Original sentence: California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.0% margin of victory, one of the highest in the history of the state's presidential elections.No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since 1988.Obama won this state with 61.01% of the popular vote and all of California's electoral votes.Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state
Edited sentence: A liberal state, no Republican has carried California in a presidential election since 1988.California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.0% margin of victory.Obama won 61.01% of the popular vote and all of California's electoral votes