2012 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

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 ⓘ