Posts Tagged ‘Mitt Romney’
IRS employees gave overwhelmingly to Obama and Democrats
IRS employees gave overwhelmingly to Obama and Democrats President Barack Obama collected more than $110,000 from employees of the Internal Revenue Service during his 2008 and 2012 campaigns — significantly more money than any other contemporary political candidate, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission filings maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics. The donations were split roughly evenly between Obama's two presidential bids. Ahead of the 2012 election, IRS employees collectively gave Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about $25,000 — less than half the amount received by Obama. For his part, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the GOP's presidential nominee in 2008, collected only about $6,000 from IRS [...]
PolitiFact Facts False – ‘Lie of the Year’ Turns Out to Be True
Last month, PolitiFact selected its "Lie of the Year." Given PolitiFact's dubious record of singling out Republicans for lying far more often than Democrats, you probably could have guessed the winner of this particular sweepstakes was a Mitt Romney campaign ad: It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign -- that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood. Then it picked up steam when the Drudge Report ran with it. Even though Jeep's parent company gave a quick and clear denial, Mitt Romney repeated it and his campaign turned it into a TV ad. And they stood by the claim, even as the media and the public expressed collective outrage against [...]
Readout of President Obama’s Lunch with Gov. Romney
Readout of the President’s Lunch with Governor Romney This afternoon, President Obama and Governor Romney visited for an hour over lunch in the Private Dining Room adjacent to the Oval Office. Governor Romney congratulated the President for the success of his campaign and wished him well over the coming four years. The focus of their discussion was on America's leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position in the future. They pledged to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together on shared interests arise in the future. Their lunch menu included white turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad.
Week before election MSNBC had Not one, Zero, Nada, Ziltch Negative Stories on Obama
A New Pew report found that a week before the election, MSNBC didn't report one story negative about Obama. Additionally, they couldn't find one positive story about Romney. And the Left calls Fox News Biased? Then, in the final week (October 29 to November 5), a noticeable change occurred: Obama's coverage improved dramatically while Romney's coverage stayed about the same but shrank in volume. That week, fully 29% of the Obama stories were positive compared to 19% which were negative, a net plus of 10 points. That was the best week Obama had seen since the week of the Democratic National Convention in early September; the final week also marked only the second week of the general election when Obama was the subject of more positive stories than negative. Romney's coverage [...]
Poll: What’s Your Election Report Card? Take the Quiz
What's Your Election Report Card? Introducing The Pew/NewsHour Quiz Pew Research Center and the NewsHour have teamed up to establish the Election Report Card Quiz. Using fifteen simple questions, the PBS NEWSHOUR’s latest online quiz will assess your views of what happened on Nov. 6 when President Obama was re-elected to a second term. You can see how you compare with others based on whether they were an Obama or Romney voter, all using data put together using Pew Research Center's latest poll on the election outcome. Take the quiz here and tell everyone where you rank! NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Andy Kohut of Pew to talk about the poll's results and the quiz for a video you can watch here. You can also still take the NewsHour’s political [...]
Republicans just didn’t show up at the Polls
The latest post-election question is whether Republicans were blind to the defeat headed their way because they chose to live in a cocoon in which they paid attention only to Fox News, conservative talk radio and right-wing websites. Listening to outlets that told them what they wanted to hear, the thinking goes, left them with no idea what was in store for them on Nov. 6. Out in the field, the Republicans actually involved in the election are talking about different things. For example, in Ohio -- the most hotly contested state in the entire race -- Republicans are asking why a large group of voters, carefully cultivated through personal contacts and putative supporters of Mitt Romney, just didn't show up at the polls. In 2008, John McCain got 2,677,820 votes in Ohio. In 2012, [...]
A Note of Thanks From Mitt and Ann Romney, Farewell Tribute
Ann and I cannot thank you enough for supporting and believing in our cause. This was more than just a campaign — this was a national movement. Thank you for the work that you did — going across neighborhoods to knock on doors and put up yard signs. Thanks for making phone calls, coming to rallies, donating funds, and convincing friends and family to join our team. What’s really inspiring is that you came together because you care about America. We still believe that better days are ahead. It’s up to us to rally together to renew America’s promise and restore American greatness. From the bottom of our hearts, Ann and I thank you for your support, prayers, efforts, and vote. We are forever grateful to each and every one of you. Today’s a new day. Keep [...]
Obama wins Florida, Final Electoral Vote Tally Obama 332, Romney 206
Obama wins Florida, Final Electoral Vote Tally Obama 332, Romney 206 By Albert N. Milliron The votes have all been counted in Florida, the last of the states to declare a winner. In the final tally, Obama beat Challenger Mitt Romney by a mere 74,000 votes or 50.6% to 49.1%. Candidate Popular Vote Electoral Barack Obama 50.0% 4,236,032 29 Mitt Romney 49.1% 4,162,174 0 Google Politics & Elections. President Obama received 92,075 more votes than he did in 2008, Mitt Romney received 222,794 move votes than John McCain did in 2008. While President Obama lost millions of votes nationwide, he increased the number of votes that turned out in states that ultimately mattered in this [...]
Analysis: Most Accurate political polls from 2012 presidential election
Poll Accuracy in the 2012 Presidential Election Here is a list of the Most accurate Political Polls for the 2012 Presidential election between President Back Obama and Challenger Mitt Romney from Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D. Department of Political Science, Fordham University 1. PPP (D)* 1. Daily Kos/SEIU/PPP* 3. YouGov* 4. Ipsos/Reuters* 5. Purple Strategies 6. NBC/WSJ 6. CBS/NYT 6. YouGov/Economist 9. UPI/CVOTER 10. IBD/TIPP 11. Angus-Reid* 12. ABC/WP* 13. Pew Research* 13. Hartford Courant/UConn* 15. CNN/ORC 15. Monmouth/SurveyUSA 15. Politico/GWU/Battleground 15. FOX News 15. Washington Times/JZ Analytics 15. Newsmax/JZ Analytics 15. American Research Group 15. Gravis Marketing 23. Democracy Corps (D)* 24. Rasmussen 24. Gallup 26. NPR 27. National [...]
Florida Election Results – 2012
FLORIDA General Election November 6, 2012 This page updates automatically « Back to U.S. Overview Map via Florida - Election 2012 General Compare All Counties Compare by County Candidate Party Votes % Romney / Ryan REP 4,162,174 49.13% Obama / Biden DEM 4,236,032 50.01% Stevens / Link OBJ 3,855 0.05% Johnson / Gray LBT 44,684 0.53% Goode, / Clymer CPF 2,602 0.03% Stein / Honkala GRE 8,930 0.11% Barnett / Cross REF 819 0.01% Alexander / Mendoza SOC 797 0.01% Lindsay / Osorio PSL 322 0% Barr / Sheehan PFP 8,146 0.1% Hoefling / Ellis AIP 944 0.01% Anderson / Rodriguez JPF 1,753 0.02% Byrne / Harris WRI 0 0% Coniglio / [...]
