Popular vote (unofficial): Obama 60,899,564 (50.4%); Romney 57,961,119 (48.1%)
Electoral vote (the one that really counts, with 270 required to win) currently sits at Obama 303 (blue), Romney 206 (red), with Florida’s 29 votes “leaning” toward Obama 49.8% to 49.3%
The nation remains in gridlock. In the Senate, where 33 out of the 100 seats were up for election and 51 are required for a majority, the Democrats increased their number from 53 to 54. In the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats were up for election and 218 are required for a majority, the Republicans dropped from 242 to 234 but retain their majority.
Basically, nothing has changed.
I suppose the most important sentence in this post is this one:
The nation remains in gridlock.
[Editor’s note. The numbers in this post are as of 1900 hours, Eastern time, November 8, 2012. --RWP]
