Here are some interesting numbers. Draw what conclusions you will.

Popular vote totals:

Obama 2012: 59,837,407
Obama 2008: 69,456,897

McCain 2008: 59,934,814
Obama 2012: 59,837,407
Romney 2012: 57,190,188

McCain, as badly as he was trounced, got more votes in 2008 than Obama got in 2012. Romney is 2012 got less than both. Obama received nearly 10 million fewer votes in this election than in the last.

This map from the New York Times shows that most of the country moved to the right last night, but enthusiasm for Romney was so low that he couldn't overcome a wounded Obama.

Move to the right