What was expected to be a long night of ballot counting and potentially dragged out election results, turned out to be a fairly quick Election Night for Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Despite early voting result pointing to a Romney/Ryan win, the Obama/Biden ticket sealed the deal last night, taking more than 300 electoral votes.
Swing States
The nine key swing states in last night's election cinched Obama's re-election hopes, with all but two going to the president. In Florida, the voting was considered too close to call for either candidate, with Obama taking in 49.9 percent of the votes and Romney taking in 49.3 percent of the votes.
President Obama took Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia, Wisconsin and finally Ohio, adding 60 Electoral College votes in his bid to 270. Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, on the other had took home North Carolina, adding 15 Electoral College votes.
Northeast
The Northeast's nine states, including swing state New Hampshire, overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama. All nine states, and their cumulative 92 Electoral College votes, remained blue this year.
In Pennsylvania, the two candidates experienced the tightest race in the Northeast, ending in a 52 percent vote for Obama and 46.8 percent vote for Romney. In Romney's home state of Massachusetts, where he led as governor for a term, voters vastly supported Obama, giving him a 60.8 percent to 37.6 percent win.
In Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, President Obama captured a majority of the votes. Among those states, Obama saw the biggest margin win in New York, a traditionally Democratic state, taking 62.7 percent of votes to Romney's 35.9 percent.
Midwest
The candidates received mixed results in the Midwest, with each candidate taking six states, three of which were crucial swing states.
The states of Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota all remained red, giving Romney an accumulated 38 Electoral College votes. Romney's biggest margin wins came in Nebraska (60.5 percent to 37.8 percent) and in Kansas (60 percent to 37.8 percent). The GOP candidates biggest Electoral College vote win was Indiana, which brought in 11 Electoral College votes.
The states of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, as well as swing states Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin all voted blue, giving Obama an accumulated 80 Electoral College votes. The president's biggest margin win came in his home state of Illinois, where he captured 57.3 percent of the votes to Romney's 41.1 percent. However, winning the three Midwestern swings states proved to be Obama's biggest Electoral College win.
South
Republican candidate Mitt Romney experienced his biggest wins in the South, taking all but four of the 14 states. Romney took home swing state North Carolina, while the president took swing state Virginia. Neither candidate, however, took Florida and it's 29 Electoral College votes.
The GOP candidate carried Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia, for an accumulated 138 Electoral College votes.
Obama, on the other hand, only took Delaware and Maryland, for an accumulated 13 Electoral College votes. The president saw his biggest votes defeat in Oklahoma, where residents voted 66.8 percent for Romney and 33.2 percent for Obama.
West
In the West, President Obama took seven states, including two swing states, and Republican candidate Romney took six. The biggest win of the west was California and its 55 Electoral College votes, which voted for Obama for the second election in a row.
Obama's other wins included birth state Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and swing states Colorado and Nevada, for a total of 98 Electoral College votes. Romney, on the other hand, won Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah, for a total of 30 Electoral College votes.
By the end of the night, Obama managed to take home more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win, beating out Romney 303 to 206. The president also took the majority of the popular vote, 60,579,325 to Romney's 57,757,283, according to Politico.