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Comparing the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections

We're exactly two months past the presidential election and all the votes have finally been tallied. Here's a rundown of the results, both from 2008 and 2012, with the differences between the two elections in parentheses. Overall '08 Obama: 66,882,230 (53%) McCain: 58,343,671 (46%) Difference: Obama +8,538,559 Overall '12 Obama: 65,899,557 (51%) (-982,673) Romney: 60,931,949 (47%) (+2,588,278) Difference: Obama +4,967,608 (-3,570,951) AL '08 Obama: 813,479 (39%) McCain: 1,266,546 (61%) Difference: Obama -453,067 AL '12 Obama: 795,696 (38%)  (-17,783) Romney: 1,255,925 (61%) (-10,621) Difference: Obama -460,229 (-7,162) AK '08 Obama: 123,594 (38%) McCain: 193,841 (60%) Difference: Obama -70,247 AK '12 Obama: 122,640 (41%) (-954) Romney: 164,676 (55%) (-29,165) Difference: Obama -42,036 (+28,211) AZ '08 Obama: 1,034,707 (45%) McCain: 1,230,111 (54%) Difference: Obama -195,404 AZ '12 Obama: 1,025,232 (45%) (-...