For the record in ‘04 Bush did win the popular as well as the electoral vote. W got about 62 million, Kerry about 59 million. W got 31 states, Kerry 19 states plus DC
http://electoralmap.net/2012/myPrediction.php
>>Click on a state repeatedly to change it between gray (tossup), red (Republican victory), and blue (Democrat victory). The total number of electoral votes won by either party will update automatically. When you are done creating your forecast you can share it with your friends by sending them the URL shown below the map.
You can use Dave Leip’s website, which has the proper colors for the parties, not the Orwellian newsspeak ones.
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/
On the link above you can go back and forth between 2004 and 2008 and see what states changed their political
colors. The following states went from red to blue:
NV, CO, NM,IA, Ind., OH, NC, VA, FL.
There is also a page for an “Intrade forecast” and it mentions states that gained or lost electoral votes since 08.
MA lost one; FL gained two, Ohio lost two etc.