Obama beats Bush '04, now holds the top two spots when it comes to...

[Eraserhead]

...garnering the most presidential votes ever. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, still has a way to go before he beats John Kerry (let alone John McCain).

Obama 2008: 69,456,897

Obama 2012: 62,088,847 (still growing)

Bush 2004: 62,040,610

McCain 2008: 59,934,814

Kerry 2004: 59,028,444

Romney 2012: 58,783,137 (still growing)

[minionofmidas]

He'll certainly do the first though, and probably the latter as well.

[Eraserhead]

He'll certainly do the first though, and probably the latter as well.

Yeah, he'll definitely beat Kerry. Not sure about McCain though.

[morgieb]

How come they're all from the same three elections?

[GMantis]

How come they're all from the same three elections?

Because they're the elections with the highest population. And they're all after the 2000 fiasco, which highlighted the importance of voting.

[minionofmidas]

How come they're all from the same three elections?

Because of the joke turnouts of the last few decades before - last time the US had comparable turnouts (higher for actually eligible, ie non Black voters) the population was a lot less.