Timeline (Changes for the Country)

On the historic day of November 6, 2012, Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts defeated incumbent President Barack Obama to become the 45th President of the United States. This was considered absolutely shocking to many pundits, when Romney won states such as Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Nevada, Iowa, while maintaining popularity in the South. Paul Ryan, became the 48th Vice President of the United States.

November 6, 2012

On November 6, 2012, it seemed obvious who was going to win. Barack Obama's first term had been very successful. Swing states like Ohio, and Florida were pretty pro-Obama. Many pundits were assuming Obama would easily win re-election. The first polls to close were in Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Georgia. As expected, Obama took an early electoral lead. At around 8:00 PM, polls closed in the state of Wisconsin. Obama had a considerable lead, but it was still to close to call. Polls had also closed in Florida, and Ohio was leaning Romney by this time. In Florida, Romney was actually leading in the popular vote, by less than a 2% margin. At 8:30, CNN projected that Mitt Romney would now carry the state of Iowa, a flip from 2008. Polls continued to close, but some states were still tossups. At 11:00 PM, Romney was able to pick up the state of Ohio, and an hour later, Florida. Wisconsin was then called for Romney, and he was 1 electoral vote away from defeating President Obama. Nevada was the only hope for Romney, after Obama won California. On November 7, Romney was leading Obama by 1,000,000 votes. At the sight of that, President Obama delivered his concession speech, and Romney won Nevada. The final electoral vote for Romney was 275.