Election 2012 Revisited. Maps and Metrics of the 2012 Election which was One Year Ago Today

One year ago TODAY America reelected Barack Obama over Mitt Romney.  We posted this earlier but feel that it is still relevant.  US Election Results By County and more:

Below is the 2012 United States Presidential Election results by county.  Red areas are Republican; Blue Areas are Democrat.

The Bubble map of US Election Results shows vote concentration.

More interesting this map shows counties where the candidate won by 20% or more (a landslide). Obviously, there are many more Red Landslide counties than Blue Landslide counties.

More interesting are the US Election County Election Results by County since 2008.  As you can see the counties in the United States are Clearly Trending Republican.  The darker the shade of Red the faster the county is trending Republican.  White areas are trending Democrat.

This is a map of US Counties that have been trending Republican since 2004. Remember, that was a very good year for the GOP and the last time a Republican President (George W. Bush) won a majority of the popular vote. Via the Interactive Wall St Journal Election Site.

This view shows the same data by arrows.  The longer the arrow and the more concentrated the arrows the faster the country is trending in that directions.  Red arrows are trending GOP, Blue arrows are trending Democrat.    

Via the New York Times Election Site.

2012 Final Presidential Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	65,909,451	51.02%	332
	Willard Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	Republican	60,932,176	47.16%	206
	Gary Johnson	James P. Gray	Libertarian	1,275,950	0.99%	0	0.0%
	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	Green	469,572	0.36%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	605,373	0.47%	0	0.0%

Final 2008 Presidential Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	69,499,428	52.87%	365
	John S. McCain, III	Sarah H. Palin	Republican	59,950,323	45.60%	173
	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	Green	739,278	0.56%	0	0.0%
	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	Libertarian	523,433	0.40%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	750,660	0.57%	0	0.0%

Delta:  2012 Results Compared with 2008 Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate '12	Presidential Candidate '08	Political Party	2012 - 2008 Popular Vote Delta		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Barack H. Obama	Democratic	(-3,589,977)	(-5.16%)	(-33)
	Mitt Romney	John McCain	Republican	+981,853	+1.64%	+33
	Jill Stein	Ralph Nader	Green/Ind	(-269,706)	(-36.4%)
	Gary Johnson	Bob Barr	Libertarian	+752,517	+143%