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2016 Postmortem

GranholmFan

(59 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:07 AM Nov 2012

Will Romney fall to 47% ??

Current stats as of 4 AM ET on Nov 7 2012

Barack
Obama

50.1%
57,702,956

303

--

Mitt
Romney

48.4%
55,827,898

206

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Will Romney fall to 47% ?? (Original Post) GranholmFan Nov 2012 OP

Doubtful, but how awesome would that be? democrattotheend Nov 2012 #1

If you could count suppression and rigging, tblue Nov 2012 #2

Not sure if Romney will fall as low as 47%, but the bottom line is we easily won the Popular Vote TroyD Nov 2012 #3

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

1. Doubtful, but how awesome would that be?

Reply to GranholmFan (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:11 AM

Nov 2012

I have been wishing for it for weeks.

tblue

(16,350 posts)

2. If you could count suppression and rigging,

Reply to GranholmFan (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:16 AM

Nov 2012

he probably got around 46%. All that added together is probably 1-3% of voters. Wild guess and we will never know the exact number but it was more than just a few.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

3. Not sure if Romney will fall as low as 47%, but the bottom line is we easily won the Popular Vote

Reply to GranholmFan (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:22 AM

Nov 2012

NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE

(93% in)

OBAMA - (50%) - 57,746,909

ROMNEY - (48%) - 55,886,476

http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/all/president/#.UJpRNI7S80M

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