2012 United States presidential election

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The 2012 United States presidential election was the contest in which incumbent President Barack Obama was re-elected over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

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2013 United States presidential election 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election
campaignSloganOfBarackObama Forward
campaignSloganOfMittRomney Believe in America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
democraticNominee Barack Obama
democraticParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
democraticRunningMate Joe Biden
electionDate 2012-11-06
electoralSystem Electoral College
electoralVoteLoser Mitt Romney
electoralVotesReceivedByBarackObama 332
electoralVotesReceivedByMittRomney 206
electoralVoteWinner Barack Obama
featuredPresidentialDebates Yes
hasIncumbentPresident Barack Obama
hasMainChallenger Mitt Romney
incumbentBeforeElection Barack Obama
keyIssues economy
federal budget deficit
foreign policy
health care
loser Mitt Romney
mainThirdPartyCandidates Gary Johnson
Jill Stein
Virgil Goode
majorPartyCandidates Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
nextElection 2016 United States presidential election
numberOfElectoralVotesAvailable 538
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
partOf United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential elections
partyOfIncumbentBeforeElection Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
popularVoteLoser Mitt Romney
popularVotesReceivedByBarackObama 65915795
popularVotesReceivedByMittRomney 60933504
popularVoteWinner Barack Obama
presidentAfterElection Barack Obama
previousElection 2008 United States presidential election
republicanNominee Mitt Romney
republicanParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
republicanRunningMate Paul Ryan
resultedIn re-election of Barack Obama
tookPlaceDuring Barack Obama presidency
Great Recession recovery
surface form: Great Recession aftermath
tookPlaceInMonth November
tookPlaceInYear 2012
voterTurnoutApproximate 57.5%
winner Barack Obama

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Mitt Romney candidateIn 2012 United States presidential election
Paul Ryan candidateIn 2012 United States presidential election
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign election 2012 United States presidential election
Mitt Romney election 2012 United States presidential election
2008 United States presidential election followedBy 2012 United States presidential election
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama follows 2012 United States presidential election
this entity surface form: 2013 United States presidential election
2016 United States presidential election follows 2012 United States presidential election