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Obama won one electoral vote (from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district) of Nebraska's five.
In the election day exit poll, 15 percent of voters said that Obama's reaction to the hurricane was the most important factor in their decision, and 73 percent of them voted for the president. President Barack Obama (D) won re-election by defeating former Massachusetts Gov. Includes Races for President, Senate, House, Governor and Key Ballot Measures. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state.
Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate. Mitt Romney (R) on November 6, 2012. Blue denotes states/districts won by Obama/Biden, and Red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Former President Obama on Tuesday told donors ahead of the 2020 election that his top concerns include voter suppression and At a Tuesday fundraiser with actor George Clooney, Obama named the two potential issues when asked what keeps him up at night, In a separate event with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), Obama warned that the president has cultivated a support base that “filters out any contradictory information.”“It’s just glued to Fox News and Breitbart and [Rush] Limbaugh and just this conservative echo chamber — and so, they’re going to turn out to vote,” he said, according to the Times.“What he has unleashed and what he continues to try to tap into is the fears and anger and resentment of people who, in some cases, really are having a tough time and have seen their prospects, or communities where they left, declining,” the former president added.Obama also reportedly warned against complacency, noting that rhetoric Obama's audience might find disqualifying might not necessarily doom Trump’s reelection bid.“We already saw this guy win once,” Obama said. Headlines and video, candidates' positions on the issues, fundraising totals, States to … Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.
Obama defeated Romney by 51 percent to 47 percent in the national popular vote and by 332 to 206 in the electoral vote.
2012 Election Results. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. “After he bragged about physically assaulting women — and that didn’t seem to matter. Latest on the 2012 National Elections from the CNN.com Politics team.
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History at your fingertips Former President Obama on Tuesday told donors ahead of the 2020 election that his top concerns include voter suppression and President Trump potentially casting doubt on the election’s legitimacy. Presidential results are updated as of Feb. 2017.
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U.S. presidential election results; year candidate political party electoral votes 1 popular votes 2 popular percentage 3; 1 In elections from 1789 to 1804, each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president. Presidential election results map.
The authority to delay presidential elections rests solely with Congress.The former president did not make an endorsement during the Democratic primaries, but has leapt into the fray since Biden became the presumptive nominee. Obama received 332 electoral votes to Romney’s 206 electoral votes, a decrease from the president’s 365 electoral votes in 2008. : 2 In early elections, electors were chosen by legislatures, not by popular vote, in many states. This article was most recently revised and updated by
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In particular, the overwhelming backing of younger voters was a critical factor in Obama's victory, according to an analysis of National Election Pool exit poll data. Barack Obama’s watershed 2008 election and the presidency that followed profoundly altered the aesthetics of American democracy, transforming the Founding Fathers’ narrow vision of … Let’s get to work.”The report comes as the president has stepped up his attacks on mail-in voting, suggesting in a Thursday morning tweet that the election should be delayed. The data for the results on this site are reported by the Associated Press through the week of Nov. 8, 2016.
POLITICO's Live 2016 Election Results and Maps by State, County and District. Obama has made several virtual appearances, including a joint appearance with Biden that was the Biden campaign’s biggest fundraising event thus far.“The virtual context means you don’t have to put him and other surrogates on a plane,” he said.