I think everyone on this board knows former Obama voters who went for Romney this time. Barry’s former voters, who demographically were overwhelmingly white, didn’t all just stay home.
Barack had a narrower margin this time around, helped in part by the disillusioned Obama voter and part by Mitt who actually begged to differ from Barack. Obama would have lost (and Mitt carried) a hypothetical plebiscite of all Americans eligible to vote. The Democrats pumped their demographic segment better than the Republicans did when it came to the polls... rallies at which almost nobody showed were misleading and might have even been feints. Yes, there was undoubtedly cheating and goonish coercion involved. But those should not have been unsuperable barriers.
Barack had a narrower margin this time around, helped in part by the disillusioned Obama voter and part by Mitt who actually begged to differ from Barack. Obama would have lost (and Mitt carried) a hypothetical plebiscite of all Americans eligible to vote. The Democrats pumped their demographic segment better than the Republicans did when it came to the polls... rallies at which almost nobody showed were misleading and might have even been feints. Yes, there was undoubtedly cheating and goonish coercion involved. But those should not have been INsuperable barriers.
I know Obama voters that chose to sit it out which they did by the millions, and I know conservatives who could not vote for Romney.
Romney just doesn’t do well in politics, his 20 year career is one of failure and his legacy will be Romneycare/Obamacare which earned him a place in the history books, and “gay marriage” which he will forever be identified with.
So yes, some switched to Romney, but the bulk of them left Obama and stayed home.