McCain and Romney were terrible candidates. And Barack had that skin color thing going for him.
I know that more people identify as conservative than liberal. I also know that a Republican has not gotten as high a percentage of votes as Obama got since Reagan. It is also true that tax policy since Reagan has exempted about 50% of Americans from paying a federal income
tax.
W won twice but never got near as many votes as Obama and actually won with less than 50% of the vote against that puke Gore.
Urban America votes overwhelmingly liberal and there are a lot of votes there which is why Republicans lose statewide elections in Presidential years and win more in off years.
This is just the truth of the matter. If you think America is a 60% conservative country you are dreaming.