Minorities, causes and Nate Silver witchcraft: US election 2012 in numbers
121,366,971 people went to the polls on Tuesday. How did they vote – and which candidates did better with certain groups?
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121,366,971 people went to the polls on Tuesday. How did they vote – and which candidates did better with certain groups?
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The defeated vice-presidential nominee intends to stay on as the Republicans’ leading fiscal spokesman.
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Elizabeth Warren has won back the seat sensationally taken by the Republicans’ Scott Brown in 2010.
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The incumbent appears to have the upper hand according to the first polls from the Buckeye State, which will be crucial.
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The US president took a shot at his own performance against Mitt Romney (in a very backhanded fashion).
The Colorado clash gets a melody and some beats – and some serious noddy-dog action.
Video response to Republican candidate’s new strategy uses Romney video against him.
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The actor tells his local paper why he used a chair as a prop in his controversial Republican convention speech: “Some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down.”
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The former President of America spoke at the Democratic convention yesterday, reaffirming his support for Obama.
The self-described “mom in chief” didn’t play dirty, not mentioning rival Mitt Romney once. Others at the DNC weren’t so kind.
All the primaries came down to this: Mitt Romney 2,061; Ron Paul 190; others 3.
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