The latter is long, and less about science and technology than I would like, but these election maps created by Mark Newman won't take you much time to digest. I found them very heartening -- the great divide is not so great when looked at in these ways.
I think this will be my last post on the election -- see, I found this patch that helps ease the cravings for presidential/political news...it will probably work until at least mid-January. In the meantime, I'll just stick to reading The Onion. (Warning: As the movie ratings people say, they use language in their reporting.)
That map looks like someone drank too many Election Night cocktails!