The 2012 United States presidential election was won by the incumbent Democrat, Barack Obama, who defeated the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, won a clear majority of electoral votes, though the popular vote was closer. The campaign focused on the slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, unemployment, the Affordable Care Act and taxation, and was the most expensive in American history to that point. Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast in the last days of the campaign. Obama became the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to win a majority of the popular vote in two elections.
Before and after
- from 10 October 2012 to 28 January 2020Premiere of Arrow
- from 22 October 2012 to 2 November 2012Hurricane Sandy
- 26 October 2012Creation of Windows 8
- 29 October 2012Release of Wikidata
- 6 November 20122012 United States presidential election
- 11 November 2012Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- from 14 November 2012 to 21 November 20122012 Gaza War
- 2 December 2012Construction of Phu Quoc International Airport
- 14 December 2012Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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