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US Elections: Barack Obama takes Wisconsin
Wisconsin and its ten electoral college votes has been called for the incumbent president, Barack Obama. This brings his total to 173 to Mitt Romney’s 163. While this looks like a slim margin, and it is true that neither candidate has really begun to pull away yet, when looking at what is likely to happen […]
US Elections: Barack Obama takes New Mexico
Barack Obama has won New Mexico and its five electoral college votes, bringing his total to 163, a dead heat with his Republican challenger. He now needs 107 extra electoral college votes to win a second term in the White House, but so does Mitt Romney A strong Hispanic presence in New Mexico was pivotal […]
US Election: Mitt Romney takes Nebraska
All five of Nebraska’s electoral college votes will go to Mitt Romney, brining his total to 163. He leads his Democratic rival, Barack Obama by only five ECVs and now needs 107 more votes to win the election outright. However, time is running out for the Republican with some big Democrat states yet to be […]
US Election: Mitt Romney takes Utah
Mitt Romney has taken Utah and its six electoral college votes. His overall total is now standing at 158, a dead heat with Barack Obama by my count. Utah, with its Mormon majority, was a certainty for fellow Mormon Mitt Romney. The state has only voted Democrat once since 1960 and Republicans have frequently won […]
US Elections: Mitt Romney takes Montana
Republican candidate, Mitt Romney has won Montana and its three electoral college votes. This raises his total to 152 and he is chasing Barack Obama who is currently on 158. However he is not looking as strong when you look nationally with some major Democrat states yet to call and some of the swing states […]
US Elections: Barack Obama takes Minnesota
Barack Obama has won the State of Minnesota and its 10 electoral college votes, bringing his total to 158, meaning he again takes over his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. He is now 112 votes away from winning the election and with California still not called, things are beginning to look good for the President, with […]
US Election: Barack Obama takes New Hampshire
New Hampshire has been called for the democrats giving Barack Obama another four electoral college votes. He now has 148 votes, just one behind Mitt Romney. New Hampshire is the last of the New England states to call and goes with the rest of the region in backing the Democrats. Widely seen as leaning more […]
US Election: 3AM Round-up – The Story so Far
We are well on our way now, however there are still some important and big states yet to be called for either candidate. Virginia, Ohio and Florida, the three most important swing states are among those that have not yet been called and all three are very very close. In Florida, the epicentre of the […]
US Election: Mitt Romney takes Wyoming
The three electoral college votes of Wyoming will go to Mitt Romney, bringing his overall total to 149. He is still 121 votes away from securing the presidency, and leads Barack Obama by just 5 votes. Wyoming was hugely unlikely to back President Obama in this election, having given him his lowest percentage of the […]
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US Election: Mitt Romney takes Arizona
Arizona has been called for Mitt Romney and the Republicans, bringing his total of electoral college votes to 174, just one ahead of Obama. Indiana remains the only state to have changed hands so far, but Romney is beginning to run out of options having failed to bite into Obama’s 2008 record. Like Texas, staunchly […]