blue revolution

It was close, but for the first time since 1964 Indiana was won by a Democratic presidential candidate. And the Hoosier state wasn't the only traditionally red state to turn blue. Iowa, North Carolina and Virginia all fell into the Obama column.

The following numbers appropriately frame Obama's historic run. He didn't just outperform his two Democratic predecessors (Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004), he blew them away.

Indiana

Obama won: 50% to 49%

Kerry lost: 39% to 60%

Gore lost: 41% to 57%

Florida

Obama won: 51%-49%

Kerry lost: 47% to 52%

Gore "lost:" 49% to 49%

North Carolina

Obama won: 50% to 49%

Kerry lost: 44% to 56%

Gore lost: 43% to 56%

Virginia

Obama won: 52% to 47%

Kerry lost: 45% to 54%

Gore lost: 45% to 52%

Pennsylvania

Obama won: 55% to 44%

Kerry won: 51% to 49%

Gore won: 51% to 47%

Ohio

Obama won: 51% to 47%

Kerry lost 49% to 51%

Gore lost 46% to 50%

Colorado

Obama won: 53% to 46%

Kerry lost: 47% to 52%

Gore lost: 42% to 51%

New Mexico

Obama won: 57% to 42%

Kerry lost: 49% to 50%

Gore won: 48% to 48%

Nevada

Obama won: 55% to 43%

Kerry lost: 48% to 51%

Gore lost: 46% to 49%