Prepare To Be Offended

If you only look at the electoral votes, yes it was, well, devastating. However if you look at the actual votes from voters it was a really close race. From Hot Air:

In 2004, Bush beat John Kerry by winning 62.04 million votes. In 2008, Obama won 62.443 million, a gain of only 400,000. In 2004, Kerry garnered 59.028 million votes; John McCain only got 55.386 million. That means this election saw 3.24 million fewer votes than four years ago. Far from being more energized, the nation appeared to be more apathetic.

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