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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (521572)11/10/2012 1:50:27 PM
From: Brian Sullivan2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793897
 
All this talk about Romney getting fewer votes than McCain, is not true in all of the Battleground states.
In all of the contested states Romney got more votes than McCain.

The only places that I see a large drop in votes for both candidates are the deep blue states like California and New York.

You can check for yourself here:

elections.nytimes.com
elections.nytimes.com

Here are some total votes numbers that I compiled yesterday:

million votes change

2012 2008 EV
California 9.227 11.996 -23.1 % 55
Texas 7.850 7.989 - 1.7 % 38
New York 6.074 6.940 -12.5 % 29
Florida 8.239 8.083 + 1.9 % 29
Illinois 5.007 5.300 - 5.5 % 20
Pennsylvania 5.527 5.779 - 4.4 % 20
Ohio 5.273 5.209 + 1.2 % 18
Michigan 4.587 4.912 - 6.6 % 16
Georgia 3.832 3.892 - 1.5 % 16
N. Carolina 4.454 4.233 + 5.2 % 15
New Jersey 3.285 3.630 - 9.5 % 14
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