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Where Did the Voters Go? Nowhere.
As the national vote total began to solidify last night, one question on the minds of Republicans was: Where are the missing voters? Last night it looked like Mitt Romney had received something like 10 to 15 percent fewer votes than John McCain had in 2008, even though his percentage of the overall vote was at least two points higher. What did this mean? Where did the voters go? They didn’t go to Barack Obama, because exit polls suggested he had basically turned out the same demographic support he had four years ago. So where are they? Did this suggest a significant element of the GOP base had stayed home? Perhaps evangelical voters quietly refusing to cast a ballot for a Mormon? Populist voters disgusted by the 47 percent tape?
Brian
November 7th, 2012
Sarah Palin and the Tea Party were left behind.
jbinnout
November 7th, 2012
Bingo! on the not voting for a Mormon. My daughter said that many of her facebook friends did not want to vote for Romney for that reason. My wife got a call from her mom in OK. She was distraught. She said that of her 13 or so little old ladies in her Sunday school class, she was the only one that voted for the Mormon.
Just shaking my head. Sad day.
Troy
November 7th, 2012
I agree.
Sarah Palin brought in a ton of votes.
Romney being a Mormon left many people home sitting on their hands.
66% of Jewish voters voting for Obama will tell you how complex and fucked up religion can be.
Unruly Refugee
November 7th, 2012
Yeah, those fucking Mormons dancing around with their AK-47s, cutting peoples heads off, stoning women. Lets vote for the peace loving muslim.
John Kerry had 2000 more votes than Romney. WTF?
Unruly Refugee
November 7th, 2012
correction. Kerry had a million more votes.
Troy
November 7th, 2012
@Unruly, the whole thing stinks to high heaven.
It is still early with people trying to make sense of it all. Things will shake out. Right now it is like trying to nail jello to a tree.
grayscape
November 7th, 2012
I don’t believe any of it. We’ve been had. I saw UNBELIEVABLE turnout at my poll and read dozens of similar reports around the country.
I think there was a HUGE Republican turnout. Something doesn’t make sense….
Bad Brad
November 7th, 2012
Tea Party, Mormons. Compared to the Kenyon. Not a lot of logical thinking going on there. In the words of Dave Chapell, enjoy yourself bitch’s.
Mr. Happy
November 7th, 2012
I also saw a HUGE Republican turnout where I live, and that is in the reddest part of the San Diego area.
Not once, in all of the Republicans I had talked to before the election did I hear any hint of reluctance in voting for Romney because he was a Mormon.
I don’t believe this story is correct.
Unruly Refugee
November 7th, 2012
It was awesomely big in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The 2016 movie was seen by so many. People know so much more about Frank Marshall 0bama jr now that they did four years ago. Even his own people were fleeing. It does stink worse than anything I’ve ever seen.
Troy
November 7th, 2012
I am not a conspiracy guy.
1) Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman (Been to the book depository and did my research).
2) We landed on the moon. (What, 7 times?).
3) 9/11 was perped by ignorant 7th century fucked up muslim extremists whom are currently burned to a crisp.
4) OJ needn’t look for the “real killers”, just a mirror.
5) Al Gore is not an android. (though an android would have had an advantage in internet inventioning.)
6) Roswell/Area 51 (or 57 if you are O)….???
Yet this election being a lower turnout?
Many in Florida wanted to extend the early voting to include this past Sunday and Monday.
Shit just don’t add up???
The numbers do not jive.
They would still be voting in South Florida if that is what it took to re-elect teh won.
Unruly Refugee
November 7th, 2012
I saw 0bama on tv before any of the numbers were in and his face looked way too confident that he was going to win. Nobody can ever convince me that it wasn’t fixed from the start.
All the people I talked to were all so sure because all the people they talked to were all set on voting for Romney.
I called everybody I know to make sure they had voted before the polls closed, and they all did.
Mitt should have won by a landslide.
Troy
November 7th, 2012
I have absolutely no confidence in our voting system.
Ultimately there needs to be a centralized database that is monitored by a Price-Waterhouse-Coopers or some such firm.
If it is good enough for the Oscars…
Anyway, it should take DAYS to tally all votes. Military, absentee, etc. Why does it all have to happen by election night?
Also, ID should be via thumb-print or retina scan.
Some form of biometric.
Goddamn, it is 2-thousand-fucking-twelve!!!!
Yet I guarantee some guy who has been dead since 1873 from Illinois voted twice for Obama.
*Sigh*
MaryfromMarin
November 7th, 2012
Our resident mental health case has called me multiple colorful names because of my insistence on massive voter fraud. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
jbinnout
November 7th, 2012
Hmmmmmm….and Biden let it slip that we could be voting for him in 2016. HaHaHa. Or did he know something? Crazy like a fox.
dude
November 7th, 2012
Electronic Voting fraud – no paper trail – just sayin…..
Edith McCrotch
November 7th, 2012
I would look to the early/absentee voter angle…
I mean who is to question somebody’s actual residence when recieving these early ballots when they are signed “confirming” their residency?
Pertaining to presidential elections…
What’s to stop me from getting a friend in another state to give me an “extra ballot for poor old grandma” or “whoever” and then send it to me so that I can vote in that state and then show up to my voting spot to cast another vote for my canidate…by the time anybody checks (if anybody) the election has been over for months.
Maybe I’m being too conspiratorialistic (damn..is that even a word?)but…I’ll leave you with this thought,
Back in the day, I never heard of an Earth,Wind,and Fire concert being in town until the next day…and I listened to ALL the radio stations in town…but all the black people I worked with knew.
joe6pak
November 7th, 2012
When you look at the numbers, and who voted where, it is just maddening. It is incredible this is where we are at as a nation. We are supposed to be the greatest nation, NOTHING LESS!!! I’m really pissed!!!
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Atrollpasinthru
November 8th, 2012
I will tell you what hapened to the votes
whiner mary, but first you will blow me.
scr_north
November 8th, 2012
I’ll wait until the official counts are in but I think that in this case perception is reality meaning that people thought the turnout was huge because that’s what they were told was going to happen but it wasn’t the reality. I’m sure there was some fraud that turned some seats but not the entire election (at least I don’t think so although it’s beyond me how West was defeated and that asshole Grayson elected). Anyway, if there conservatives that didn’t vote I do hope they feel a regret that is amost painful.
Troy
November 8th, 2012
@jbinnout, if Biden wins the presidency in 2016 that would prove corruption beyond any doubt.
BTW, what is up with the troll?
Bad Brad
November 8th, 2012
Troy, I’m an expert on the Troll, Anne’s watching quietly waiting to attack. And, this just did the trick. Come and get me Sybil. I told ya I was gonna out ya. Consider yourself outed psycho.
Samual
November 8th, 2012
Comments about the election must have been fixed. What was the conservative’s downfall was those like Akin, Murdoch. People noticing how conservatives govern. Those were what really brought down the conservative party last night.
Freeshiticus
November 8th, 2012
It all boils down to the right to take away the rights of unborn babies. That is the fashionable way to vote today. Murdering the future generation is just so stylish these days; everybody is doing it.
OozleFanoozle
November 8th, 2012
If the overall same number of people voted, I say there was massive voter fraud.
Anonymous
November 8th, 2012
The title of a recent book by Dr. Monica Crowley is an appropriate description of Tuesday.
I thought the title was inspired by her sister’s wedding*
*just think what it must be like to know your sister is married to the creep with the wandering eyebrows.
AvgDude
November 8th, 2012
2008 Vote Tallies:
Obama: 69.5 million (52.9%)
McCain: 59.9 million (45.7%)
Other: 2 million (1.4%)
Total: 131.4 million
2012 Vote Tallies:
Obama: 60.1 million (50.5%)
Romney: 57.4 million (48.3%)
Other: 1.4 million (1.2%)
Total: 118.9 million
12.5 million less votes overall in 2012 from 2008.
9.4 million less votes for Obama
2.5 million less votes for GOP Opponent
0.6 million less votes for Other
Obama lost a lot of disillusioned voters, who sat this one out.
I’m guessing the GOP ticket lost votes from disillusioned democrats because of Ryan and lost votes from fucktarded “I ain’t votin’ fer no Mormon!” republicans because they’re stupid and utterly in love with their fuckheaded notions of conservative philosophical purity. Romney also lost the Ronulan vote for the same fuckheaded reasons, but I don’t know how large that actually is.
Anne
November 8th, 2012
Miss Bradley
Wasn’t me, you retard. But I giggled, realizing that, for hours apparently, you were laying in wait for me, making a fool out of yourself again.
TED JUSANT
November 8th, 2012
I am from the UK so american politics are a stranger to me .
But I watched the problems with the people pressing the gagets and getting the wrong person to whom they were voting for,
Example ,
VOTE FOR OBAMA = ROMNEY LIGHTS UP ,?
so they vote again and romney lights up ? == 2 votes to obama 0 for romney,
Do you see where I am coming from ,
Because they thought that they were voting for romney they clicked the button again for obama so has they go 2 votes instead of 1.FOR OBAMA.
Brian
November 8th, 2012
Brad, what are you babbling about, fool?
When you’re blogging, maybe you should leave the booze alone, ya think?
Brad, the “expert”. Yeah, right. LOL
He can’t even figure out which sock goes on which foot when he gets dressed in the morning.
ronnie b
November 8th, 2012
” so has they go 2 votes instead of 1.FOR OBAMA.”
yes, it just might have a executable command that worked similar mikey mann’s (guaranteed) hockey stick curve