Barack Obama has been returned to the Oval Office for a second term. Winning 50.6% of the popular vote he has beaten Republican Mitt Romney (49.1%) by approximately 130,000 votes. However, the victory was more pronounced in the elctoral college, where the sitting president beat his opponent 332:206 votes, a significant margin of 126. In October I predicted that Obama would win by 145 votes, and that the Senate would be a deadlock of 50 seats for each party. But the Democrats managed to hold on to their majority with 51 seats, against the Republicans' 47 seats; two seats are being held by independents who lean to the left.
The House of Representatives remains solidly in Republican hands.
The House of Representatives remains solidly in Republican hands.
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