West Virginia, Texas, Arizona were major swings in the GOP direction

[blueclown]

Also, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah.

Will Democrats ever win West Virginia at the national level again?

Glad to see the President keep his margins in Georgia and Arkansas respectable compared to 2008.

A great night for the President, but it's clear to see where the popular vote difference between 2008 and 2012 was made up.

[seabeyond]

1. really? nt

[Daniel537]

2. Arkansas was actually a bit worse, Wyoming and Tennessee as well.

The South and the Plains states are pretty much gone for Dems at the Presidential level, but fortunately we're still fairly competitive in House and Senate races. To my surprise Alaska seems to have swung a little more towards Obama this year, could bode well for Begich in '14.

[johnnyrocket]

3. The racist backlash is really bad in those areas. It'll only get worse before...

...these racist whites all die out.

It's over for them, but they can't handle the truth.

[abumbyanyothername]

4. West Virginia is probably a lost cause

because of coal/climate change on top of tobacco.

Maybe in 4-5 cycles after the economy has transitioned.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Huh? Arkansas went 58.7% for McCain and 60.4% for Romney last night. Obama

was a -1.9% from 2008.

[blueclown]

6. I don't think it was as big a swing as some of the other states I mentioned.

But it's worth nothing, because it's a state that Clinton won in 1992 and 1996.

[MadBadger]

9. Where is Clinton From?

[blueclown]

10. Where is Romney from?

[MadBadger]

15. Look at how popular Clinton was when he was the governor

Compare that to how unpopular Romney was at the end of his term in MA

[ProudProgressiveNow]

7. Next cycle we will turn Arizona blue...

The work starts now...

[dbackjon]

13. Yup!!

[JCMach1]

8. If Hillary Clinton is on the ticket, the playing field will look a little different than Obama's

path to victory.

[TwilightGardener]

11. I think Nebraska got redder, too. I'm not surprised, just saddened.

[dbackjon]

12. How do you figure Arizona?

Took a couple of congressional seats.
Closed the gap in both the state house and senate
Came much closer to win a US Senate race than we had in years.


Arizona went Romney for one reason - the huge Mormon population voted en-masse for one of their own.