Daily Kos Elections does a lot of good by compiling information about the politics of different places all over the country. But there's a real danger if we focus too much on all of those differences. The danger is that the considerable lack of difference between different places gets lost in all of that information. While there are definite regional trends and variable effects, most (really, nearly all) of the results of the 2012 election are explained by a very simple equation once you account for the 2008 election. Just look at most of the Huffington Post's election results pages and you'll see what I mean, but if you like, we can take a closer look.
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