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BTW, did there appear to be any key regional drop-offs of white Evangelical voters.

One Mormon blogger thinks they found one: The Deep South...tho it effected NONE of the state outcomes for POTUS or electoral votes.

See the blue-red dot U.S. map at: The Impact of Mitt’s Mormonism: Bible Belt Blue

If you look @ the map posted there, you'll note a swath of blue running from Louisiana to the east all the way to North Carolina.

It seems particularly prominent in Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina.

Apparently -- at least the contention is made -- that in these states, there were a significant # of white Evangelicals who "stayed home."

The Lds poster concedes that it had no electoral college impact...given that "These are folks who knew their state was deep red, for the most part. So staying away from the polls wouldn’t change the outcome of the election."

Now, if it's true, then Evangelicals in other parts of the country more than made up for their absence since more voted in 2012 than either in 2008 or 2004.

So, I would say that if any claims want to be made about "stay at home" Evangelical voters, only the Deep South and Atlantic Coast (southeast) appears to show this evidence -- but not Florida.

And frankly, given that a LOT of pro-life conservatives wasted their votes on a pro-abort -- for the FIRST time in their lives -- maybe those Deep South voters were onto something!