This is consoling, in a way (except that, in light of the recent wave of anti-gay-marriage voting, most of the country would rather not be portrayed as purple). It looks as though the majority of the country is more centrist than divided.
However, the truth lies more in concentration of population. As the other map the article links to shows, Kerry's wins amounted to very small land areas packed with the most people - i.e. urban areas - whereas rural counties overwhelmingly voted Shrub.
So, we're still stuck in city mice vs. country mice, are we? The small farmer is not dead - in fact, he should be rubbing his hands and cackling, considering these figures - he controls the government.
However, with the right wing's environmental and birth control policies, it won't be too many ages before our population is so high and spread out that everywhere will be an urban strip mall, so maybe the pendulum will swing! Or maybe we'll all be dead. Keep watching...
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