Wednesday, November 7, 2012

13 million fewer people voted in 2012 than in 2008

13 million fewer people voted in 2012 than in 2008: Here's something very strange, which a reader pointed out. According to Wikipedia, Obama received 60,048,411 votes (50.3 percent) and Romney received 57,368,285 votes (48.1 percent).
Yet in 2008,
Obama got 69,456,897 votes (52.9 percent) and McCain got 59,934,814 (45.7 percent).
How is it possible, with the U.S. population constantly increasing, mainly due to immigration, that almost 130 million people voted in 2008, and only 117 million voted in 2012?

Also, if these figures are correct, where was Romney's famous "ground game," designed to start with the 2008 McCain voters and build on that base?



I read another article (too lazy to find the link) that said Romney got less votes than McCain.