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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
Type General Election
Filing Deadline August 01, 2012 - 05:00pm
Polls Open November 06, 2012 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 06, 2012 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
Turnout 68.38% Registered 46.85% Total Population
ContributorJason
Last ModifiedRBH February 25, 2013 07:06pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBarack Obama Votes3,276,363 (54.49%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin620,478 (+10.32%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Apr 24, 2012 PA US President - R Primary Mitt Romney
Apr 24, 2012 PA US President - D Primary Barack Obama
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LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
11/29/2008 11/06/2012
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 18 26 11 1
Mitt Romney 2 1 ----
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (96.40%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (99.94%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
01/03/2011 11/04/2012

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (I) President Barack Obama Gov. Mitt Romney Gov. Gary Johnson Jill Stein (W) Write-In  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Green Nonpartisan  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Certified Votes2,990,274 (51.97%) 2,680,434 (46.59%) 49,991 (0.87%) 21,341 (0.37%) 11,630 (0.20%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -309,840 (-5.39%) -2,940,283 (-51.10%) -2,968,933 (-51.60%) -2,978,644 (-51.77%)  
Predict Avg.51.39% 46.64% 0.60% 0.11% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (71 from 18 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.92%-- 43.74%-- 0.92%-- 0.31%-- 0.00%--  
Gravis Marketing 
11/04/12-11/04/12		 49.00% 1.0 46.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Angus Reid 
11/02/12-11/04/12		 51.00% 1.0 47.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Muhlenberg College 
11/01/12-11/03/12		 49.00% 1.0 46.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/31/12-11/03/12		 52.00% 1.0 44.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
11/02/12-11/03/12		 52.00% 1.0 46.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R) 
10/29/12-10/31/12		 47.00% 2.0 47.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Philadelphia Inquirer
D McCord 2014
J Lawrence
R Republitarian
R Christie-Toomey '16
LBT Kane for Senate
 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 01, 2013 12:00pm Humor SP&R Poll: President Romney’s Approval Rating Reaches All-Time High  Article Christie-Toomey '16 
Nov 23, 2012 05:05pm News Nate Silver says Pennsylvania may become the tipping point state, quoting Wasserman at Cook Political.  Article Christie-Toomey '16 
Nov 12, 2012 08:00pm News In 59 Philadelphia voting divisions, Mitt Romney got zero votes  Article COSDem 
Nov 06, 2012 12:00pm News Machine turns vote for Obama into one for Romney [PA]  Article COSDem 
Nov 06, 2012 08:20am News NEW BLACK PANTHERS Are Back at Philly Polling Station  Article Christie-Toomey '16 
Nov 01, 2012 06:00pm News Romney to Pennsylvania on Sunday   Article John 

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