US Election
Obama re-elected as US president
Barack Obama: "I have never been more hopeful"
President Barack Obama wins a second term, defeating Mitt Romney despite dissatisfaction with the economy, while the House of Representatives remains in Republican control and Democrats retain the Senate.
US election 2012
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Obama's full statement on deficit07:45
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Suburban plea for political healing03:14
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Chuck Hagel on Obama's new term04:22
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Obama cries as he speaks to staff01:44
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Can Republicans broaden appeal?03:52
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The challenges facing President Obama02:27
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What next for Mitt Romney?03:04
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Top US Republican on 'fiscal cliff'00:47
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World leaders congratulate Obama02:52
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'I called Obama to congratulate him'05:33
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Moment US TV called Obama win00:39
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How Mitt Romney's defeat unfolded02:43
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Where did Mitt Romney go wrong?02:52
Secession petitions after Obama win
More than 100,000 Americans petition the White House to allow their states to secede from the US after President Obama's re-election.
Election analysis
Article written by Mark Mardell
Mark Mardell
Presenter, The World This Weekend
Article written by Katty Kay
Katty Kay
Presenter, 蜜芽传媒 World News
Candidate Profiles
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Obama: Essentials
A political and personal profile of the 44th president
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Defining Mitt
Who is Republican presidential nominee Romney?
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No ordinary Joe
Obama's adviser, attack dog and occasional pain in the neck
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Running man
Who is Republican veep candidate Paul Ryan?
Levittown: Politics and the Suburbs
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Levittown at 60
An election-year look at one of the original suburbs
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Vintage Levittown in photographs
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Pay battle rages within US middle class
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The Truman Show: Levittown at school
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The United States of suburbs
Comment and Analysis
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What now?
The top five challenges in the president's in-tray
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Foreign policy challenges
Complex issues President Obama cannot avoid
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US voters endorse status quo
What the next four years might bring
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Obama's legacy
Will history mark Obama as a great president?
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Change or die
Where did it go wrong for the Republicans?
Features
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Farewell, Mitt
10 ways you know the election is over
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Then and now
One Obama voter on what changed in four years
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Nerds 1 Pundits 0
Polling analysts have last laugh after Obama win
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Before fame
The parallel lives of Obama and Romney, in pictures
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Demographics
The groups that propelled Obama to a second term win
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10 election oddities
Why does Obama not like sunglasses?
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Celebrity president
Who would you put in the White House?
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Middle East challenges
Military action will go back on President Obama's agenda
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New era
Election that made history for women in US politics
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Stephanomics
Stephanie Flanders on the US "fiscal cliff"
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Republicans - what next?
The Party has four years to regroup and learn
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A bridge to Canada
10 other things Americans are voting on
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$20 a vote
A three-minute explainer on a $2.5bn election
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From our archive...
Five fascinating snapshots of past US elections
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Tweet success
Obama posts record-breaking victory tweet
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Does it matter to UK?
Robert Peston on what Obama's win means for UK business
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Extra mile
How much stamina does it take to win the US presidency?
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Major minority
How the Latino vote could decide US election