President Barack Obama won 332 electoral college votes to Mitt Romney's 206 electors. The Senate now has 53 democrats and 45 republicans; a gain of two seats for democrats. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is an independent who caucuses with the democrats, giving the democrats in essence 54 seats. There is one other independent senator who I will have to do research on and add to this post later. The House is now 234 republicans and 199 democrats, a loss for the republicans of eight seats. If my math is correct there are five House seats unknown to me at this time; more research is required. Anyone who knows is welcome to update this post.
(Source: various articles in the Virginian Pilot and OnLine via google from this week)
Update: President Obama's popular vote total is 62,611,250 to Mitt Romney's 59,134,475. The other independent Senate seat won is in Maine and was won by A. King with 52.8 % of the vote against a republican, democrat and two other independents. I don't know who he/she will caucus with; more research needed. I checked the same source I did for the above information and got new numbers for the House makeup. It is now 233 republican and 195 democrats. That means there are seven seats unaccounted for. Please advise if you can identify the remaining seven seats.
(Source: www.politico.com on 11/18/12).
Update: President Obama's popular vote total is 62,611,250 to Mitt Romney's 59,134,475. The other independent Senate seat won is in Maine and was won by A. King with 52.8 % of the vote against a republican, democrat and two other independents. I don't know who he/she will caucus with; more research needed. I checked the same source I did for the above information and got new numbers for the House makeup. It is now 233 republican and 195 democrats. That means there are seven seats unaccounted for. Please advise if you can identify the remaining seven seats.
(Source: www.politico.com on 11/18/12).
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