Appalachia was just plain awful for Obama. Of course, he made zero effort here, so it was easy for people to assume he was a lot of things that he was not.
If I had to hazard a very early 2012 prediction, it'd be that these areas will swing to Obama strongly, especially if the economy picks up.
I'm sure the idea of a Democrat winning Virginia while losing Buchanan County is something that Al finds interesting.
But for a huge bright spot on the racial issue, look at eastern Pennsylvania and Michigan (pretty much the whole state). I still can't believe Obama actually won Kent County (Grand Rapids). He also cleaned up in supposedly highly racist Macomb and Monroe counties. Also the Upper Peninsula; I'm proud to see we went for the black guy over the chick whose accent sounds like us.
Obama did amazingly well with blue collar voters in the Midwest and Northeast (Indiana is more evidence of this, as well as Wisconsin and Minnesota).
