More on Bush's Gains

I have previously noted that Bush "gained his share of the popular vote relative to 2000 in just about every state, even where he lost; where he won in 2000, he won by a larger margin in 2004, where he lost in 2000, he lost by a smaller margin in 2004." The Galvin Opinion, who previously analyzed results from New York City, has expanded his radius, analyzing counties around the city from three states. Galvin summarizes his findings by saying

Kerry got fewer votes than Gore did in the New York and New Jersey counties. Kerry did improve on Gore's output in Connecticut by 15,964 but Bush did much better than Kerry him by increasing his Connecticut vote total by 78,354.

Once again, Democrats should stop pointing fingers at the Midwest, Southern and Sun Belt states for Bush's victory because they fail to realize that their neighbors turned in impressive numbers for the president as well.