US Election 2012

The US election was nowhere near as close as many pundits suggested. Photograph:
It’s time for pundits to put some skin in the prediction game
By Ed Smith - 19 December 10:26

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.

Barack Obama delivering a statement about the economy
Obama's real mandate is against America's bosses
By John Stoehr - 13 November 17:26

When workers are given a clear choice, they choose the man who fights for them.

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Jon Stewart on Mitt Romney's defeat
Video: Jon Stewart describes Fox News election night coverage as "crisis on bullshit mountain"
By Caroline Crampton - 08 November 9:59

The insane moment of panic on the network when Obama was re-elected “will… live forever", Stewart says.

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Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Mali and Shasa.
Obama's disunited states
By Ben Fox - 08 November 0:18

It would be a mistake to regard the result as a sweeping endorsement of the Obama presidency.

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Barack Obama makes campaign calls from an office in Ohio
Ohio: In the eye of the electoral storm
By Nicky Woolf - 07 November 17:22

After the best part of a year at the frantic centre of a national campaign, Ohio is tired to the bone.

Barack Obama walks off the stage following his victory speech on election night.
Obama’s ground game, avoiding the fiscal cliff and thoughts of President Gore
By Douglas Alexander - 07 November 17:18

There is relief – and pride – about the US election result in Labour ranks.

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
Forget about 2012, the race for the White House in 2016 has already begun
By Nicholas Wapshott - 07 November 17:09

Put your money on Hillary Clinton vs Chris Christie, says Nicholas Wapshott.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The Republicans must accept that they can't rely on white votes to win
By Sunder Katwala - 07 November 13:04

With whites now accounting for only 72 per cent of the electorate, the party's election strategy is bust.

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Barack Obama and family. Photograph: Getty Images.
The ten best US election stats
By George Eaton - 07 November 11:55

Including, how the Democrats have won the popular vote in five of the last six elections.

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Stephen Colbert was definitely a winner in the US election. Also he dressed as a
The winners and losers of the US election
By Caroline Crampton and Helen Lewis - 07 November 11:40

From Elizabeth Warren and memes, to glum Fox News pundits and Paul Ryan's biceps.

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