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62,065,873!!! Obama Passes Bush's 2004 Total Vote (Original Post) alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 OP
Sadly, the percentages stayed the same democrattotheend Nov 2012 #1
I just realized that Obama's 2008 vote total was the highest ever democrattotheend Nov 2012 #2
Excellent! CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #3
Obama's up to 62,088,847 now :) Tx4obama Nov 2012 #4
Where are you finding the newest numbers? Please :-) Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #7
Here ya go, a couple links below Tx4obama Nov 2012 #11
how many for Rmoney? NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #5
Currently? alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #14
Awesome! Nerdette Nov 2012 #6
Where are you finding the newest numbers? ... ANSWER ... LA Kings Fan Nov 2012 #8
Here are the two links I'm watching, below Tx4obama Nov 2012 #10
And he didn't even have to start a war in order to get them. Aristus Nov 2012 #9
It's frightening to think that 62,040,610 people voted for Bush. eyewall Nov 2012 #12
To me, it's even more frightening that 59 million would vote for Rmoney mountain grammy Nov 2012 #13
outstanding demmis19566ie Nov 2012 #15
Kerry ran the race the media pretended Romney was running. ProSense Nov 2012 #16
K & R Scurrilous Nov 2012 #17
This Phentex Nov 2012 #18
Now, President Obama has only been beaten by his previous popular vote mzmolly Nov 2012 #19

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
2. I just realized that Obama's 2008 vote total was the highest ever
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:35 PM
Nov 2012

Probably due mostly to population growth, but still, that's cool. He's the only presidential candidate to ever get above 65 million. I read somewhere that he is projected to end up with about 67 million this time, about 2.5 million short of 2008 but still the second highest in history.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
4. Obama's up to 62,088,847 now :)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 10:01 PM
Nov 2012

Now we need to get Romney down under 45.5% so that it will be rounded down to 47%



Aristus

(66,386 posts)
9. And he didn't even have to start a war in order to get them.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 10:46 PM
Nov 2012

No aircraft carrier, no codpiece, no creepy "Our Leader" billboards, no "who cares what you think?", no "First Amendment Zones", etc...

Just good leadership and solid character.

Are you paying attention, republicans?...

mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)
13. To me, it's even more frightening that 59 million would vote for Rmoney
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:03 AM
Nov 2012

especially considering the consequences of the 8 years of Bush. I am constantly astounded by people who were crushed by the 2008 crash and the collapse of the housing market, or have seen the results of the wars, and somehow don't blame Republican policies.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
16. Kerry ran the race the media pretended Romney was running.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 08:59 AM
Nov 2012

Think about it. Kerry narrowed the popular vote margin to 2.4. Romney will likely be down more than 3 points when all the votes are counted.

Kerry's popular vote margin was .1 percent less than Gore's, but Kerry got 8 million more votes. In 2004, Kerry got more than 59 million votes, currently more than Romney.

Unlike Romney, Kerry ran a smart race focusing on an electoral path to victory, and came within one state of winning: Ohio.

Bush got 286 to Kerry's 251. Flip Ohio and Kerry wins 271 to 266. That was a close race.

Romney had no chance. Even if he took Florida, he lost Ohio by nearly 2 points, Virginia by 3 points and Colorado by 5 points. He lost NH by nearly 6 points, and all the rest was simply MSM noise.

mzmolly

(50,996 posts)
19. Now, President Obama has only been beaten by his previous popular vote
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 07:03 PM
Nov 2012

record.

Barack Obama received the most popular votes, over 65 million, in 2008. The previous record for most popular votes was held by George W. Bush, who received over 62 million votes in 2004. Prior to that the record was Ronald Reagan's 54 million in 1984.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_US_President_has_received_the_most_electoral_or_popular_votes_in_any_election#ixzz2C3IwW0Pb

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