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2016 Postmortem

cthulu2016

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16. that is not the reason

Reply to yashoo (Reply #15)

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 04:08 PM

Nov 2012

Older white voters are dying off, but that was not the reason 8 million fewer white people voted in 2012 than in 2008.

10% of white people did not die in the last four years.

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2012 was not a huge turnout election (for either side) [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2012 OP

Magic republican voters? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #1

How much of the lower turnout can be attributed to Sandy? sweetloukillbot Nov 2012 #2

I would agree and add in there voter suppression. arthritisR_US Nov 2012 #7

Yes, particuarly reduced early voting cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #9

I agree that Sandy has to be a factor. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #8

At least 5 states are still counting their votes. All states are still counting provisionals. robinlynne Nov 2012 #3

As anticipated by the 1% adjustment in the OP cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #5

I really believe the constant and relentless attacks on president Obama made a lot WCGreen Nov 2012 #4

As well as cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #6

OK, which of you OTHER states dropped the turnout ball! NV @ 80.56%! Quiet_Dem_Mom Nov 2012 #10

The swing states held up much better cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #11

I thought I read that AZ was only slightly over 50%... sweetloukillbot Nov 2012 #17

I think that some votes were shaved off..... FrenchieCat Nov 2012 #12

I wonder how many of the 300,000,000M folks in the US are eligible to vote? TBF Nov 2012 #13

Very clearly detailed Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #14

romney got less white votes yashoo Nov 2012 #15

that is not the reason cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #16

When all the votes are in Obama will have about 63 million. WI_DEM Nov 2012 #18

What is that based on? cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #19