Dammit. I thought I was going to be able to contribute something useful to your analysis. I am just going to assume that like anything else involving politics and numbers, the facts of this election won't be discernible until all impact of those facts is irrelevant. As you've already stated, I think all we know for sure at this point is that more voters voted for democrats than Republicans. That might be all we need to know.
Amen Brother Rokke.
I think I'll go back to lurking now for a while. Burned out too many brain cells on this one :)