2012 election

The Contest: There seems to be a pattern of states belonging to each nominee - Many of the states belonging to Obama are on the East and West coasts. Whereas, states belonging to Romney lie in south and central America. This may suggest that each state, and states near each other, share views depending on tradition and opinions therefore sticking together.  How close the results actually are - Obama has the lead in most swing states this year but only just beats Romney. This clearly shows how the country is almost split down the middle on the outcome of the election. The results are very close at the end of the election suggesting that the contest could go either way.  The Result Despite views of many troubles and lack of improvement over his first 4 years the people have re-elected President Obama.  There are many factors which could be reasons why this has happened: Minorities - This election showed that Obama secured big support among Hispanics, African-American's and Asians. As well as 40% of white votes. This may be because as a member of a majority group within USA Obama has proven that he can make it, despite his background (just as he says in his acceptance speech) Obamacare - Obama has explained that this program will take a long time but will pay off in the end. This suggests that many people need/want this program to work and the voters have faith that it will pay off.  Economic Recovery - Although the unemployment rate has risen since Obama was elected President, he has stated that the economic recovery is a slow process and will pay off in the end. The re-election of Obama suggests that although times are difficult financially they are willing to have faith in Obama's plans.  End the war - Romney had stated that the decision to remove troops from war was a big mistake. By re-electing Obama it suggests that the voters believe that Obama is making a good decision to bring home the troops and end the war that affects so many families within USA.  http://www.votenight.com/ http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/WOR-TOP-return-of-barack-obama-its-all-about-the-money-4020506-NOR.html  http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/slideshows/10-reasons-obama-should-be-re-elected