I was going over the exit polls, state-by-state, comparing them to 2004...and I noticed that Obama did better with the white vote in must states, with the exception of the South basically, and Alaska for obvious reasons.
He also underperformed John Kerry with white voters in Massachusetts...look at this if your interested.
2004 Massachusetts Exit Poll
2008 Massachusetts Exit Poll
Any idea why that might be? I'd doubt there's a lot of racism in Massachusetts...has it just gotten more Republican? Odd.