Obama wins 2nd term: 'The best is yet to come'
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win.
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Andrea Janus, CTVNews.ca
Published Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 11:25PM EST
Last Updated Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 3:15AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a blistering victory speech to a
cheering crowd of supporters in Chicago early Wednesday morning after
winning another four years in the White House.
After walking on stage with his family to Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed,
Delivered,” Obama waited for the crowd to finish chanting “four more
years,” before promising them that “the best is yet to come.”
After trailing in both Electoral College votes and the popular vote to
Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Obama surged ahead with victories in key
battleground states of Ohio and Virginia to win the election.
He told supporters that, “Tonight, more than 200 years after a former
colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting
our union moves forward, it moves forward because of you.”
Obama said the election result reflects “the belief that while each of us
will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we
rise and fall together as one nation and as one people.”
Obama thanked campaign workers and voters, and praised the nation’s
teachers, soldiers, workers, and vowed not to squander the opportunity
given to him to continue his work for a second term.
“I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight
for new jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class,”
Obama said.
“I believe we can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're
willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from
or what you look like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're
black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or
rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in
America if you're willing to try.”
Obama also touched on the divisiveness of the campaign, saying Americans
“are not as divided as our politics suggests.
"We are not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum
of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red
states and blue states. We are, and forever will be, the United States of
America."
The president thanked his wife, Michelle, his running mate, Vice President
Joe Biden, and also congratulated his opponent on “a hard-fought campaign.”
Obama pulled ahead late after Romney was ahead in Electoral College votes
for much of the night. Romney also had a slight edge in the popular vote,
but even that lead eventually slipped away and Obama led by nearly a
million votes.
Hours after polls closed, Virginia was finally declared for Obama early
Wednesday, which gave Obama 303 electoral votes to Romney’s 206.
In the U.S., the popular vote does not decide who wins the election.
Rather, the winner of each state gets that state’s Electoral College votes,
and 270 are needed to win.
Romney emerged shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday to address his supporters at
his campaign’s headquarters in Boston.
“I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory,”
Romney said.
“His supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. I wish all
of them well.”
Romney also thanked his wife, Ann, and his running mate, Paul Ryan.
"I believe in America. I believe in the people of America,” Romney said to
cheers and applause from the crowd.
"Paul and I have left everything on the field...I so wish that I had been
able to fulfill your hopes and lead the country in a different direction,
but the nation chose another leader."
Obama’s headquarters in Chicago erupted in wild cheers after he was
declared the winner shortly before 11:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.
“This happened because of you,” Obama tweeted. “Thank you.”
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement early Wednesday to
“congratulate President Barack Obama’s re-election as President of the
United States of America.”
Harper said he is looking forward to working with Obama over the next four
years on the economy, jobs and border security issues.
Obama will once again face the challenge of leading the country with a
divided Congress, as Democrats retained control of the Senate and
Republicans maintained their hold over the House of Representatives.
Indeed, Obama will be tasked with turning around a sluggish economy and
reining in a national debt that tops $16 trillion and a budget deficit that
has reached $1 trillion.
When it comes to the issue of most concern to voters, a national exit poll
found that 59 per cent of voters believe the economy is the top issue
facing the nation.
Tuesday’s exit poll of more than 19,000 voters conducted by Edison Research
for The Associated Press and the major U.S. networks also found that:
- Just under four in 10 voters said unemployment was the biggest
economic problem they are facing.
- Four in 10 voters said the economy is improving, while 3 in 10 said it
is getting worse.
As voters headed to the polls earlier Tuesday, long lines at polling
stations and concerns that some residents affected by Hurricane Sandy would
be left disenfranchised raised the spectre of a protracted court battle
like the one that marred the 2000 vote.
More than 45 million voters had cast ballots before election day in early
voting. However, voters in several states complained of long lineups, while
others encountered technical glitches, including one voting machine in
Pennsylvania that indicated a vote had been cast for Romney when the Obama
button was pressed.
In other precincts, voters complained of robocalls giving them false voting
information.
*Romney Took Early Lead*
As polls began closing at the dinner hour on the East Coast, Romney took a
handful of states, including Kentucky and its eight electoral votes,
followed by West Virginia, Indiana and South Carolina.
Obama was quickly declared the winner in Vermont, taking its three
electoral votes, and sat there until nine states came through for him,
including his home state of Illinois and its 20 electoral votes.
Unlike Obama, Romney lost his home state, with Massachusetts’ 11 electoral
votes going to the president.
Romney had been ahead for much of the evening, bolstered by wins in Texas,
Arizona and North Carolina, the latter being the only battleground state
the GOP candidate ended up winning.
However, results posted shortly before 10 p.m. ET gave Obama Pennsylvania
and its 20 electoral votes, shortly after he won Michigan and its 16
electoral votes, as well as New York and its 29 votes and New Jersey’s 14
votes. Romney took Texas as expected and its 38 electoral votes.
Romney attended a last-minute rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon in
what turned out to be a fruitless bid to appeal to undecided voters in the
state.
But hours after polls closed, a victor had yet to be declared in major
battleground states such as Ohio, Virginia and Florida, which left the
outcome unclear for some time. Of the big three battleground states,
Florida had yet to be called early Wednesday.
Obama surged ahead with a victory in Colorado and Wisconsin, as well as
California, Washington and Minnesota.
*With files from The Associated Press*
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