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Scoop Election Coverage: Obama Returned To White House
Gordon
Campbell:
On Where The US Goes From Here
Obama’s victory may have been decisive in that he won almost all the battleground states but he did so very narrowly in most cases, and his popular vote margin reflected the reality of social and political division.
Thus, the speech was full of calls to Republicans as much as to Democrats – thus there were references to American exceptionalism, to the need for military strength as well as economic innovation, to duty, to family and to God, alongside the references to global warming, to minorities and to gays. More>>
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- Image Out-Link - Twitter / BarackObama: Four more years. http://t.co/bAJE6Vom
- Gordon Campbell - Blogging US Election Day, 2012 – Updated 6pm
- Out-Link - US election 2012: Rise of the nerds | Pundit
- The White House - Remarks By The President On Election Night
- NZ Govt - Prime Minister Congratulates President Obama
- Labour - Labour congratulates President Obama
- Maori Party - Māori Party welcomes re-election of Obama
- University of Canterbury - The US elections, UC expert Scott Walker
- Connie Lawn - US News - Obama Wins
- TV3 Video - Predicting the US election - 'High times' after vote may be short lived - Barack Obama and supporters all fired up - Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government - Markets fall after Obama elected; Europe woes deepen - Obama's second term promises - John Key congratulates Obama on US election victory
- Out-Link - Imperator Fish: Obama Victory Speech Electrifies Faithful
Twitter Searches: Voters On Both Sides Threaten To Move To NZ
American voters are taking to Twitter to
indicate a desire to move overseas should their favoured
candidate not triumph in today's election. Some have chosen
New Zealand. More>>
- Lindsay Shelton - We’re getting election coverage – but only in Chinese
- Scoop Business - While you were sleeping: US voters head to the polls
- Al Jazeera US election coverage
- Michael Collins - Election Fraud: Watch for Vote Flipping and Fixed Exit Polls - Rigged Elections for Romney? - Michael Collins
- Michael Moore - Letter to a Non-Voter...from Michael Moore - Tomorrow ... a letter from Michael Moore
- CMC Markets - US election result to have greatest impact on currency - Risk assets continue to rally as US polling begins
- Citizens for Legitimate Govt - Obama Tells US: 'The Best Is Yet To Come' - Breaking: President Obama wins Ohio and is Reelected - Republicans Projected to Retain House majority
- Out-Link - President Results - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com
- Out-Link - Huffington Post: Election Results
- Out-Link - Guardian live blog
- Out-Link - Mother Jones - Voter Suppression and Poll Problems Map
- TV3 Video - VIDEO: President Barack Obama's full victory speech - VIDEO: Mitt Romney concedes defeat in US election
- TV3 Video - Barack Obama wins 2012 US presidential election - NZ experts react to US election - Celebrity endorsements for Mitt Romney - American Kiwis react to election result - Foot soldiers crucial to election campaigns - Wellington-based Americans gather to watch election - VIDEO: Vote for Obama changed to vote for Romney - Americans cast their ballots - Americans cast their ballots - Ex-pat Americans on the US election - NZ experts on the US election - LIVE UPDATES: US election news, results - Kiwi Americans talk the election - Patrick Gower visits Ohio's presidential hotel - The US presidential election home stretch: 5 things to watch - Political theatre in last days of US election campaign
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