Matt how would Mccain popular vote would be larger then Obama in 2008 beciause I thought the Democrats were more popular in 2000 then the Republicans were in 2008
The reason why I have John McCain winning by a larger margin that George Bush is because he was a much more moderate candidate who had more appeal to moderate voters. Those are the reasons why I have McCain picking up Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oregon and the electoral vote from Maine's 2nd Congressional District. On the other hand, more conservative voters would have been less receptive to McCain than Bush and decide to either sit out the election or voted for Pat Buchanan. Due to that factor, Al Gore is able to pick up Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida and West Virginia in my map.