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Yeah the map DOES fail to show the votes garnered by large cities - Bush had a geographical majority in the country but a lot of the areas added together may not even represent one area of votes in a large city.
For example, California on the map has a majority of its area Republicans - but the Democrats clearly won the vote in that one.
Same goes for other states where Dem's won.
fact of the matter is, a good majority of the population lives in teh cities so geographical doesn't even matter as much already - the way presdients win have already been campaigning in the big cities of states - yes even the small states as well as the large - but they still focus on population centers. Because even in states without large cities, winning a large number of votes int he cities may often be more than enough compared to the population of the rest of the state.
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