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United States Presidential Election of 2012
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Barack Obama voting The election results of 2012 Mitt Romney sits at a debate table listening as President Barack Obama speaks, with moderator Bob Schieffer seated to the left, during the 2012 presidential debate at Lynn University. Voters standing at voting booths marked County of Ventura, California, casting ballots in a busy polling station during the 2012 Presidential Election. Map of the United States showing the results of the 2012 presidential election by state. States won by Barack Obama (Democratic) are shaded in blue, while those won by Mitt Romney (Republican) are shaded in red. Electoral vote totals are displayed within each state, with Obama receiving 332 electoral votes and Romney 206.
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Barack Obama voting U.S. Pres. Barack Obama voting in the 2012 general election.

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American voters went to the polls on November 6, 2012, to determine—for the 57th time—their country’s president for the next four years. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama’s reelection bid was, from the outset, expected to be closely contested as the United States faced a number of challenges, most notably a struggling economy. After tumultuous primaries, Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, was nominated by the Republican Party as its presidential candidate. On election night, television...

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