Is Obama winning the 2012 election?

Answer 1

Barack Obama has won the majority of presidential votes in the United States Election and has become the President-elect. He will take office as President of the United States at the end of President George W. Bush's term of presidency on January 20 2009.

Answer 2

Note: This question was first asked before the November 2012 election, which we now know Barack Obama won. But at the time, there were some questions and some conflicting polls.

The original answer:

As of mid September 2012:

According to trading at Intrade (a world-wide prediction market), President Obama has a very good chance. As of mid September 2012, President Obama is listed with a 64.9%likelihood to win the 2012 election and that trend is going up daily. They have his opponent, Governor Romney, at 35.1%likelihood with a continuing down trend.

Note:

The Intrade site (link is in related links section below) is the world's leading stock-trading-style market (called a "decision market" or "prediction market") which attempts to "trade" the likelihood of various people being the next president, in the same way people trade stocks. While certainly not a guarantee, it's a good way to see how people who actually bet money on an outcome (instead of just answering a random poll) predict who the next President will be.

With Intrade, these numbers don't necessarily have to add up to 100%, the numbers are based upon active "betting" with investment on one or the other to win the election. Many believe this is a better and more accurate way to determine what people are willing to put their money down for, as opposed to getting the numbers from polling opinions.

Similarly, pollster Nate Silver, who accurately predicted the 2008 election on his 538 political blog, has said that all of his research indicates a win for President Obama in 2012.

Answer 3

Yes, he won the 2012 election, capturing a majority of the popular vote and winning 332 electoral votes (to Mitt Romney's 206 electoral votes), which earned Mr. Obama a second term as president.

Answer 4

Yes, Barack Obama did in fact defeat John McCain and win the 2008 election.

Answer 5

President Obama was elected in 2008, and he was then re-elected in 2012. By law, he cannot run for a third term, so there will be a new president after the 2016 election.

Answer 6

I don't know they will announce it on November 6.So wait and see!

Answer 7

Yes, on November 6, 2012, President Obama won re-election.

Answer 8

No one knows yet, but, he is trailing in the polls to Romney.