I was wrong.

[PaceAdvantage]

I thought whoever won would win BIG...but as of right now, it's 45.7 million votes versus 45.9 million votes in favor of Romney...

I really didn't think the popular vote would be this close, no matter who won.

[Rookies]

I need to forget about horses... just stick to U.S. Prezzy elections.:lol:

2008 = Perfect
2012 = Pop Vote- perfect. E.C. Out thought myself only in Florida...:mad:

[fast4522]

I too was wrong about New Hampshire, big time. So the President gets his second term and I will not post of the lame duck who can not run for President again. We wake up to a continued gridlock in the Congress and maybe we can get some mileage from that, but looks like there must be pain first.

[Tom]

From now on, I am for hire to mock all Canadian elections.

[barn32]

I thought whoever won would win BIG...You weren't wrong at all.

Obama 332

Romney 206

[lamboguy]

next time around Texas and Arizona may become blue states.

[Valuist]

First key was yesterday morning, when we saw gold bid up over 2%. I interpreted that as the traders felt an Obama win was imminent.

Real key was women. Team Romney just didn't connect enough with female voters. Whether it was true or not, women perceived it that way. Republicans are going to have to change enough to the point of at least getting the white female vote, even if that means alienating the far right.

[Shelby]

First key was yesterday morning, when we saw gold bid up over 2%. I interpreted that as the traders felt an Obama win was imminent.

Real key was women. Team Romney just didn't connect enough with female voters. Whether it was true or not, women perceived it that way. Republicans are going to have to change enough to the point of at least getting the white female vote, even if that means alienating the far right.

Well, Romney got my vote. And my mom's and my grandmother's. And we're all white.

[Valuist]

Well, Romney got my vote. And my mom's and my grandmother's. And we're all white.

Romney got my mom and daughter's vote. They didn't get my sister's vote, or apparently quite a few other female votes.

[johnhannibalsmith]

next time around Texas and Arizona may become blue states.

I doubt it. I've been hearing for four years that Obama had a big shot to carry AZ and I've been saying for that same period that he'd get trounced. I know what you are getting at in terms of demographics, but I don't think it makes as big an impact here as people think. I live "next door" to a family of immigrants and I'd bet money that they voted against Obama and rejected pandering. They don't want more government, more restrictions, more oppression, more taxation. They came here to be left the hell alone, to work hard and become fairly comfortable after living as peasants for years. They worked hard to get there and did it legally. As much as the media likes to divide us all up for our entertainment, Arizona is one of those places where people just don't like the Californication of the country, especially in the rural areas, and just want to be left out of the master plan of homogenization of the societal cultures.

[andtheyreoff]

Popular vote totals:
Obama- 59,720,298
Romney- 57,095,065

That's the closest popular vote (excluding the controversial 2000 election) since 1976.

[Marshall Bennett]

I heard this earlier on FOX news, lets see if I remember it right. 27% of the voters were either black or Latino. Of those, 93% voted for Obama. Obama also claimed the majority (not sure what percentage) of the 18-30 year old white voters.
If this is true, it's no wonder he won. He would have barely needed any of the 30+ year old white vote, perhaps a small portion at best.
If this is a trend as it appears to be, will we ever have another Republican president if the turn-out percentage continues in future elections, particularly if the democratic candidate is black?
I have my doubts.

[maddog42]

I thought whoever won would win BIG...but as of right now, it's 45.7 million votes versus 45.9 million votes in favor of Romney...

I really didn't think the popular vote would be this close, no matter who won.

I too was wrong. I thought that Romney would win Popular and lose the electoral vote. I should have realized just how rare this happens.

[Saratoga_Mike]

I thought whoever won would win BIG...but as of right now, it's 45.7 million votes versus 45.9 million votes in favor of Romney...

I really didn't think the popular vote would be this close, no matter who won.

A thread stating "I was wrong" - refreshing. Of course you weren't obnoxious or boorish in your opinion. When I saw the thread, I thought it was started by someone else - no such luck. Of course that poster, if he keeps his word, is gone now. Anyway, thanks for a unique approach to making a mistake (i.e., admitting it).

[ceejay]

If this is a trend as it appears to be,
50,000 American Latinos turn 18 every month.
source: http://www.votolatino.org/about

[barn32]

Popular vote totals:
Obama- 59,720,298
Romney- 57,095,065

That's the closest popular vote (excluding the controversial 2000 election) since 1976.The population of the U.S. is 311,591,197 million.
173,910,428 voted. That's 55%. However, approximately 75.4% are 18 years of age and older or, 234,939,762 million.

That means 74% of the eligible population voted in this presidential election.

Huh?

[Track Collector]

Originally Posted by andtheyreoff
Popular vote totals:
Obama- 59,720,298
Romney- 57,095,065


The population of the U.S. is 311,591,197 million.
173,910,428 voted. That's 55%. However, approximately 75.4% are 18 years of age and older or, 234,939,762 million.

That means 74% of the eligible population voted in this presidential election.

Huh?

59,720,298 + 57,095,065 = 116,815,363 + ? for other candidates.
Taking just Obama and Romney, 116,815,363 / 234,939,762 = 49.7%