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2012 ELECTION RESULTS:


DEMOCRATS:
BARACK OBAMA (PRESIDENT)
JOE BIDEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 332 (61.7%)
Popular Vote: 65,899,660 (51.1%)

REPUBLICANS:
MITT ROMNEY (PRESIDENT)
PAUL RYAN  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 206 (38.3%)
Popular Vote: 60,932,152 (47.2%)

ADDITIONAL MAPS/ DATA:
American Presidency Project
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
National Archives (Map, Results)
New York Times
Washington Post

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:

Barack Obama 1.10.16
BARACK OBAMA (PRESIDENT)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
JOE BIDEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES:

Mitt Romney
MITT ROMNEY (PRESIDENT)
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
PAUL RYAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

SPEECHES:

9/5/2012: President Barack Obama watches former President Bill Clinton delivers his nomination speech, before surprising the crowd with an onstage appearance together after the speech.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Ryan Convention, 8/29/2012 (Transcript, Video)
Romney Convention, 8/30/2012 (Transcript, Video)
Biden Convention, 9/5/2012 (Transcript, Video)
Obama Convention, 9/6/2012 (Transcript, Video)
Romney Concession, 11/6/2012 (Transcript, Video)
Obama Victory, 11/6/2012 (Transcript, Video)

DEBATES:

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at the second presidential debate—October 16, 2012 (Photo by: Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

10/3/2012  (Transcript, Video)
10/11/2012 VP Debate (Transcript, Video)
10/16/2012 (Transcript, Video)
10/22/2012  (Transcript, Video)

RESOURCES:

Front Pages, 11/7/2012 (NYT, WP, LAT, WSJ,  Others)
Results, 11/7/2012 (NYT, WP, WSJ)
LA Times Archives
Election Documents  (American Presidency Project)
The Choice 2012 (Frontline/ PBS)
Campaign Timeline (Harvard)
Managers Conference (Harvard)
The Livingroom Candidate
Stanford Political Communication Lab