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While the election is over, the results and returns aren't finalized just yet.
Before the official tally can be recorded, each state must finish counting outstanding absentee and provisional ballots, many of which come from overseas. Florida also needs to finish and certify its initial count, which still continues two and a half days after polls closed.
But exit poll data sheds some light on the makeup of this year's voters and their choices.
In total, about 120 million people voted in this year's election.
Barack Obama won about 50.5 percent of their votes, or just under 61 million. Mitt Romney won about 48 percent of the vote, just under 58 million.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson won a little over a million votes nationwide, or just under 1 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein garnered less than half a million, taking about a third of a percent of the vote.
While Obama only had about a 2.5 percent margin of victory in the popular vote, he won the Electoral College 332 to 206, counting Florida's 29 votes, which aren't yet official, but make no difference to the end result either way.
That's nearly 62 percent of the Electoral College, a landslide by any measure.
As in 2008, Obama won the women's vote by a large margin, taking 55 percent of female votes. But Obama lost the men's vote, receiving only 45 percent of votes cast by men, unlike in 2008, when he also carried the male vote.
Romney did very well among white voters, with nearly 60 percent voting for him, but recent demographic shifts meant that wasn't enough for him to win. Obama carried minorities by a huge margin.
Over 93 percent of African0Americans voted for Obama this year, as well as 73 percent of Asian-Americans and 71 percent of Latinos.
Latinos voters in particular were a problem for Romney, and the Republicans, as their share of the electorate continues to grow, and they were crucial in winning important swing states for Obama, like Nevada, Colorado and Florida, and are the main reason New Mexico is now a solidly Democratic state.
Older voters went for Romney, and the younger the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Obama. Voters 40 and over favored Romney, and those 39 and under favored Obama
Contrary to Republican predictions, turnout among young voters was actually slightly higher this year than in 2008, as was African-American turnout.
Read more at http://www.latinospost.com/articles/6711/20121109/presidential-election-results-breakdown-popular-vote-age.htm#kqDXue8KGF0iu5QQ.99
Candidates for President and VP of The USA.
This is a critical election year. The corporate candidates
of the Democratic and Republican parties offer essentially the same platform. They both advocate the dangerous policy of the "Bush Doctrine:" the claim that the USA has the "right" to attack anyone, anywhere, any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all. This contradicts sixty years of diplomacy and reconciliation and does nothing but create enemies while undermining national security and destabilizing a foundation for international peace.
In this 2012 election cycle we cannot afford to vote for evil or lesser evils. We must reserve our votes for responsible alternatives. Follow your heart and use your mind.
No fear, no compromise, and no surrender!
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American Third Position Party
Nominee
America's Party
Nominee
Boston Tea Party
Nominee
Jim Duensing
Political activist and attorney, of Nevada
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Duensing was nominated by the BTP in a special nomination convention held online in March–April 2012.[12][13] Duensing's running mate is Kimberly Barrick of Arizona. |
Constitution Party
Nominee
Virgil Goode
Former U.S. Representative of Virginia
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Goode filed with the FEC as a presidential candidate on February 10, 2012.[14] He told The Daily Caller on February 16 that he would seek the Constitution Party presidential nomination.[15][16] He won the nomination at the National Convention on April 21, and selected outgoing party chairman Jim Clymer as his running mate.[17]
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Candidates
Freedom Socialist Party
Nominee
Stephen Durham
Socialist feminist activist, of New York
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The Freedom Socialist Party's write-in campaign by longtime community organizer and gay labor activist Stephen Durham, with
vice-presidential running-mate Chicana feminist Christina López, was
announced on January 31, 2012.[29][30] |
Green Party
Roseanne Barr
Comedienne, of Hawaii.
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Barr announced in August 2011 that she would run for President in
2012 as the nominee of a political party she intends to create, called
the "Green Tea Party."[31] On January 25, 2012, she filed a declaration with the FEC.[32]
Barr has submitted paperwork to the Green Party for her candidacy, and
stated on February 2, 2012 that she is a longtime supporter of the Green
Party.[33] |
Kent Mesplay
Activist and air quality inspector, of California
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Mesplay announced during an interview with Wikinews on June 29, 2008, that he was in the planning stages for a 2012 presidential campaign.[34] On May 24, 2011, he filed with the FEC as an official candidate for the Green Party nomination.[35] |
Jill Stein
Physician, of Massachusetts
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http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/jillstein
Stein formally announced her candidacy on October 24, 2011. She
indicated that a key point of her campaign will be her proposal for a "Green New Deal", which aims to provide energy-based public jobs for the unemployed.[36][37] |
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Stewart Alexander
Activist and 2008 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential nominee, of California |
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Alexander announced in August 2010 that he would seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Green Party. Alexander also announced that he would seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Socialist Party USA.[38][39]
He withdrew his candidacy for the Green Party nomination in July 2011.[40] |
Libertarian Party
Nominee
Gary Johnson
Former Governor of New Mexico
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Johnson declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination on December 28, 2011 at a press conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[48]
The announcement followed his withdrawal from his previous candidacy
for the Republican presidential nomination, which he had announced on
April 21, 2011.[49] Johnson won the nomination at the May 5, 2012 convention in Las Vegas on the first ballot.[50] Judge James P. Gray of California is his running mate.
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Candidates
R.J. Harris
Army Veteran, of Oklahoma
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Harris filed his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination on August 24, 2011 to the FEC.[51] Harris received the endorsement of Ron Paul during his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to US Congress District 4.[52]
He withdrew his presidential candidacy in on April 11, 2012 and
announced he would instead make a second run for the U.S. Congress.[53] |
Carl Person
Attorney, of New York
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Person announced his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination in June 2011.[54] |
Sam Sloan
Chess player, publisher and writer from New York
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Sloan announced his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination in January 2012.[55][56] |
Bill Still
Writer and documentary filmmaker, of Virginia
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Still announced his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination on October 11, 2011 at KTKK radio in Salt Lake City, Utah.[57][58] |
R. Lee Wrights
Author and Libertarian National Committee Member, of Texas
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Wrights announced his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential
nomination on April 16, 2011 at the Libertarian Party of North
Carolina’s annual convention in Hickory, North Carolina.[59] |
Objectivist Party
Nominee
Tom Stevens
Attorney and 2008 Objectivist Party presidential nominee, of New York |
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Stevens, the founder and chairman of the Objectivist Party, was
unanimously selected as the party's nominee by its delegates at the
party's National Convention in May 2010. He filed his candidacy with the
FEC in June 2011.[65][66] Alden Link of New York is Stevens' running mate. |
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Nominee
Prohibition Party
Nominee
Jack Fellure
Perennial candidate, of West Virginia |
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Fellure filed with the FEC as a Republican Party presidential nominee on November 5, 2008.[69] At the Prohibition Party National Convention on June 22, 2011, he received the party's presidential nomination.[70] |
Candidate
James Hedges
Former Thompson Township Tax Assessor of Pennsylvania |
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Hedges announced in February 2010 that he would seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party.[71][72] He was defeated for the nomination by Jack Fellure at the Party's National Covention in June 2011.[70] |
Reform Party USA
Andre Barnett
Businessman and fitness model, of New York
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Barnett announced his candidacy
on May 6, 2011.[73][74] |
Laurence Kotlikoff
Economist, of Massachusetts
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In early January 2012, Kotlikoff announced his intentions to seek the presidential nomination of Americans Elect.[4] He filed with the FEC on January 12.[5] In May 2012, Kotlikoff announced he will also seek the nomination of the Reform Party.[75] |
Socialist Equality Party
Nominee
Socialist Party USA
Nominee
Stewart Alexander
Activist and 2008 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential nominee, of California
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Alexander announced in July 2010 that he would seek the 2012 presidential nomination of the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA).[38][39] In October 2011, he received the formal nomination of the SPUSA at the Party's National Convention in Los Angeles, California.[83][84] |
Independent
Randy Blythe
Vocalist and songwriter, of Virginia |
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Blythe announced his candidacy for president in January 2012.[85][86] |
Robert Burck
Street performer, of New York
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Burck, better known as the Naked Cowboy, initially announced his intentions to run for President on September 29, 2010,[87] before formally declaring his candidacy at a press conference in New York City's Times Square on October 6, 2010.[88][89][90] Burck proclaimed “I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat, I am an American .....it is my goal and intention to lead the Tea Party to the office of the presidency.”[91] |
Terry Jones
senior pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida (Website) |
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Jones announced October 27, 2011 that he was running for President.[92][93] He filed with the FEC on the same day, and listed "NPA" for his party affiliation.[94] |
Joe Schriner
Journalist, author, and perennial presidential candidate, of Ohio
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The day after the 2008 presidential election, Schriner recorded a podcast declaring his candidacy for the 2012 presidential election, stating that it would be his final campaign.[95][96] This is Schriner's fourth consecutive bid for the presidency. |
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