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Did you know Massachusetts was a red state in '80 and '84? I knew Reagan won hugely, but I didn't know it was that huge.

boingboing map

a map showing the state breakdowns in shades of purple (proportions of red/blue voting)

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/03/purple_haze.html

odd

from the Washington Blade's Blade Blog, via volokh:

'Perhaps the most surprising news for gay observers of the presidential election is that exit polls show President Bush received the exact same percentage of gay votes — 23 percent — as he did four years ago. This despite the president's vocal support for a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.'