Where are you getting your information from? In VA Obama beat Romney 51.2% to 47.3% or 3.9% compared to 2008 when he won with 52.6% to 46.3% or 6.3%. I consider an almost 4% margin an easy victory. Obama won nationally by 3.8%, also an easy victory.
4% could hardly be described as an “easy” victory. Anything under 5% could rightly be called “narrow.” I’d tend to call “easy” where it’s barely contested, probably above 15-20%.
I looked up the figs somewhere...I can’t remember where. They may have been election night figures, and not final finals. Either way, Obama is key to turn out of blacks and hipster lo fos - and the Democrats know it. They are panicked about having to turn these two groups out with no Obama on the ticket....