United States presidential election, 2012 (Equal Opportunity)

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United States presidential election, 2012
November 6, 2012
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Nominee		Arnold Schwarzenegger	Barack Obama
Party		Republican Party	Democratic Party
Home state		California	Illinois
Running mate		John Kasich	Joe Biden
Electoral vote		287	251
States carried		30	20 + DC
Popular vote		65,000,000	63,000,000
Percentage		50.78%	49.22%
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Red coloured states denote a Schwarzenegger/Kasich win, whilst blue coloured states denote an Obama/Biden win.
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Party Elected President Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Party

The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Republican ticket, former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and Governor of Ohio John Kasich defeated the Democratic ticket of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.