In Terms of Miles, It Was a Landslide

I ran across this at Michelle Malkin this evening, a listing of Red (Bush) counties versus Blue (Kerry) counties.

2004 Election County Map

It’s a bit incomplete, but you can fill in the blanks with the 2000 version at USA Today:

2000 Election County Map

A couple of things that are noteworthy –

  • In terms of square miles, Bush won 3.28 million miles to 741 thousand.
  • I’m amazed that California is a heavily Republican state. Only a tiny sliver along the coast is blue.
  • Somebody count up all those counties and tell me how many red vs blue there are.

What made me feel good today is that when I read the newspaper and the AP / Reuter news feeds, the news makes me feel that my faith is something I should hide from others, that conservative Christians are a tiny, unwelcome minority. After today, I’m not feeling that way. Bush won with a majority; the first time since 1988 that a presidential candidate has done that.

Looking at this map, I feel I have some company.