Whose to blame? That’s debatable.
But, here are a couple of interesting figures:
President-elect Obama gained 950,000** more votes than George W. Bush did in 2004.
Obama gained 3,962,863 more votes than Kerry collected in 2004.
John McCain lost 6,244,903 votes** from President Bush’s record total in 2004.
Ed Morrissey has a more thorough analysis on the collapse.
** These numbers for 2008 are not final.
