USA.gov: “President Barack Obama won the 2012 Presidential election. According to major news outlets, he captured 303 electoral college votes, and won important battleground states like Ohio and Virginia.

• Find a map of election results or results by state.
• Obama will begin his second-term in office when he is sworn in at a public ceremony taking place on January 21, 2013. Learn more about the President and the inauguration.
• WSJ.com: What County-by-County Results Tell Us About the Election – The most detailed results from the 2012 election show the voting patterns for each county in the country. “Changes from the previous election give us an idea of what geographic and demographic trends are impacting national politics.”