An infographic on the low voter turnout in the election. The verbal summary:

Voter turnout for 2012 fell to 118 million from 2008’s impressive turnout of 131 million, with only 60% of eligible voters actually exercising their right to choose their government. In an election where the difference in the popular vote was less than 5 million, the 78 million people who chose not to vote might have made a huge difference. So how did President Obama get out the vote? Tweets, likes and status updates.

Via an email from Chloe (sent two weeks ago and I am just now getting around to responding to).