Posted on 11/07/2012 4:56:42 PM PST by drewh
haven’t seen anyone ask this yet, so I will: did the Ron Paul Revolution stay home last night?
Mitt Romney won 3 million votes less than McCain while Obama lost 10 million votes of his own from 2008.
Where did those 3 million McCain voters go?
The main part of why I believed Romney would win this time because I knew the 10 million Obama supporters would sit home…but never in my worst nightmares did I imagine McCain voters would sit home. I counted on them to show up and bring friends this time to boot Obama out.
The only thing I can think of is this:
* Ron Paul supporters sat the election out because Dr. Paul because the conflict regarding the convention and the other delegate issues
* Evangelicals went through with their threat to sit home because Romney is a member of the LDS Church
And these two groups thought allowing Obama to have a second term was worth sitting home.
Is that what happened?
I never thought that was a realistic possibility because I can’t imagine ever allowing the Left to not just maintain power but actually expand their reach…but that’s what happened last night.
Have you seen anyone crunching numbers to explain this today?
The Mainsream Media Ministry of Truth will say “oh, it was all about Hispanics!” but that is a red herring. That doesn’t explain dropping three million votes below McCain and a total of five million votes from Bush in 2004.
Ron Paul supporters seem to explain that first drop from Bush’s 2004 numbers, sitting out to the tune of 2 million when McCain ran in 2008…and then sitting out even more this time; perhaps it’s a combination of Ron Paul people and Evangelicals who sat home “to teach everyone a lesson”.
That’s an expensive lesson if this is right.
“Where did those 3 million McCain voters go?”
THEY DIED...
Demographics, and the Liberal TV messaging have killed us.
Unfortunately I think you’re right. I personally know several people that couldn’t pull the trigger for him because of his religion.
I would really like for Conservatives across the spectrum to make a truce and stop the infighting for now, and instead of viciously attacking each other in ways that have built a lot of resentment on all sides, and has blinded many to the huge issues we alone agree on. I understand how big the issues we disagree on are, but I also understand how enormous the issues we agree on are as well. If we can't work together on the issues that we alone agree upon, then those other issues aren't going to mean much when we cease to exist.
Shhhhhhhh... too much logic..
Looking at the National numbers ignores THE FACT the we lost this election due to TWO COUNTIES...
Two counties, Cuyahoga, and Dade...
Thats it.
First, I did not sit home. I voted for...Romney. But, perhaps 0bama having a second term is indeed worth it. Won't be easy and now it is before us...but it is time to ask enough of the right questions and we have a good start to gaining the right answers.
0bama should have been defeated in a freakin' landslide. He wasn't...why?
Was it because our candidate was soooo bad or was it because the democrat message was soooo much better?
You may want to blame those that stayed home, but if it should have been a landslide...the stay at home vote nor the protest vote should have mattered. So...what did matter?
This failure rests with two groups. The GOPe and the GOP loyalists. The candidate sucked and ...the message from the groundgame sucked.
They were enjoying their new freedom to smoke pot in CO while fantasizing about the end of the Fed.
Not lose - just run through the shredder.
Not lost - just run through the shredder.
“Maybe the GOP-E could run a conservative next time. That might get them a few more votes. “
Then the RINO’s would stay home because they didn’t get 100% of everything that what they wanted.
Most Ron Paul cultists never had any intentional of voting for Romney. These are not real Republicans. If they stayed home they did us a favor as most probably would have voted for Obama.
I guess Rep West wasn’t conservative enough.
The problem is, they blamed voter fraud for Obama's win in 08 and Obama didn't do better than 08. So the only answer is low turnout.
Unfortunately, no one knows anyone who didn't vote against Obama. If some conservatives didn't want to vote for Romney wouldn't they have shown up and written in Sarah Palin and then voted for their republican senate and congressional choices? How many conservatives do you know who don't vote?
Poblems don't get fixed in denial.
The Paulanistas, the Romney’s an abortionist crowd, the Romney’s a liberal crowd and the Romneys a Mormon crowd.
No, Evangelicals stayed home. Right from the exit polls, which were actually accurate this year.
As far as turnout, Republicans of all types voted in record numbers in our area of New Hampshire.
Democrats very successfully used social issues like abortion, and a supposed preference for "the rich" to launch endless misleading attack ads against Republicans. With the media covering for them they were able to get away with it. A lot of less involved voters and young people fell for it.
The one Johnson-moron on my news feed was a an idiot libertarian who I witnessed pulling for McCain in the primaries in 2008. Then took it upon himself how the GOP continues nominating fools like this. Needless to say I let him have it; reminded him of his support for McCain; he proceeded to lie and tell me he was pro-Paul the entire time.
Of course I had to remind him I was the one who told him about Ron Paul, he didn't know who he was at the time. And even after he was introduced he proceeded to support McCain.
What a jerk.
/johnny
That can’t be true or there would be over 175 million Republicans.
You have it exactly right. Based on the numbers, what other explanation could there be? While some of us turned out to vote for Romney, other voters - even here on FR - are saying that they didn’t vote for Romney. Also, I know of other Republicans (in the real world, not on the internet) who refused to vote for him.
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