I honestly think it’s to the point where they just phone in phony numbers. Most polls had Romney up and up big in FL & VA. No one lookd at all surprised when that went to Obama.
And the big thing for me is that they’re saying the Republicans stayed home, didn’t turn out. I just flat out don’t believe that. If anyone stayed home it was Dems.
And the big thing for me is that they’re saying the Republicans stayed home, didn’t turn out. I just flat out don’t believe that. If anyone stayed home it was Dems.
2008 Obama 69 million votes, McCain 59 Million
2012 obama 60 Million votes, Romney 57 Million
Numbers show both sides stayed home
Based on 2008 total votes cast, 14 million voters stayed home. About 10 million for BHO, 4m for Romney.
If you include normal population growth it gets worse.
12 to 14 million for BHO
6 to 8 million for R.
Of the 220m or so eligible voters in the US, 117m cast ballots (60%) in 2012, In 2008 62% of eligible voters (131m) cast a ballot. The electorate shrank, again, also back to 2004 levels.
I can not believe Romney did worse the McCain in total voter turn out. Even if he had McCains 59.5m votes, Romney still loses bu a nose.
I would have (and did) bet the farm that Republican voter turn out would have been up, not down.
Very sad.