Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Here's a full breakdown of the results.
PRELIMINARY TOWN OF ACTON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2012 VOTE COUNT PCT 1 PCT 2 PCT 3 PCT4 PCT5 PCT6 TOTAL % MACHINE 9:00 AM 352 321 411 427 347 339 2197 15% 12:00 PM 754 743 975 968 892 744 5076 35% 3:00 PM 1206 1139 1424 1274 1246 1034 7323 51% 6:00 PM 1585 1587 1881 1789 1729 1566 10137 70% MACHINE TOTAL - FINAL 8:00PM 1817 1942 2124 2122 2056 1801 11862 82% HAND COUNT 11 13 1 1 4 11 41 TOTAL VOTED 1828 1955 2125 2123 2060 1812 11903 83% TOTAL # REGISTERED VOTERS--- 2304 2345 2462 2551 2511 2230 14403 ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT BLANKS 8 4 8 6 8 4 38 0% JOHNSON and GRAY 18 19 34 24 25 15 135 1% OBAMA and BIDEN 1214 1197 1364 1441 1447 1116 7779 65% ROMNEY and RYAN 580 718 695 632 561 665 3851 32% STEIN and …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Dean Cavaretta called Jamie Eldridge at about 10 p.m. to congratulate him on his re-election to the Middlesex Worcester seat.
With more than half of all precincts reporting, Niki Tsongas has earned more than twice the votes of her challenger, Jon Golnik, to gain another two years in Washington.
Niki Tsongas represented the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District for five years, and now she’ll get a chance to represent the Third. After Massachusetts lost a Congressional seat following the 2010 U.S. Census, Tsongas defeated challenger Jon Golnik (R-Carlisle) in the first election for the new Massachusetts Third District. Retaining much of the old district, Tsongas finds herself losing constituents in certain towns like Tewksbury and Wayland, but gaining a large swath of new towns in the Fitchburg area in an area that stretches from Marlborough to the Lawrence area. Likewise, the Golnik campaign also hoped that the change in the district’s borders could help change the dynamic from 2010, where Golnik lost to Tsongas by 12 points…
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.
How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day. Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day. ___ Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station. 9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @…
Updates on the 2012 elections here in Acton will be posted throughout the day. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections and tell us what you see by tweeting @ActonPatch and commenting on facebook.com/ActonPatch.
11:56 P.M.: Final numbers from Acton (courtesy WHDH): Question - 4-MxandWrcSenCorporationsPolitic (Ballot Issue) 6 precincts reporting [town-by-town] Updated on 11/06/12 at 11:50 pm Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Yes 7,065 81% No 1,678 19% State Senate - Middlesex & Worcester 6 precincts reporting [town-by-town] Updated on 11/06/12 at 11:50 pm Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage James Eldridge Dem 6,961 73% Dean Cavaretta GOP 2,623 27% Question - 3 - Yes Medical Marijuana (Ballot Issue) 6 precincts reporting [town-by-town] Updated on 11/06/12 at 11:50 pm Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Yes (winner) 6,392 65% No 3,399 35% U.S. Senate 6 precincts reporting [town-by-town] Updated on 11/06/12 at 11:50 pm Candidate …
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Read the ballot questions before you step into the voting booth.
Massachusetts voters will encounter three ballot questions on the Nov. 6 presidential election ballot. Each is binding. They include petition-generated intiatives to allow medical marijuana, and to provide for assisted suicide. Scroll down to read each question. Availability of Motor Vehicle Repair Information Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2012? SUMMARY As required by law, summaries are written by the State Attorney General, and the statements describing the effect of a “yes” or “no” vote are written jointly by the State Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. This proposed law would prohibit any motor vehicle …
Jim Smith
9:16 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
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