[EL] popular and electoral vote counts; turnout down in 2012

[Richard Winger]

Final totals will probably be at least 5% higher than the totals we have now.  Chances are high that the number of people who voted in November 2012 will be a larger number than the number of voters who voted in November 2008.  But the percentage of the potential electorate will probably be lower in 2012 than in 2008.

It's not clear yet if Obama got as much as 50% of the national popular vote for president.

Richard Winger

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--- On Wed, 11/7/12, Mark Rush <markrush7983 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mark Rush <markrush7983 at gmail.com>
Subject: [EL] popular and electoral vote counts; turnout down in 2012
To: "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 9:41 AM

Interesting points.

Obama's margin over Romney is about the same as Bush over Kerry in 2004.  Only difference is the electoral college.

Obama dropped from 66 million votes in 2008 to 60 million in 2012.  The GOP vote, at last count that I saw, is down about a million.


This is a reason to celebrate...barely.

-- 
Mark Rush



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