Live Blog
#USvote: The 2012 US Presidential Election
LIVE BLOG of the 2012 US Presidential election, November 6, 2012.
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WELCOME to the LIVE BLOG of the 2012 United States presidential election. -
ONGOING: DIxville Notch, New Hampshire - the first to vote in the entire United States - is tallying the results of their poll. #USvote
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#USvote Dixville vote: Obama 5, Romney 5. There are only 10 votes cast in this New Hampshire town, population 12 as of the 2012 US Census.
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#USvote CNN notes this is the first ever tie in the village's history.
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#USvote: What to expect on election day
Armchair election watchers should brace themselves on Tuesday; it's going to be a marathon. Here is a guide outlining the principle elements to look out for as President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney go toe to toe on election night.
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Fast facts: The US Electoral College
How does the United States elect the President? Under the US Constitution, the election is neither a vote by Congress or a parliamentary system nor a direct popular vote like in the Philippines.
Here are some fast facts on how the world's most powerful democracy elects its president: rplr.co -
Who will win the race for the White House? (AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN /Nicholas KAMM/FILES)
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Tiny New Hampshire town casts first White House votes
The first ballots of the 2012 White House race were cast in the tiny northeastern town of Dixville Notch Tuesday, November 6, with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each receiving five votes.
The first-in-the-nation vote, held shortly after midnight, was tied for the first time in its history, another indication of the knife's edge separating the two candidates in a race that should be decided by the end of the day. rplr.co -
About 50 ppl in line waiting for polls to open at Mozart Elem. in Rozzie. #mavote pbs.twimg.com
by kfmwriter via twitter 11/6/2012 12:10:01 PM -
Associated Press: With both sides keeping up the onslaught of political ads in battleground states right into Election Day, on one thing, at least, there was broad agreement: "I am ready for it to be over," said nurse Jennifer Walker in Columbus, Ohio.
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CNN is reporting that US Vice President Joe Biden is currently in line to vote in his home state of Wilmington, Delaware. -
#MAVOTE voted at The Centre in Medfiled. Opened at 6. Healthy crowd already and moving along fast. Good early turnout. #election2012by aymanhusain via twitter 11/6/2012 12:15:07 PM -
President Obama is in Chicago today, giving television interviews and playing basketball with aides. Mitt Romney plans to vote in Belmont, Mass., and is holding campaign events in Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa.
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It's a tight one. A Politico/George Washington University poll shows President Obama and Mitt Romney in a dead heat, with both getting 47 percent of support. Read more here:
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They vote early at Holy Name in West Roxbury #mavote twitpic.com
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 11/6/2012 12:17:21 PM -
Read up on the 2012 US elections on Rappler's #USvote microsite: s.scrbliv.me -
Framingham polls! #mavote #Election2012 pbs.twimg.com
by curvedyelofruit via twitter 11/6/2012 12:18:50 PM -
Lines begin to form as voters head to the polls to cast ballots in 2012 election. - www.boston.com -
At 7:05, voting lines in Beacon Hill at over 200 already. Incredibly inspiring to see this in person. #MAVOTEby pmcdonough via twitter 11/6/2012 12:24:19 PM -
Which polls close first tonight? They are in the states of Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia (at 7 p.m. ET).
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Long line, Lots of secret service at the Beech Street Center in #Belmont. Waiting for #Romney. @YourTownBelmont pbs.twimg.com
by Evan Allen via twitter 11/6/2012 12:27:11 PM -
Supporters at E. Warren's polling station in Cambridge chanting "We want Liz!" #mavote pbs.twimg.com
by Johanna Kaiser via twitter 11/6/2012 12:30:42 PM -
@rapplerdotcom Last point, US elections vital to nations bec it's is the only global cop willing to do such duty. There are so many 1/3by maltiq via twitter 11/6/2012 12:31:37 PM -
@rapplerdotcom 2/3 flashpoints in Asia from Nkorea to Japan-China to West Phil Sea, Myanmar, India-Pakistan, China-Tibet-Mongolia and 3/3by maltiq via twitter 11/6/2012 12:31:37 PM
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@rapplerdotcom 3/3 much much more. the "pivot to Asia" is a recognition of the region and a departure from old policies as an Atlantic powerby maltiq via twitter 11/6/2012 12:31:38 PM
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Note 1: Bcoz of conservatism, most religious Fil-Ams going for Republican bet, which is Romney this time. #USvote @rapplerdotcomby Miss Go via twitter 11/6/2012 12:32:39 PM -
Note 2: Fil-Ams would've been a potent political force in #USvote, except that they don't organize, much less go out & vote. @rapplerdotcomby Miss Go via twitter 11/6/2012 12:32:40 PM
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Note 3: Fil-Ams have their own domestic issues they consider when voting, not much thought to US-PH issues back home. #USvote @rapplerdotcomby Miss Go via twitter 11/6/2012 12:34:24 PM
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Maybe 75 people in line to vote at Cambridge City Hall #mavote Many appreciate not having to line up outside pbs.twimg.com
by abtran via twitter 11/6/2012 12:37:51 PM -
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Voters line up to cast their ballots in Newark, Ohio, on Nov. 6. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Reuters.
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Conley School, Roslindale, 7:30am #mavote twitpic.com
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 11/6/2012 12:41:45 PM -
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Vice President Joe Biden held hands with a poll worker after voting in Greenville, Delaware, this morning. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Voters stand in line before the polls open at Harrison United Methodist Church in Pineville, N.C. on Nov. 6. Photo by Chris Keane/Reuters.
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By 7:32 am at Chapel St in Davis Sq/Somerville, 55 people had voted. Asked worker if this is more than '08, says: "Oh my God yeah." #mavoteby SusanneAlthoff via twitter 11/6/2012 12:55:11 PM -
MISSOULA, Mont. -- This is Lee Banville reporting from Montana. I am the former editor of the Online NewsHour and now an assistant professor of journalism at The University of Montana. This fall I have been working with a fellow professor, Dennis Swibold, and a class of 17 journalism students to cover the campaign in the Treasure State for montanapublicmedia.org, a website put together by Montana PBS, Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio. This Election Day, I will be sharing what they and our public broadcasting team are hearing and seeing around the state. -
ST. LOUIS -- We know there is a high degree of interest in the Akin-McCaskill race in Missouri. The outcome could tip the Senate one way or another and in the waning moments Larry Flynt, of all people, played a role. Here is a story from Jo Mannies, the dean of political reporters in Missouri and a staffer for Beyond November and the St. Louis Beacon about the last days of the campaign. -
It's a cheerful line and growing in the South End. Now here a half hour. #mavote pbs.twimg.com
by GlobeCaleb via twitter 11/6/2012 1:04:47 PM -
Reuben is growing impatient at our South End polling spot. Short line that's barely moving. #mavote pbs.twimg.com
by GlobeCaleb via twitter 11/6/2012 1:05:22 PM -
Line at the Condon polls in South Boston stretches down D St and wraps around onto Crowley-Rogers way. W6P1-3 #maVote pbs.twimg.com
by Patrick D. Rosso via twitter 11/6/2012 1:06:11 PM -
#mavote As he leaves his polling place, Senator Brown says "I voted for myself." He shakes hands and then gets into his pickup.by Brian Ballou via twitter 11/6/2012 1:07:43 PM -
RT @RyanGOP: PHOTO: TD Garden in Boston set up for Romney Campaign Election Day War Room. #tcot pic.twitter.com/1hN23r3pby Matt Viser via twitter 11/6/2012 1:07:59 PM -
RT @RyanGOP: PHOTO: TD Garden in Boston set up for Romney Campaign Election Day War Room. #tcot p.twimg.com
by Matt Viser via twitter 11/6/2012 1:08:00 PM -
According to the White House press pool, Vice President Joe Biden voted this morning at Alexis I. duPont High School (home of the Tigers) in Greenville, Del. He arrived at 7:04 a.m., and entered the school holding the hand of his granddaughter, Natalie.
