northeast, Midwest (North Central before 1984), South and West.   The regions and divisions are mainly used for data presentation.  This is particularly useful for diagrams such as interstate migration where a 51 by 51 grid of migration counts is hard to understand if the states are alphabetized, but if gathered by division and region.  States can also be geographically ordered within divisions, which harkens back to the traditional north to south ordering of the states (the Constitution is signed in geographical order).

Sometimes the regions can be somewhat misleading.  The two most populous states in the South region, Texas and Florida are somewhat atypical of the rest of the region.  Similarly, California has such a large share of the West region's population that it dominates its statistics.

The North Central region was renamed to the Midwest after congressmen and politicions from the region complained that no one knew where "North Central" was.  Nonetheless it was retained in the names of the constituent divisions which are BTW East North Central and West North Central, not North East Central and North West Central The same distinction is made for the 2 westernmost divisions of the South Region.

Actually, I knew all that.