2008: There was a nice victory but no Obama landslide

(The 2008 county by county map)

We wrote about this a week ago. There was no Obama landslide. There was an Obama victory.

In other words, 52-47% is not a landslide.

Also, Obama spent $600 million. He had the media in the tank. Luckiest of all, he benefited from a last minute economic credit crash. 

Despite these amazing advantages, he got 52% of the vote.

Don't give me the landslide stuff! It did not happen!

The Missing Obama Landslide By Ben-Peter Terpstra makes the point:

"Looking over the new election map too, we see that even in Obama's America, the "flyover lands" are overwhelmingly steak-and-potato, pro-life. 
South Carolina, Nebraska, Montana, Alaska, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, still vote Republican in spite of the media's anti-conservative hostility, in an economic downturn."

Don't get me wrong. Indeed, Obama won and let's not kid ourselves. Our Republican brand needs a major tune up. However, this is still a center-right country.