“I bet those 7 million people who didn’t vote for Bathhouse Barry again but couldn’t bear to pull the lever for a Republican (oh the horror) are feeling wonderful about their decision and can ponder it in the unemployment line.”
There were an estimated 6-10 million whites who walked away from Obama this time but very few of them voted for Romney. Where did they go? Apparently they just tuned out and let the morons run the country.
I look it it this way. A number of voters walked away from Obama. Some went for Romney. Some did not vote.
Now, if Romney picked up a portion of those who walked away from Romney, then why did he not exceed McCains performance? Because republicans walked away from Romney. The questions are Who and How many?
Did Obama lose women’s support? If yes, and if Romney did not pick up women’s support, then there lies a huge problem. Was it the trifecta of 2 idiot candidates plus Limbaugh and his 2 day rant? I am willing to put money on that. I think women stayed with Obama because they did not trust that with fiscal positives they saw in Romney would not be out weighed by what they consider an erosion of reproductive rights demanded by social conservatives.
African Americans who left Obama would have (wrongly) never voted against him. Those were never in Romney’s reach. I believe that is the bulk of Obama’s loss of support.
Evangelicals? There lies a loss of support (wrongly) based upon Romneys faith. Those most likely stayed home, and did not swing to Obama. The number of these voters is a question I would like to know.
But, most importantly, Romney believed his own press that the country was swinging toward him. Only a small portion of votes may have been swung back to Obama due to Christie doing what any governor should have done, by putting his state above party politics.
Has anyone seen the percentage breakdown between early / absentee ballots verses the number of ballots cast on Election Day? That could lead to some insight as to the affect of Christie’s actions.