AdvertisementWhen It Comes To Politics, States Are Barely UnitedDecember 27, 2012Alan GreenblattfacebookEmailRather than a wave moving in one party's favor, crosscurrents have moved the states apart. One political scientist says, "This hardly ever happens, where the blue states get bluer and the red states redder, instead of the whole country going in one direction." (iStockphoto.com)