How was this win more narrow than the win over Gore in 2000?

The 1860 map is supposed to show that today's Bush voters in the south are bigots? The actual reason for that juxtaposition is the southerners' perception that the Democratic Party represents urban residents, gays and minority interests more than those of rural and traditional America. And they're right.

By watching CNN and reading the NY Times articles that are reprinted in my local paper, it is clear to me that the Democrats have learned nothing from this election yet. Most are questioning what the Kerry campaign did "wrong", mainly in terms of election strategy and the attacks on the President, rather than looking to rein in the radical leftists in their party that dominate the headlines and provide easy targets for conservatives and moderates alike. Marxism, radical environmentalism, radical racial politics, atheism, increased taxation, etc... You expect normal people to vote for that?

The easiest way for democrats to win the Presidency would be to nominate a moderate southerner, like Clinton (Bill, not Hillary ).