Obama carried Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Wisconsin, many of the often decisive battleground states in presidential elections. Obama also carried a small advantage in Florida. In his second term, President Obama will continue to face a divided political climate, with a Democratic Senate and a Republican House, often leading to stalemate in the Congress.
Obama tackled many of the large issues he campaigned about before the Presidential Election, including immigration reform. Mitt Romney was highly criticized during his campaign due to his personal wealth. While he lost the popular vote by a slight margin, a much greater margin in the electoral college necessitated his loss.
While unlikely, both possessed the ballot access to mathematically win the majority of the Electoral College and, accordingly, the election. The Democratic nomination was uncontested with the incumbent, President Barack Obama, running for reelection. The Republican primaries were more complex, with many different candidates winning different contests.
Santorum suspended his campaign in April, leaving Romney as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. On November 6th, , Obama was re-elected President for a second term. Population changes indicated by the U. Census changed the apportionment of votes in the Electoral College, potentially changing the allocation of votes among swing states.
The change in electoral allotment shifts the allocation of votes across the Democratic-Republican divide, as pundits predicted that the Democratic Party would lose electoral votes in states previously won in the past three presidential elections, and the Republican Party would gain votes in states won by Republican candidates in the last three elections. Some states enacted new electoral laws in For example, Florida and Iowa banned felons from voting, and various states shortened their voting periods, eliminating the option of early voting.
These measures were criticized as strategies to impede voter blocs, including college students, African Americans, and Latino Americas. Privacy Policy.
Skip to main content. Campaigns and Elections. Search for:. Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate.
Yet the exit poll revealed a sizable gap in support for Obama between whites in the South and those living in other parts of the country.
Yet his margin came from those who strongly favor drilling; Obama won among voters who only somewhat favor drilling in currently protected areas, as well as among the minority of voters who oppose this proposal. But terrorism has faded in importance since Moreover, McCain did not entirely escape the shadow of George W.
Looking forward, most voters are upbeat about an Obama presidency. But loyalty to Obama is slightly less than loyalty to the Republican candidates, resulting in a more competitive race at this point than in the final results. But it is a group that could potentially be persuaded between now and Election Day, and thus could be crucial in deciding the outcome. Track every angle of the presidential race on Gallup.
Sign up to get Election news stories from Gallup as soon as they are published. Results are based on telephone interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking July , , with a random sample of 2, registered voters, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U. Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample includes a minimum quota of cell phone respondents and landline respondents per 1, national adults, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region.
Landline telephone numbers are chosen at random among listed telephone numbers. Cell phone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday. Subscribe to the Gallup News brief and real time alerts. Stay up to date with our latest insights.
Gallup scores each respondent on a scale usually ranging from 0 to 7 given 7 likely voter questions for their likelihood to vote. The respondents with the highest scores usually anyone with a score of 7 and often those who score a 6 are considered likely voters. The final pre-election Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey shows that Barack Obama won the presidential election with practically total support from black Americans, and heavy backing from those with postgraduate educations, young adults, and non-churchgoers.
The recent Virginia and New Jersey state elections played out in the context of broad, national trends relating to the mood of the nation, the economy and the role of government.
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