Romney ran a terrible campaign, as did McCain. Neither one really showed an interest to expose obama for who he is and what he represents. The voter fraud is common knowledge but never challenged by the Republicans. The list goes on, but I'll stop with probably the most important one: the Republicans failed to nominate an authentic conservative candidate who offered real promise for the future.
Sorry, but a few people staying home isn't what made the difference. The party bosses need to place blame where it belongs - squarely with them.
“the Republicans failed to nominate an authentic conservative candidate who offered real promise for the future.”
And sent their tantrum-throwing sycophants out across the web to smear anyone not on board with helping to shift the GOP further leftward.
See my post history for literally hundreds if not thousands of examples.
A “few people staying home...”
I don’t disagree with what you’ve written, but that may be a bit over-simplified. For example, I do not recall having a “good” candidate in my lifetime - aside from maybe Reagan’s re-election year. Weak candidates are the standard, not the exception. And weak candidates can win. Believe me.
There is a time to stand on principle and there is a time to remove tyrants. Many made their choice to permit tyranny by abstaining - and they still brag about it. It’s confusing. No one was asking for a real time commitment - just vote out the criminal. However, they held their head high and said, I’m better than that.
Romney received 1.8 million less votes than McCain in 2008.
Obama received 8.5 million less votes than in 2008.
By the popular vote, the Obama victory was around 51 percent to Romney’s 48. Compared to the average Presidential election in the 20th century it shows that this was a tight race.
Swing state turn-out could have shifted the election by as little as 300,000 votes.
Basically, just 5 of 25 presidential elections (1900 - 1999) were decided by fewer than 130 electoral votes. Only 3 of these had a popular vote margin smaller than the Obama-Romney election.
I did not like Romney, but I voted against Obama - the criminal. Many stayed home because the candidate they wanted does not exist on Earth. Obama was then re-elected.