Over coffee at the local petrol station, I pondered the details of the US presidential electoral map (pictured here from the "I" newspaper). It shows the forecast picture for tomorrow's big event. Looking at the so called "solid" blue (Obama) and red (Romney) States, and the eight or so game changing swing States, it struck me how America may be a country United in name, but starkly divided in socio-politico terms. The very fact that so many states can be confi...