Election Day 2012
Local and National Coverage of November 6th
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New York -- Polls closed at 9 p.m. in New York City. People reported broken scanning machines as late as 8 p.m., where poll workers resorted to "smacking them" in an attempt to move people through by the closing of polls. Though Barack Obama clearly had a lock on New York state's electoral votes, there were local elections of importance as well. It seems New York City's Board of Elections will face much criticism in the coming week. -
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SANDPOINT, Idaho -- An Associated Press story says voting in this North Idaho town went off without a hitch despite a bomb threat called in to the courthouse the day before. It stalled some poll-worker training, but police say it had nothing to do with the election -- they say a 45-year-old woman called it in to delay sentencing on a felony drug charge. How do they know? She mis-dialed and called an assisted living center. The center called the cops. -
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UPDATE: Fox and MSNBC have called Wisconsin for President Obama.
Wisconsin has a tradition of being closely matched between Democrats and Republicans and boasts the most counties of any state that voted for George W. Bush in 2004, and then swapped to President Obama in 2008. -
Voters sign in to vote at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center for the U.S. presidential election in Racine, Wisconsin, November 6, 2012. REUTERS/Sara Stathas.
by PBS NewsHour via Newshour.s3.amazonaws:80 11/7/2012 2:31:05 AM -
NPR now projects that President Obama will win Pennsylvania.by nprpolitics via twitter 11/7/2012 2:45:56 AM -
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McDonald's is sponsoring & providing food at tonight's US embassy election party in London. Burger and fries anyone? twitter.com/DylanCNN/statu…
— dylanreynolds (@DylanCNN) November 6, 2012 -
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Polls also just closed in Iowa, Montana and Nevada.by nprpolitics via twitter 11/7/2012 3:02:20 AM
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Chicago Mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel: “Given the candidates could not have been clearer about their differences for the country … the American people are ready for his leadership, his policy direction. He wants the Republicans to work with him, but they cannot continue to obstruct. … If the Republicans stay on the course of obstruction, they will be the minority party in the country.”
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NEW YORK -- Though the crowds at Mr. Dennehey's are not growing as election results roll in, they're not dispersing either. Romney fans are either silent or not represented in this West Village tavern. All TV screens are turned to elections results, and the crowd cheers at each announcement of Obama's victories. Correspondingly, any news of Mitt Romney's successes are booed. This MetroFocus editor, Christina Knight, is signing off for the night.
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AP RACE CALL: Obama wins Ohio. #Election2012
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 7, 2012 -
NPR calls Ohio for Obama. Obama now with 265 electoral votes.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 7, 2012 -
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[Editor's Note: Due to feed issues, we were unable to capture the first part of Sen. Scott Brown's speech] Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., lost to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren in one of the most expensive races in the country -- $68 million total. Brown, who considered himself the "underdog" in the Senate race, addressed constituents and supporters in Boston.
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MISSOULA, Mont. -- While Montana Democrats were celebrating the projection of President Obama's re-election, they were also preparing for a long slog in the closely fought U.S. Senate race in the Treasure State. At Jon Tester’s headquarters in Great Falls, the word “recount” made an early appearance. Montana PBS’s Anna Rau reported that Tester’s campaign is concerned about the possibility of either side calling a recount, as the race is remaining close. -
We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you. -bo
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012 -
Brooks: “I would say that the Democratic Party is better positioned to win majorities …. The Republican Party has become a party of shrinking roots. … This is not a country that thinks 20 percent tax cuts across the board are a plausible solution.”
Mark Shields gave credit to the Obama organization and its get-out-the-vote efforts: “If anybody doubts the Obama ground game, look at North Carolina … he should not have been that competitive.” -
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David Brooks: “It’s very rare for a president to win reelection with a smaller majority than he won election.”
Mark Shields: “There were two addresses that the American people were furious with: Pennsylvania Avenue, both ends of it, and Wall Street. And the Republicans nominated something who was the quintessential Wall Street candidate.” -
Richard Norton Smith: “The community organizer organized the country. … This was a Democratic victory tonight.”
Michael Beschloss: “Think how improbable this would have been 18 months ago” given the state of the economy. “This is a guy who has resisted the normal laws of political gravity his whole career.” -
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Four more years. twitter.com/BarackObama/st…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012 -
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DENVER -- Colorado's Democratic State Party Chair announces to the crowd that Colorado is being called for President Obama. The news is met with rousing cheers, but if the enthusiasm seems a little restrained, it's because only moments earlier, CNN called the entire election for the president. Party Chair Rick Palacio tells the crowd they're going to turn the music back on as they prepare for speeches. "No," shouts the audience, demanding that the CNN feed be left up to continue following other results. -
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Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts Senate Elizabeth Warren embraces her husband Bruce Mann during her victory rally in Boston. Photo by Gretchen Ertl/Reuters.
by PBS NewsHour via Newshour.s3.amazonaws:80 11/7/2012 6:20:26 AM
