Which swing states won it for Obama? Here you can see Iowa took him to 269 and Colorado took him to outright victory. Obama could have lost Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and North Carolina and still have won the election. This image is from the Iowa State Statistical Working Group:
The NY Times lets you to look at how the electorate has shifted since 2000 (redder is more Republican, bluer is more Democratic):
Of course, America is still a purple nation. Here is a population-weighted look at the county-level results by Professor Newman of Michigan:
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