The United States presidential election, 2012 is a political event which took place on November 6, 2012. During that day the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States were selected. Democratic nominee Garret Walker defeated his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, with 358 electoral votes to Romney's 180. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 2013. In a United States presidential election a person must get 270 electoral votes to win.
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| - The United States presidential election, 2012 is a political event which took place on November 6, 2012. During that day the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States were selected. Democratic nominee Garret Walker defeated his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, with 358 electoral votes to Romney's 180. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 2013. In a United States presidential election a person must get 270 electoral votes to win.
- The United States presidential election of 2012 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It was the 57th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election. The election took place as President Barack Obama entered his fourth year as president. Obama's opponent was former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. The race was extremely close until the last four days, in which Romney took the lead and pulled off a surprise victory, coming from behind President Obama to win the presidency.The economy and Medicare Reform dominated the campaigns' focus.
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| - The United States presidential election, 2012 is a political event which took place on November 6, 2012. During that day the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States were selected. Democratic nominee Garret Walker defeated his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, with 358 electoral votes to Romney's 180. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 2013. In a United States presidential election a person must get 270 electoral votes to win.
- The United States presidential election of 2012 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It was the 57th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election. The election took place as President Barack Obama entered his fourth year as president. Obama's opponent was former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. The race was extremely close until the last four days, in which Romney took the lead and pulled off a surprise victory, coming from behind President Obama to win the presidency.The economy and Medicare Reform dominated the campaigns' focus. Romney's turnaround came at an extremely critical debate, in which he performed excellently. He had great one-liners, some of which were, "Can we afford four more years of this?", "What has Obama done for you?", and multiple plays on Obama's condemning statement, "You didn't build that." Combined with a gargantuan ad campaign, the debate performance completely flipped the race and caused millions of Americans to rethink their votes. President Mitt Romney defeated his challenger Barack Obama. Nine states changed allegiance from the 2008 election. Each had voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 and contributed to Romney's 2012 victory. The selected electors from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia voted for President and Vice President of the United States on December 15, 2012. Those votes were tallied before a joint session of Congress on January 8, 2013. Romney received 297 electoral votes, Obama received 241.
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