I had to alter this post because of technical issues with some of the graphics that I wanted to employ.
It showed a map of the "red and blue" states as they were won by Bush or Kerry.
If you go to http://www.uselectionatlas.org/, it shows a vivid county map. It is under the Election 2004 Results section under the link with the same name. Scroll between the default map and the county map and take a look at the states that Kerry won. You'll see that he carried majorities in most of the counties in a few of the New England States. Bush carried everything else. Note: on that map, the colors are reversed: Bush territory is in blue, Kerry territory is in red.
That map also blows the "Jesus territory" mantra/theory right out of the water. Some upset people on the left are describing the states Bush won as the so-called Bible belt, but that's clearly not the case. It's not "red states vs. blue states" that the press keeps harping on, it's Bush states vs. Kerry counties in every place except New England.
It's facinating to analyze. Sorry my graphics didn't work.
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