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If you look at the country divided by county the blue tends to lean towards the bigger cities and the red dominates rural areas and smaller cities.
This may be a reflection of america's tendency to embrace more socialistic views of government in the "big city", whereas there's more of a "I don't need the government" (or I don't need as much government as John Kerry thinks) view in rural america.
I've heard of an article where the author, who openly sides with the left, stated "we don't live in the United States - we live in the United Cities." In the end different populations of people have different views of the country. The person living in the big city is more prone, for example, to see homelessness as a bigger problem than someone in a small town that has no homelessness (he/she can see).
In the end I don't believe there is a right or a wrong in this situation - there are just different perspectives on priority, and based on the voting of the country those priorities favored GWB.
I live in Portland Oregon where a day after the election there were major protests downtown that stopped traffic and so forth, but when I drive twenty miles east of the city I'm more likely to see a "W 04" than a John Kerry bumper sticker. Are we divided - sure, but can we coexist and all be patriotic americans - sure.
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