At the end, when they finish counting in CA and WA, and also total the absentee ballots in some states, it will be Obama 61.5 mil, Romney 58.5 mil votes, or very close to that.
Note that McCain (or should I say Palin) got 60 mil votes, and W in 2004 got 62 million.
Romney was a weak, unispiring candidate, he did not get the voters to the polls, he was worse than McCain.
I think you are right and it was the conservatives who stayed home. His Excellency’s vote was far less than it was in 08 while the RR vote was somewhat less than McLames. Issues were the same so it was not issue oriented. Voter apathy stonger among conservatives perhaps because they feel no matter which, it is 4 years of the same or similar...not the fork in the road candidate we needed. Now would the RINOs have voted for the enigma? I doubt it so IMO had the conservatives turned out as strong as 08 when admittedly their vote was down there also, we would have had a different outcome.