Exit polls 2012:
How the vote shifted

2012 Presidential Election Results

270 electoral votes needed to win

  • BarackObama

  •  remaining    independents

  • MittRomney

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Obama expected
to win easily


Margin

Obama expected
to win narrowly


Tossup states

Romney expected
to win narrowly

Romney expected
to win easily

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2012 results Votes % won
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Battleground state watch

*A state or county must have at least 10 percent of precincts reporting for a candidate to be considered leading.

† Nebraska and Maine award a portion of their electoral votes by congressional district.

CREDIT: Wilson Andrews, Jason Bartz and Serdar Tumgoren - The Washington Post.

SOURCE: AP. Map powered by Leaflet.

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