[EL] Almost final vote totals

[Marty Lederman]

With only Hawaii not yet certified, the final vote totals --

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AjYj9mXElO_QdHpla01oWE1jOFZRbnhJZkZpVFNKeVE&toomany=true#gid=0

-- reveal some interesting data, including that:

-- If one excludes the votes from California and New York -- almost
one-fifth of the U.S. population! -- the two candidates are virtually even
in popular vote in the other 48+DC

-- The popular vote in the swing states was almost identical to that in the
non-swing states, except that 0.4% more of the voters in non-swing states
voted for third parties rather than for Obama

-- A stark reflection of the remarkable geographic polarization:  Obama
lost 24 states.  In only two of those did he receive between 45% and 50%
percent of the vote or lose by less than *nine* points, and one of those
two (Georgia) almost fell outside those parameters.
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