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Obama Wins Popular Vote, Controls Electoral College

by Steve Inskeep, NPR
November 7, 2012

Voters have given President Obama a second term in office. He defeated Republican Mitt Romney in a hard-fought race in which the economy was the dominant issue. In the end, Obama narrowly won the popular vote but captured more than 300 electoral votes to Romney's 206.

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  • Morning Edition, November 7, 2012
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