turnout lower on both sides...not sure why
almost 129 million in 2008
around 117 million this time
Dem down 9 million
GOP down almost 3 million
hard to figure from that that it was simply GOP turnout down
enthusiasm gap for Romney almost 3 fold increase than that for Obama
but not enough
White vote up 4 points from 55-59
but latino and Oriental votes up as well...offsetting
it’s a new America
and it won’t last
the turn out differences need to be looked at state by state, those figures are more significant than the sums they add up to
in some very blue states, low Dim voter turnout could sometimes still not lose the state for Obama