Make of it whatever you will.

Important statistics:

Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million

Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million

Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000

Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000

States won by Gore: 19

States won by Bush: 29

Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2

Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 2.1