Election Information

On November 6th, 2012, President Obama was reelected as our nation’s president.


Here are some of the details of the election.

As of November 10, 2012, the popular vote results are:
Obama received 61,799,296 votes
Romney received 58,572,421 votes

In terms of electoral votes (candidates need 270 electoral votes to win):
Obama received 332 electoral votes
Romney received 206 electoral votes

Voting by age:
18-29: 60% voted Democratic. 37% voted Republican.
30-44: 52% voted Democratic. 45% voted Republican.
45-64: 47% voted Democratic. 51% voted Republican.
65 and older: 44% voted Democratic. 56% voted Republican.

Note the drastic difference between the younger generation and the oldest generation.  This may be due to the generation differences.  The Greatest Generation, born during the depression, holds more traditional views, while Generation Y born during the 80’s 90’s and the early 2000’s have more progressive views.

Voting by gender:
Men: 45% voted Democratic. 52% voted Republican.
Women: 55% voted Democratic. 44% voted Republican.

In this statistic it is clear that more women vote Democratic than Republican.  This may be because of Romney’s lack luster stance on women. Furthermore, Romney’s performance during the presidential debate regarding women’s rights was mediocre at best.   

If you want to find out more statistics about the presidential election and some of the other elections, visit: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/main