Leading up to Election Day last week, speculation stirred that a case might arise similar to the 2000 presidential election, when the presidential-elect won the Electoral College votes but lost the popular vote.
The speculation won't be the case.
According to the Center for the Study of the American Electorate, CNN reported voter turnout of eligible voters stands at 57.5 percent, down considerable from the 2008 presidential election's 62.3 percent.
The 2012 voter turnout numbers are also down from the 2004 election when President George W. Bush won reelection against Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. Voter turnout in 2004 was 60.4 percent.
The 2012 turnout is better than the 2000 numbers, which stands at 54.2 percent.
The Center for the Study of the American Electorate added that 126 million people voted but 93 million eligible voters did not vote on Election Day. The swing states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin saw higher turnouts than in 2008, noted Nate Silver of the New York Times. All other states, except Louisiana, had a lower turnout rate compared to 2008. The state with the highest turnout was Minnesota with 74.6 percent while the lowest was in Hawaii with 43.6 percent, a record low.
States along the eastern coast of the US saw lower turnouts but that could be due to Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.
However, high turnout in early voting or mail-in ballots did take place in 2012 with more than 32 million people voting ahead of Nov. 6 in 34 states the D.C.
In the end, President Obama won reelection with 332 Electoral College votes to Romney's 206 votes. According to CNN, Obama received 62,285,005 popular votes to Romney's 58,907,640 votes.
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