RE: What would the numbers have been like if Sandy wasn’t around...how many people didn’t vote because of Sandy?
Sandy could have affected only the following states:
VA, CT, FL, NY, NJ and maybe parts of PA ( The Western part, which includes Philly which would have depressed turnout ).
Of the above, only VA, PA and FL are of concern to us as the rest are blue states anyway. Sandy would have been advantageous to the GOP in PA.
As for OH, IA, WI and CO, Sandy was not even a factor, but even then, Romney did not win any of these.
Understood, but even in those blue states there would be Romney voters that would have added to his totals if not for Sandy. I guess that was my point ultimately, not so much that he would win, but that his totals would be higher.