Results of the 2008 US President Elections

My purpose to improve this map was to make it more clear and descriptive.
I decided to show the number of Total Electoral Collegiate Votes by state in the 2008 Elections, using the data that I found on the Project Vote Smart website (web address given on the foot line of the map), and adding it to new fields in the attribute Table. Then, I chose to label the number of these votes with every official state abbreviation. Moreover, I gave this State Abbreviation ID to every one of the 50 states, including the smaller ones on the East Coast and Hawaii. Also, I intended to differentiate the political parties of each state, by not only showing the Democratic/Republican states, but showing as well which of these states were leaning more towards a specific party.
On the design style, I preferred to use colors and fonts that would contrast better with each other, so they would highlight the differences intended.
By adding the total votes of each state, we get to the conclusion that Barack Obama is the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections with 365 Electoral votes, against the 173 that John McCain won.