In 2012, Morsi won the Presidency with 51% of the vote. Many who voted for him came to regret it and support his overthrow, but this many? I think most voters do want stability, order, and a period of calm. But these numbers defy belief. Maybe they'll dial it back a bit in the final, official results.
Turnout is also an issue; it's being estimated in the 50% range, which is probably realistic and may not be inflated. The results could even be credible if all the "no" voters were intimidated into staying home or boycotting.
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Since Gen. Sisi declared that the results of this referendum would be a mandate for him to run, if/if the armed forces indicated that they were happy with that, I guess we don't need a presidential election.
For the anti-MBs, this was their party and they didn't encourage their opponents to get involved, much less allow them to put up "No" signs in public. In fact, cooler heads across the anti-constitution referendum spectrum likely stayed home.
As for Morsi's 51% win in 2012, remember that he was running against another candidate who was equally detested by the majority of voters. Looking at it another way, 75% of voters with a variety of choices, chose someone other than Morsi in the first round [ditto for Shafiq]and 50% voted for neither in that first vote.
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