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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

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 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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