Who are these 4 million republicans who stayed home? And if they stayed home, how did Romney get so many more votes than McCain did?
Presidential Candidate |
Vice Presidential Candidate |
Political Party |
Popular Vote | Electoral Vote | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barack H. Obama | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 65,918,507 | 51.01% | 332 | 61.7% | |
Willard Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | Republican | 60,934,407 | 47.15% | 206 | 38.3% |
2008
Presidential Candidate |
Vice Presidential Candidate |
Political Party |
Popular Vote | Electoral Vote | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barack H. Obama | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 69,499,428 | 52.86% | 365 | 67.8% | |
John S. McCain, III | Sarah H. Palin | Republican | 59,950,323 | 45.60% | 173 | 32.2% |
Source: http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
how did Romney get so many more votes than McCain did? .......................McCain got very few, most of his votes were for Palin.