Republican voters didn't show and some of those were Freepers motivated by the Mormon issue.
We know the GOTV Orca system failed on election day. We know voters blame Bush more than Obama for the economy.
None of the other candidates who ran would've beaten Obama.
the votes have not all been counted, e.g. CA, so it's not clear how much staying at home was a factor although I am sure it was a factor to some extent because Romney was not inspiring. There was no mormon issue to speak of and this was not a primary factor. so that's garbage.
Romney was a RINO and had an image problem as a rich 1950s style country club Republican. so a good chunk of the problem was the candidate. another chunk was gullible stupid voters brainwashed by the MSM. another chunk is probably fraud.
You’re wrong imo but we wont ever know if any of the other candidates for the gop would have won because of the RINOS constantly picking our candidates with their open primaries.The gop is not the party of conservatives.Screw the gop.
Close, but no cigar! Romney would not have been MY choice, either. But he LOST, because you can’t beat Santa Claus. They voted for free stuff, including contraceptives, and for the right to murder their unborn babies....oh yeah, and obama phones.
Romney also was involved with hundreds of companies that went out of business, laid people off, outsourced jobs, etc. I and others pointed out how Romney was destroyed in his 1994 Senate race by ads of the people he laid off railing against him. I also pointed out how Carly Fiorina lost her Senate race in 2010 by being portrayed as an outsourcer. Voters of all stripes DESPISE that.
Romney fell short of McCain's votes by 1.5 million. Obama fell short of his own vote total by 8 million. Romney did not have enough appeal to swing voters. They didn't like Obama anymore, but Romney was unacceptable to them. Almost ALL of the other primary candidates would have beaten Obama, because none of them could have been portrayed as a "robber baron" in a year when liberals and Tea Party people alike are DEEPLY distrustful of the financial sector.
From the interviews with his campaign staff:
In exit polling, voters were asked about four metrics of leadership. Romney beat Obama on the questions of (a) which candidate has a positive vision for the country, (b) which candidate shares "my values," and (c) which candidate is a "strong leader." Despite batting .750, Romney got crushed by approximately 60 points on the question of which candidate "cares about people like me." This suggests that the Obama campaign's early "kill Romney" approach -- painting the former governor and CEO as an out-of-touch, uber-wealthy, outsourcing robber barron -- worked. It also suggests that personal connection and relatability are now more important factors in national elections than experience or accomplishment.
Mr Junkey,
If you add up the votes cast for the republican candidates for house seats in the states in question, you will see clearly that Romney won those states, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, virginia, Florida, all were won by Romney by comfortable margins
Fraud is!
“None of the other candidates who ran would’ve beaten Obama. “ - NJ
Wow, you are good. Written with full confidence...
(There is no possible way for you to back up this bold assertion. You are just pulling it out of...thin air.)