Detailing Partisan Shift Towards Democrats In 2008

This is an interesting post over at DailyKos.com by brownsox detailing the partisan shift towards the Democrats in the 2008 election.

    State    2004     2008    Swing    Swing Relative to Average

    USA       R+3       D+7       D+10       0   
    AL         R+26      R+22     D+4        -6     
    AK         R+25      R+22     D+6        -4  (Palin Home State)
    AZ         R+11      R+9       D+2       -8  (McCain Home State)
    AR         R+9       R+20     R+11     -21 (Clinton Home State*)
    CA         D+9       D+24    D+15      +5
    CO         R+5       D+8      D+13      +3
    CT         D+10      D+23     D+13     +3
    DE         D+7       D+23     D+16      +6  (Biden Home State)
    FL         R+5       D+2       D+7       -3
    GA         R+17      R+5      D+12      +2
    HI         D+9       D+45     D+36      +26 (Obama Home State*)
    ID         R+39      R+25     D+14      +4
    IL         D+11      D+25     D+14      +4 (Obama Home State)
    IN         R+21      D+1      D+22      +12
    IA         R+1       D+9       D+10      0
    KS         R+25      R+16     D+9       -1
    KY         R+19      R+17     D+2       -8
    LA         R+15      R+19     R+4       -14
    ME         D+9       D+17     D+8       -2
    MD         D+7       D+23     D+16     +6
    MA         D+25      D+26    D+1       -9  (Kerry Home State)
    MI         D+3       D+16     D+13      +8
    MN         D+3       D+10     D+7      -3
    MS         R+20      R+14    D+6       -4
    MO         R+7       R+1      D+6       -4
    MT         R+20      R+3      D+17      +7
    NE         R+33      R+17     D+16      +6
    NV         R+3       D+12     D+15      +5
    NH         D+1       D+9      D+8       -2
    NJ         D+8       D+15     D+7        -3
    NM         R+1       D+15     D+16       +6
    NY         D+19      D+25     D+6        -4 (Clinton Home State)
    NC         R+12      D+1      D+12       +3 (Edwards Home State)
    ND         R+27      R+8      D+19       +9
    OH         R+2       D+4      D+6        -4
    OK         R+32      R+32     None       -10
    OR         D+4       D+16     D+12       +2
    PA         D+2       D+10     D+8        -2
    RI         D+22      D+28     D+6        -4
    SC         R+17      R+9      D+8        -2
    SD         R+21      R+8      D+13       +3
    TN         R+14      R+15     R+1        -11
    TX         R+23      R+10     D+13       +3  (Bush Home State)
    UT         R+46      R+29     D+17       +7
    VT         D+20      D+35     D+15       +5
    VA         R+8       D+6      D+14       +4
    WA         D+7       D+17     D+10       0
    WV         R+13      R+13     None       -10
    WI         D+1       D+13     D+12       +2
    WY         R+40      R+32     D+8        -2 (Cheney Home State)

The home states of the major presidential candidates are noted as they are likely to be outliers. The blue-red shift image was taken from the NY TIMES.