Food for Thought

A few numbers to think about:

• Barack Obama netted FEWER Democrat votes in 2012 than were cast in 2008 by 3% points.
• Mitt Romney earned MORE Republican votes in 2012 than were cast in 2008 by 3% points.
• Mitt Romney by the way, earned MORE Black votes in 2012 than were cast for the Republican in 2008.
• Barack Obama earned FEWER Black votes in 2012 than he did in 2008.
• Mitt Romney earned MORE votes from both married men and married woman than were cast for Republicans in 2008, while also improving support among non-married men and woman by 2% from 2008 as well.
• Mitt Romney earned MORE votes among liberals, moderates, and conservatives than were cast for the Republican candidate in 2008 – in fact, this improvement was by a full 7% over 2008 – a very significant improvement.
• Mitt Romney earned more votes from Protestants, Catholics, and Jews than the Republican nominee received in 2008, including a 9-point improvement among Jewish voters alone.
• The two top issues according to voters were the economy and the budget.
• Mitt Romney earned A 38 POINT ADVANTAGE OVER BARACK OBAMA on the top two issues of the election – and yet Romney was somehow defeated.
• Lastly, regarding the following three personal trait issues – strong leader, shares my values, and has a vision for the future, Mitt Romney DOMINATED Barack Obama among 2012 voters by 45 points. And lost the election.