Sun-Times graphics guru Max Rust has put together some tremendous images that give us a great visual breakdown of yesterday’s presidential vote (Florida excepted). Below, the Electoral College votes broken down by states and number of votes. And below here is the breakdown of the candidates’ respective margins of victories in 3,000 different counties across

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Sun-Times graphics guru Max Rust has put together some tremendous images that give us a great visual breakdown of yesterday’s presidential vote (Florida excepted). Below, the Electoral College votes broken down by states and number of votes.

And below here is the breakdown of the candidates’ respective margins of victories in 3,000 different counties across the nation, punctuating Obama’s dominance in urban areas while Romney took a big chunk of the suburban and rural vote. [A full, high-res PDF version of the below map can be viewed here.]