http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/
(If county breakdown doesn't appear, there are links on the pages.)
The map above is very handy to reference when trying to get a grasp on just which way the counties of the United States went in the latest election.
You can access past elections as well.
Now then, if you're a sitting President and looking at this map, you can get a pretty good idea of who likes you and who doesn't.
John Kerry's doesn't look much different than his:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm
Al Gore did much better, probably based upon the fact he wasn't as alienating as Kerry or Obama to people outside of the metro areas.
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/countymap.php?year=2000&f=0&off=0&elect=0
(If county breakdown doesn't appear, there are links on the pages.)
The map above is very handy to reference when trying to get a grasp on just which way the counties of the United States went in the latest election.
You can access past elections as well.
Now then, if you're a sitting President and looking at this map, you can get a pretty good idea of who likes you and who doesn't.
John Kerry's doesn't look much different than his:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm
Al Gore did much better, probably based upon the fact he wasn't as alienating as Kerry or Obama to people outside of the metro areas.
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/countymap.php?year=2000&f=0&off=0&elect=0