Thank you for those very interesting, although a tad distressing, charts.
I was flamed like mad back in 2004 when everyone was gleefully mocking the losing Dems as Bush squeaked by an incompetent opponent, and I pointed out how many GOP voters complained to me about Bush when I called to ask them to get out and vote for him. I was told that we needed to be positive, with the implication that honest examination of weaknesses was verboten, and we got whomped in 2006. Then in 2008, I was told that I was a naysayer because I pointed out that my actual experience and observation was that there was a lot of support for Obama.
I'm no longer biting my tongue, though. I'm sick of conservatism being crushed while the Ostrich Brigade sticks their heads in the sand.