the states were allowed to vote in the first presidential election.
the states were allowed to vote in the first presidential election.
who was allowed to vote in the first presidential election?
the states
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obama defeated romney, winning a majority of both the popular vote and the electoral college. obama won 51.1% of the popular vote compared to romney's 47.2%. obama was the first incumbent since franklin d. roosevelt in 1944 to win reelection with fewer electoral votes and a lower popular vote percentage than had been won in the previous election, and was also the first two-term president since ronald reagan to win both his presidential bids with a majority of the nationwide popular vote. this was also the first presidential election since 1944 in which neither candidate had military experience. this was also the first presidential election since 1948 in which the republicans gained electoral votes but lost, and the first presidential election since 1988 in which the winning party lost electoral votes. obama did not hold onto indiana and north carolina, but crucially won the entire blue wall and denied romney in other swing states the republicans had held in 2004, the largest of which being florida and ohio, giving obama a clear path to victory.
2012 united states presidential election