Across America in different states, the various ballots cast portrayed a picture of the nation as one moving towards a more liberal attitude. Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana. Whilst Maryland and Maine voted in same-sex marriage, the first states to do so by popular vote. Also in Minnesota voters defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. In Florida voters rejected calls to stop publicly funded abortion.

The votes on same-sex marriage could affect cases currently making their way through the Supreme Court, and will encourage gay rights advocates who want Washington to legalize same-sex marriage nation wide.

Has the tide turned away from the traditional conservative views of a generation ago, and can America now be called a liberal nation?