1) Those county by county maps are very misleading. The election is not decided by land mass, it's decided by population.

2) in reponse to:

"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?"

Umm...yeah, 48% of America did, nearly 56 million people. More people voted for Lefty Kerry than voted for Reagan in 1980.