Bush election spreads increased

I've examined the election numbers some more and it looks like the percentage spreads between Bush and his opponent stayed even or increased in 35 states between 2000 and 2004. Bush's percentage spread decreased in 15 states.

State	R_00	D_00	c_00	R_04	D_04	c_04	c_00-04
Alabama	56	42	14	63	37	26	12
Tennessee	51	47	4	57	42	15	11
Hawaii	37	56	-19	45	54	-9	10
Oklahoma	60	38	22	66	34	32	10
New Jersey	40	56	-16	46	53	-7	9
Connecticut	38	56	-18	44	54	-10	8
Rhode Island	32	61	-29	39	60	-21	8
Louisiana	53	45	8	57	42	15	7
New York	35	60	-25	40	58	-18	7
West Virginia	52	46	6	56	43	13	7
Delaware	42	55	-13	46	53	-7	6
Nebraska	62	33	29	67	32	35	6
Arizona	51	45	6	55	44	11	5
Florida	49	49	0	52	47	5	5
Georgia	55	43	12	58	41	17	5
Indiana	57	41	16	60	39	21	5
Kansas	58	37	21	62	36	26	5
Arkansas	51	46	5	54	45	9	4
Kentucky	57	41	16	60	40	20	4
Mississippi	58	41	17	60	39	21	4
Missouri	50	47	3	53	46	7	4
Utah	67	26	41	71	26	45	4
Maryland	40	56	-16	43	56	-13	3
Pennsylvania	46	51	-5	49	51	-2	3
Illinois	43	55	-12	45	55	-10	2
Iowa	48	49	-1	50	49	1	2
Massachusetts	33	60	-27	37	62	-25	2
Michigan	46	51	-5	48	51	-3	2
Texas	59	38	21	61	38	23	2
New Mexico	48	48	0	50	49	1	1
South Carolina	57	41	16	58	41	17	1
Virginia	52	44	8	54	45	9	1
California	42	53	-11	44	55	-11	0
North Dakota	61	33	28	63	35	28	0
South Dakota	60	38	22	60	38	22	0
Wyoming	68	28	40	69	29	40	0
Idaho	67	28	39	68	30	38	-1
Minnesota	46	48	-2	48	51	-3	-1
North Carolina	56	43	13	56	44	12	-1
Wisconsin	48	48	0	49	50	-1	-1
Nevada	50	46	4	50	48	2	-2
New Hampshire	48	47	1	49	50	-1	-2
Ohio	50	46	4	51	49	2	-2
Washington	45	50	-5	46	53	-7	-2
Maine	44	49	-5	45	53	-8	-3
Oregon	47	47	0	48	51	-3	-3
Alaska	59	28	31	62	35	27	-4
Colorado	51	42	9	52	47	5	-4
D.C.	9	85	-76	9	90	-81	-5
Montana	58	33	25	59	39	20	-5
Vermont	41	51	-10	39	59	-20	-10