President Obama defeated Mitt Romney on November 6, 2012, and was re-elected to a second term as president.
Barack Obama
Subjective, though Mitt Romney had some good ideas as does Obama.
On November 6, 2012, President Obama defeated Mitt Romney and won a second term in office.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney won the state decisively, receiving 59.5% of the vote to Mr. Obama's 39%. Gov. Romney had 1,453,097 votes and President Obama had 953,043 votes in the final totals.
President Obama won 332 electoral votes. His challenger Mitt Romney won 206.
Barack Obama won both the popular and the electoral vote in the 2012 election. The popular vote totals were Barack Obama: 65,899,660 (51%) and Mitt Romney: 60,932,152 (47.2%). In electoral votes, Mr. Obama had 332 and Mr. Romney had 206.
It depends on which debate, since there were three of them. Most critics believe Mr. Romney won the first debate (although people who listened on radio seemed to feel it was a draw, as opposed to TV watchers, who thought Romney made a better impression); the polls and the majority of critics believe that President Obama won the second debate; and the third seems to be the most partisan-- Republicans believe Romney won, while Democrats believe the president did.
Mitt Romney. Mississippi has been a "red state" (majority Republican) for several decades. Mr. Romney won 55.3% of the popular vote there in the 2012 election.
In the 2012 presidential election, Mr. Obama won 51% of the vote. He defeated his opponent, Mitt Romney, who won 47.2% of the vote.
Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
The popular vote count in 2012 was closer than President Obama's landslide 2008 victory. He defeated Mitt Romney by 51% to 47%. The vote totals were: Obama, 65,899, 660 to Romney's 60,932,152. However, President Obama won the electoral college vote by a decisive margin; 332 electoral votes to Gov Romney's 206.