Did Obama win, or did Romney lose?

[RedSLC]

Romney Lost.

Obama's approval ratings were fairly mediocre until the DNC, after which he had a strong lead, but there was still room for Romney to win.

The only time that he significantly improved his chances of winning, however, were during the 1st debate. After that, he started leading in most polls, and undercut Obama in several states. But it seems after this, he became complacent, and self-assured that he would win (B.S. like Unskewed Polls certainly didn't help, though.) His performance in the second debate while not bad, per se, was lackluster compared to the first, and this is where is lead truly began to evaporate (The VP debate is where they started to lose momentum, though.) Romney's performance in the third debate was rather poor, and this is where Obama regained his lead.

And as I previously mentioned, Romney should have looked at actual polls and figured out what to do, rather than assume that they're all in cahoots with the president.

Some external factors (such as Hurricane Sandy) helped Obama as well, but the reasons for Romney's loss are primarily related to his own shortcomings.)

[RedSLC]

Romney lost because 4 million Republicans stayed home likely due to his religious beliefs.

Names and addresses please.

You would have to ask Obama to do that. We all know how much he loves investigating conservatives and the wealthy. Voter turnout was about 4 million less conservatives than expected.

Source?

Also, with regards to Romney's faith: while there were some evangelical fundies who didn't like Mormons, I'm certain that for most of them, Obama was still the greater of two evils, and they would still be willing to vote for one if it meant getting rid of Obama.

Also, the presence of a Mormon on the ticket is likely to have actually increased turnout in certain regions. Do you really think Utah would have swung as hard as it did had Romney not been on the ballot?