Your friends probably don't know anything about it either.

More than likely the 120% figure is in comparison to turnout in a previous election

11/10/2012 3:16:00 PM

I think it's "voter age population" compared to the number of registered voters. Maybe just census problems?

11/10/2012 3:20:44 PM

Or they're going by pre-registered voters? No idea without knowing the circumstances/county

11/10/2012 3:38:28 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/poetic-justice-romney-likely-to-finish-at-47-percent/2012/11/20/8a84ad4e-3351-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_blog.html

Quote :

"When all the votes are counted, could Mitt Romney really end up achieving perfect poetic justice by finishing with 47 percent of the national vote? Yup. Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report says new votes in from Maryland put Romney at 47.56 percent. He predicts with certainty that with all of New York and California counted, Romney will end up below 47.5 percent of the vote. Rounded, of course, that would put the final tally at 51-47. Anticipating this moment, Markos Moulitsas has inaugurated the “Romney 47 percent watch.”"

11/21/2012 4:00:19 PM