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Election 2012
12:08 pm
Sat November 10, 2012

AP Four Days Later, Florida Declares For Obama

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A worker prepares boxes of absentee ballots to be scanned at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department on Tuesday.
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By Melisa Goh

Originally published on Sun November 11, 2012 8:52 pm

Four days after the polls closed, Florida has announced that President Obama won the state's 29 electoral votes. As the AP writes:

"That gives the president a total of 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206. Florida officials said Obama had 50 percent of the vote to Romney's 49.1 percent, a margin of about 74,000 votes."

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Election 2012
4:43 am
Sat November 10, 2012

Why Election Day Was Sort Of Like Mother's Day

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New Hampshire Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan and Gov. John Lynch visit with fourth-graders from Derry, N.H., at the Statehouse on Thursday in Concord. Come January, Hassan will govern a state where — for the first time — all U.S. senators and representatives also are women.
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is joined by her children, Katherine and Jacob, in campaigning with Mitt Romney on July 4 in Wolfeboro, N.H.
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By Elizabeth Brown

I'd like to thank Carol Shea-Porter, Ann McLane Kuster, Jeanne Shaheen, Kelly Ayotte, Maggie Hassan and ... Jocelyn Chertoff.

On Tuesday, Democrats Shea-Porter and McLane Kuster won congressional seats from New Hampshire. They'll join Democratic Sen. Shaheen and Republican Sen. Ayotte in the nation's capital in January when the 113th Congress convenes — giving New Hampshire the first-in-the-nation all-female congressional delegation.

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Andre Perry Commentary
4:29 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

Dr. Andre Perry
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Dr. Perry shares why an agenda on job creation in education should lead Obama’s second term.

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Election 2012
1:24 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Obama's Feat: Not Just Winning But How He Won

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President Obama greets the crowd after a Sept. 22 speech in Milwaukee.
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Amara Hayles, 6, sits atop her dad's shoulders as the crowd shouts "four more years" during a speech by President Obama Nov. 5 in Columbus, Ohio.
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By Alan Greenblatt

Originally published on Fri November 9, 2012 2:50 pm

Maybe it's just math, but it may also be a great political accomplishment.

President Obama has put together a coalition that's not only been a winner for him, but promises to pay dividends to his party for years to come.

A mix of minorities, young people and educated white professionals has now driven him to two majority-vote presidential victories — the first Democrat to pull that off since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Election 2012
10:31 am
Fri November 9, 2012

What Clinched It For Obama? Two-Way Readers Have Many Answers

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The Obamas and Bidens as they celebrated early Wednesday in Chicago.
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We asked why President Obama won re-election and you weren't shy about sharing your opinions.

Our unscientific question, which 14,125 people answered, produced these results:

-- 42 percent said Obama won because of the combination of a stronger economy, a better campaign, his likability, Superstorm Sandy and the debates.

-- The second most popular choice, with 18 percent, was just the stronger economy.

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