The unofficial tally currently shows Obama with 61 million votes and
Romney with 58 million votes. After election officials finish processing
hundreds of thousands of absentee and provisional ballots, Obama’s
final tally could reach 64 million.

But no U.S. president in
the last century has come remotely close to winning as many votes as
there are people who refuse to participate in the democratic process.

“Democracy
is in trouble,” said Curtis Gans, director of the Center for the Study
of the American Electorate that tracks voter turnout rates.

Read more at the link.  The number of non-participants in the voting process is amazing.  Who knows what the impact is having on our democracy for better or worse.