Allocation of votes (%) between Obama_McCain, 2008; President Obama's margin of victory/loss-by-state, 2008 (in order of extremity):

OK 34_66 -32
WY 33_65 -32
UT 34_63 -29
ID 36_61 -25
AL 39_61 -22
AK 38_60 -22
AR 39_59 -20
LA 40_59 -19
KY 41_58 -17
KS 42_57 -15
NE 42_57 -15
TN 42_57 -15
MS 43_56 -13
WV 43_56 -13
TX 44_55 -11
AZ 45_54 -9
SC 45_54 -9
ND 45_53 -8
SD 45_53 -8
GA 47_52 -5
MT 47_50 -3
MO 49_50 -1
IN 50_49 +1
NC 50_49 +1
FL 51_48 +3
OH 52_47 +5
VA 53_47 +6
CO 54_45 +9
IA 54_45 +9
NH 54_45 +9
MN 54_44 +10
PA 55_44 +11
NV 55_43 +12
WI 56_43 +13
NJ 57_42 +15
NM 57_42 +15
MI 57_41 +16
OR 57_41 +16
WA 58_41 +17
ME 58_40 +18
CT 61_38 +23
CA 61_37 +24
DE 62_37 +25
IL 62_37 +25
MD 62_37 +25
MA 62_36 +26
NY 63_36 +27
RI 63_35 +28
VT 68_31 +37
HI 72_27 +45
DC 93_7 +86


States by number of electoral votes, 2012 (bold indicates change since 2008; -2, -1, +1, +2, +4):

3 : AK, DC, DE, MT. ND, SD, VT, WY
4 : HI, ID, ME, NH, RI
5 : NE, NM, WV
6 : AR, IA, KS, MS, NVUT
7 : CT, OK, OR
8 : KY, LA
9 : AL, CO, SC
10 : MD, MN, MO, WI
11 : AZ, IN, MA, TN
12 : WA
13 : VA
14 : NJ
15 : NC
16 : GAMI
18 : OH
20 : ILPA
29 : FLNY
38 : TX
55 : CA