Barack Obama (D)
303 Electoral Votes
57,585,878 Popular Votes
Mitt Romney (R)
206 Electoral Votes
55,743,965 Popular Votes
and still counting
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United States Election: Nov 6, 2012 |OT| - Barack Obama Re-elected
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Barack Obama (D)
303 Electoral Votes
57,585,878 Popular Votes
Mitt Romney (R)
206 Electoral Votes
55,743,965 Popular Votes
and still counting
HP_Wuvcraft
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Are we SURE he's not a troll?
Nope. But it's far stronger of a win than Bush had for either term.
EDIT: Actually, I suppose coming closer to scrapping by and still winning despite the massive negativity would push this to a bigger victory, but if you're looking at how much of a curbstomp this is definitely less of one.
EDIT 2: Forgot the Electoral Map was in the OP. Whoops!
UltimaPooh
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No. 2008 was a landslide. He lost a few states he got in 2008 like North Carolina.
Phoenician_Viking
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Thanks. Almost 2 million lead votes for Obama. So he won both the popular vote and the electoral college. That´s great.
Outstanding.
Overall its closer. This should have been an easy Republican win really based on history but When Romney is the sanest choice out of the pack it was a good year for the Democrats.That said Real Romney probably wouldn't be that terrible. The problem was betting on real romney showing up and not robo romney. too risky to chance
Actually one of the best things I've heard during a phone bank was that we called this woman to ask who'd she vote for president. She had to ask her husband who she was voting for . . . and his reply was "We're votin' for the nigger!" . . . All I could think was, at least they're votin for the right person even though there's just SO MUCH WRONG with this picture.
More Fun To Compute
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So guys didn't end up voting in the one who looked demented and stuck with the one who looks ineffectual but talks nice. GJ guys.
Dreams-Visions
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Real Romney would have been behooven to those who put him in power, and his legislative agenda, cabinet and term would have reflected that neo-con, House Republican agenda.
That's a scary thought. Scary as hell.
CF_Fighter
Member
Making gains in certain demographics, yes. He got a 12% increase in female vote, got 40% of white male voters, and made very big gains in the Latino vote in some numbers I saw a few hours ago. Not to mention he kept his hold on the youth vote. The youth vote thing also plays favorable for the Democrat Party because the "Millenial" age group in the last 3 elections, 2000, 2004, 2008, have all swung Democrat and with that momentum sustained in 2012 some pundits are saying that could mean that this generation will most likely skew favorable towards Democrat from here on out in future elections. Will they always vote Democrat though, I'm not too sure. I feel that if the Republican party begins to move back to the center and becomes more open and tolerant on social issues we could see some of those voters return to the GOP. I mean I changed my party to Dem. this election because of how horrible the Republican party was in terms of social issues and how the outdated and monstrous views many of them hold would hurt the people I love.
That's probably the worst thing here really. I imagine if the Republic party veered more towards the center after 2008 and still picked Romney we'd have someone didn't come off as a crazy flip flopper and successfully run with the presidency. Might've still been a bad choice for all we know, but at least it'd actually seem compelling versus the mess we witnessed.
Interficium
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Man, are you guys EXCITED to wake up in the new socialist utopia tomorrow morning?
We can only hope. That coward will never face up to his bullshit, though.
I've already got a job in one of Obama's state-run agricultural depots.
PsychoSoldier
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1000 years of darkness makes for one hell of a lighting bill, man.
samus4ever
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I will be right after I get out of the bread line and move into the toilet paper one.
BobTheFork
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Damn, how did I miss this one? Well, it's a doubled edged sword - One on hand, you are crying into the tattered remains of your strongest beliefs and on the other hand LOL.
Who do we complain to when that doesn't happen again? I'm still better about the last time.
Gordon Shumway
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I'm still wondering why she brought that crap up again..
its a straight up cat fight in Fox. RAWR!
Interficium
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What I don't understand is how Obama manages to be both Hitler and socialist/communist at the same time.
Phoenician_Viking
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Same thing that makes him a muslim atheist. Irrational right-wing hatred.
RomanticHeroX
Member
It's pretty easy when you're the Antichrist.
Ill explain it to you: its called "being black".
In other words, dont try to understand it.
I've argued with him before...
It's amazing!!!!
Glass Rebel
Member
I'm curious, how did religion play into this election? (non-American here)
Abortion and same-sex marriage were big talking points from what I can gather and I'm aware of the ongoing smear-campaign against Obama the Muslim Anti-Christ but is it really as clear cut as
Evangelical --> vote Republican
Secular --> vote Democrat
because that's the impression I get sometimes.
Abortion and same-sex marriage were big talking points from what I can gather and I'm aware of the ongoing smear-campaign against Obama the Muslim Anti-Christ but is it really as clear cut as
Evangelical --> vote Republican
Secular --> vote Democrat
because that's the impression I get sometimes.
Gordon Shumway
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Wow..they are sooooo bitter. What does this accomplish? You can't vote over! lol..
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Night, GAF. It's been fun.
I look forward to waking up to our new dystopia. Or Assassin's Creed 4. However you care to look at it.
I look forward to waking up to our new dystopia. Or Assassin's Creed 4. However you care to look at it.
I like how he's a jr member now. No more pctx presents threads. :'''(
No. Not really. But that's not what the media will tell you.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Only for about a week after the first debate.
OmegaTreeFish
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So are there people in America who ACTUALLY believe Having Obama makes you a socialist country? and is the rest of the world evil to those people? because even your left wing is still pretty right wing to everyone else. And we (UK and europe) arn't socialist lol.
edit* im pretty sure the quote I have is sarcastic but its just an example.
Unknown Soldier
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A reality TV show that cost $6 billion to run, counting the cost of all national and local elections nationwide.
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