On Nov 15, 2010, at 7:54 PM, SA wrote:
> So are you really so certain Obama and the Dems are wrong (from their narrow, politician's POV) to take the positions they're taking on the tax issue?
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/11/obamas-no-shows-29-million.html
[Gary Langer]
Obama's No-Shows: 29 Million November 03, 2010 4:32 PM
One way to look at yesterday’s election is to say that about 29 million Obama voters from 2008 simply didn’t show up this time around.
Here’s how: Current estimate is that 90 million people voted. Exit poll says 45 percent were Obama voters in 2008. That’s 40.5 million voters.
In 2008, Obama won 69.5 million votes. So about 29 million Obama voters did not show up in 2010.
Exit poll also says 45 percent of people who voted yesterday were McCain voters in 2008, again 40.5 million. That, vs. his nearly 60 million in 2008, means about 19.5 million McCain voters did not show up.
So Obama had nearly 10 million more no-shows.