election results

• PRESIDENT
  ELECTORAL VOTES

  332   206
• SENATE
  GAINED/LOST

  +2   -2
• HOUSE
  SEATS WON

  201   234
• STATES 
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332

ELECTORAL VOTES

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UP FOR GRABS

206

ELECTORAL VOTES

 

•  POLLS OPEN
•  POLLS CLOSED

•  OBAMA LEADING
•  OBAMA WON

•  ROMNEY LEADING
•  ROMNEY WON

POPULAR VOTE

	OBAMA	64,143,352	50.8%
	ROMNEY	59,961,784	47.5%

STATE BY STATE

State	Poll closing	Electoral Votes	% Reporting	Obama	Romney	Pre-Election Estimate
AAlaska	12 a.m.	3	100%	40.8%	54.8%	Strong Romney
BAlabama	8 p.m.	9	100%	38.4%	60.7%	Strong Romney
CArkansas	8:30 p.m.	6	98%	36.9%	60.6%	Strong Romney
DArizona	9 p.m.	11	100%	44.4%	53.5%	Strong Romney
ECalifornia	11 p.m.	55	100%	60.0%	37.5%	Strong Obama
FColorado	9 p.m.	9	100%	51.5%	46.1%	Tossup
GConnecticut	8 p.m.	7	100%	58.2%	40.6%	Strong Obama
yD.C.	8 p.m.	3	100%	90.9%	7.3%	Strong Obama
HDelaware	8 p.m.	3	100%	58.6%	40.0%	Strong Obama
IFlorida	7 p.m.	29	100%	50.0%	49.1%	Tossup
JGeorgia	7 p.m.	16	100%	45.5%	53.3%	Strong Romney
KHawaii	11 p.m.	4	100%	70.5%	27.8%	Strong Obama
LIowa	10 p.m.	6	100%	52.0%	46.2%	Lean Obama
MIdaho	10 p.m.	4	100%	32.6%	64.5%	Strong Romney
NIllinois	8 p.m.	20	99%	57.5%	40.8%	Strong Obama
OIndiana	6 p.m.	11	99%	43.7%	54.3%	Strong Romney
PKansas	9 p.m.	6	100%	37.8%	60.0%	Strong Romney
QKentucky	6 p.m.	8	100%	37.8%	60.5%	Strong Romney
RLouisiana	9 p.m.	8	100%	40.6%	57.8%	Strong Romney
SMassachusetts	8 p.m.	11	99%	60.8%	37.6%	Strong Obama
TMaryland	8 p.m.	10	99%	62.0%	35.9%	Strong Obama
UMaine	8 p.m.	4	98%	56.0%	40.9%	Strong Obama
VMichigan	8 p.m.	16	100%	54.2%	44.7%	Strong Obama
WMinnesota	9 p.m.	10	100%	52.7%	45.0%	Strong Obama
XMissouri	8 p.m.	10	100%	44.3%	53.9%	Strong Romney
YMississippi	8 p.m.	6	100%	43.5%	55.6%	Strong Romney
ZMontana	10 p.m.	3	94%	41.7%	55.4%	Strong Romney
aNorth Carolina	7:30 p.m.	15	100%	48.3%	50.4%	Tossup
bNorth Dakota	10 p.m.	3	100%	38.7%	58.3%	Strong Romney
cNebraska	9 p.m.	5	100%	37.9%	60.4%	Strong Romney
dNew Hampshire	8 p.m.	4	100%	52.0%	46.4%	Lean Obama
eNew Jersey	8 p.m.	14	99%	57.9%	41.0%	Strong Obama
fNew Mexico	9 p.m.	5	100%	52.9%	43.0%	Strong Obama
gNevada	10 p.m.	6	100%	52.4%	45.7%	Lean Obama
hNew York	9 p.m.	29	98%	62.6%	36.0%	Strong Obama
iOhio	7:30 p.m.	18	100%	50.3%	48.3%	Lean Obama
jOklahoma	8 p.m.	7	100%	33.2%	66.8%	Strong Romney
kOregon	10 p.m.	7	96%	54.4%	42.3%	Strong Obama
lPennsylvania	8 p.m.	20	99%	51.9%	46.9%	Strong Obama
mRhode Island	8 p.m.	4	99%	62.7%	35.2%	Strong Obama
nSouth Carolina	7 p.m.	9	100%	44.1%	54.6%	Strong Romney
oSouth Dakota	8 p.m.	3	100%	39.9%	57.9%	Strong Romney
pTennessee	8 p.m.	11	99%	39.1%	59.5%	Strong Romney
qTexas	8 p.m.	38	100%	41.4%	57.2%	Strong Romney
rUtah	10 p.m.	6	100%	24.9%	72.8%	Strong Romney
sVirginia	7 p.m.	13	99%	51.1%	47.4%	Tossup
tVermont	7 p.m.	3	100%	66.6%	31.0%	Strong Obama
uWashington	11 p.m.	12	90%	56.0%	41.5%	Strong Obama
vWisconsin	9 p.m.	10	99%	52.8%	46.1%	Lean Obama
wWest Virginia	7:30 p.m.	5	100%	35.5%	62.3%	Strong Romney
xWyoming	9 p.m.	3	100%	27.8%	68.6%	Strong Romney

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All times EST. Last updated Nov. 19, 2012. Sources: The Associated Press, Ballotpedia, National Conference of State Legislatures, The Sentencing Project,Brennan Center for Justice.

Statewide results for presidential, Senate, House and governor races are updated as they are reported by each state. Other contests and county-level results show the numbers reported by The Associated Press and were last updated on Nov. 19, 2012.

By Jay Boice, Aaron Bycoffe, Andrei Scheinkman, Adam Carlson and Matt Sledge.