Did less people vote? Why?

Dominic A.
November 12th



                                                               Less Voters? I think so


                 Voters turnout from 2008 seems to be higher than that of the 2012 election.

                  In the 2008, there were 131 million votes, while with the votes so far, 119.4 votes is all that has been counted. Not all votes have been counted however. There's still a chance that with the votes that haven't been counted so far for there to be more than the votes in 2008.

                  More than forty percent of the voter drop was in the states heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy. Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. These states are however more democratic, and probably would've gave Obama even more votes than he already earned. He easily carried the three states in 2008 and in the 2012 election. People also voted more in battleground states than they did in 2008 to make sure that their desired party would win.

                 With the voters turnout looking like it's less voters, it is really showing that in the 2012 election, many people just didn't vote because they aren't confident in either candidate. Some reports show 93 million eligible voters didn't even vote.