by Cameron Hill ’15<\/p>\n
After a presidential election season ridden with memorable, often hysterical
\nmoments (Clint Eastwood\u2019s now famous soliloquy to an empty chair comes to
\nmind), and an extremely close race, Barack Obama was reelected President of the
\nUnited States on Tuesday November 6, 2012. He defeated the Republican nominee,
\nthe former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul
\nRyan. Going into Tuesday, many analysts expected days of ballot recounts and
\nlawsuits. It was even suggested that neither candidate would be able to reach
\nthe total of 270 electorate votes needed to secure an election.<\/p>\n
However, it quickly became apparent that Obama was the likely victor. According
\nto CNN, Romney would have needed the electoral votes of battleground states
\nVirginia, Ohio, and Florida, along with those of the traditionally red states he
\nwas likely to win, to obtain a victory. All three of those states were
\neventually won by Obama.<\/p>\n
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