2012 Election Coverage

Currently, Obama has secured Vermont, which carries 3 electoral votes. 270 electoral votes are needed to win and 538 are available. Governor Romney has secured Kentucky which carries 8 votes. Florida, which is a battleground state and carries 29 electoral votes is in a deadlock at 50-50. Romney will have to continue taking small districts in FL to compete with Obama's urban following. Governor Romney has also taken Indiana which is worth 11 electoral votes. Ohio is another battleground state and is up next. The current electoral vote is President: 3, Romney: 19
UPDATE: President Obama is now leading FL 50-49
UPDATE: It is now predicted by CNN that Romney will carry West Virginia which carries 5 electoral votes. The current tally is Obame: 3 Romney: 24
UPDATE: President Obama is now leading FL 52-48.
UPDATE: It is now predicted by MSNBC that Romney will carry South Carolina which has 9 electoral votes. The current predicted tally is Obama: 3 Romney: 33
UPDATE: Romney is projected to take Georgia, which carries 16 electoral votes. The current tally is Obama: 3 Romney: 49
UPDATE: It is predicted that Obama will take Massachusetts and Illinois which carry 31 combined electoral votes.
UPDATE: It is predicted that Romney will take MS and MI with a total of 22 combined votes.
Current tally Obama:
Obama will also take Delaware, carrying 3 electoral votes.
Current tally: Obama: 37 Romney: 71
UPDATE: Obama is predicted to carry Maine which has 4 electoral votes
UPDATE: Abc reports that Romney will carry OK while Obama will carry DC, MD, RI.
Current tally: Obama: 58 Romney: 78
It is predicted that Obama will carry CT, resulting in a 65:78 tally
UPDATE: It is predicted that Romney will carry Alabama resulting in a 65:87 tally.
Looks like Romney will take north carolina as well
UPDATE: Obama is predicted to win NJ and Romney will win TN bringing the electoral tally to Obama:79 Romney: 113

UPDATE: It is predicted that Obama will take Michigan and New York while Romney will carrd ND, SD, KS, WY, TX and LA. This brings the current electoral tally to: Obama:124 Romney: 163
Obama is predicted to win New Mexico bring his total to 129
UPDATE: Obama will also take PA.
Obama will also take Wisconsin which carries 10 electoral votes, bringing his total to 159 while Romney maintains 163.
UPDATE: The Florida race is a nail biter. It is currently a deadlock with only about 1000 votes separating Obama from Romney. Obama has taken Wisconsin, which means that Governor Romney will need to take Ohio in order to balance the electoral votes. However, Obama has slight leads in both Colorado (another battleground state) and Ohio.
Barack Obama has also taken New Hampshire which carries 4 electoral votes. This brings the tally to 163-163 (assuming that Romney will take North Carolina). Deadlock.
UPDATE: Abc news predicts that Romney will take Montana and Utah which are worth a combined 9 electoral votes bringing his total to 172
UPDATE: Romney has taken Arizona which accounts for 11 electoral votes
UPDATE: Obama has taken Minnesota, which carries 10 electoral votes bringing the tally to Obama:173 Romney: 183 (Assuming that Romney carries NC, MT, UT)
UPDATE: MSNBC predicts that Romney will take Missouri, which carries 10 electoral votes, bringing his total to 193.
UPDATE: Obama has won California and Washington and Hawaii while Romney secures Idaho. This brings the current tally to Obama 244 Romney: 197
Romney has officially taken North carolina and I am predicting he will take Arkansas.
UPDATE: President Obama has taken Iowa which carries 6 electoral votes, bringing his total to 250.
Obama has also taken Oregon, which is worth 7 electoral votes, bringing his total to 257.
It is also reported that Obama has won Ohio.
This gives President Obama enough electoral votes to be reelected as the 44th President of the United States. Congratulations Obama!!!