My husband and I were also shell shocked. We totally believed Romney would win based on the rallies, the reports of independents going to Romney and increased Republican voter registration, the bad economy, the debates, etc etc.
I wish I had known better because this let down was huge.
I wasn’t surprised at all. I knew that people who voted for Obama in 2008 still were going to vote for him.
I knew there wasn’t a lot of excitement for either campaign this time around.
Even my just turned 18 year old son didn’t register to vote. He didn’t care. Of course, we live in Cali and he goes to college in Texas. He felt like his vote didn’t matter in either state. However, he was very apathetic about Romney.
I didn’t start feeling good about Romney until the debates, and I think the campaign was lost by then.
I’ll also add that I think Romney was pretty nasty during the primary and it turned a lot of people off. I know I didn’t like what was being said about Santorum. I thought Romney was nastier during the primary than during the main campaign. I think he turned a lot of people off to him during the primary.
Same here. Emotionally I have been a basket case. Tummy issues, the works! I really had little doubt we would win. Thought win would be BIG......so when it was called for O I sank way down !!!