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US Presidential Election Day

Today is election day in United States of America, people are voting to elect either Barack Obama (@barackobama) or Mitt Romney (@mittromney) for President for next 4 years. Checkout all the photos on instagram on election day in the US by following these hashtags:

#vote

#election2012

#electionday

↑ Photo by @devvinthedark

  ↑ Photos by @ashah611 and @iamjennbee

↑ Photo by @hollaitskimmy

  ↑ Photos by @andrewjgarcia and @chelsmurph

↑ Photo by @skil136

  ↑ Photos by @mittromney and @barackobama the night before election day

more photos...

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Obama vs Romney: Campaign Money Sources

The infographic below shows where the money cam from for Obama vs Romney

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Political Donations from Wall Street: Obama vs Romney

Below is a infographic showing the political donations to Obama and Romney campaigns from Wall Street. 

Obama's tough policies on Wall Street have resulted in lower contributions compared to Romney in 2012 and also lower compared to what he raised in 2008 elections.

more here

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Words used by Romney and Obama at Second Debate 2012

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Words used by Romney and Obama at Denver Debate 2012

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Photos from the first Presidential Debate

The first of the three US presidential debate for Election 2012 is today October 3rd 2012 at University of Denver in Colorado.

Checkout all the photos from University of Denver and also checkout all the hashtags:

#debatedenver

#denverdebate

#presidentialdebate

#debate2012

↑ Photo by @damianv40

  ↑ Photo by @lauren_ulrich and @rachealmcg

↑ Photo by @awallsup

  ↑ Photo by @jenr909 and @blakelinehan

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Who will be watching tonight's Presidential Debate ?

Below is an infographic from Google showing which age groups are more likely to watch the October 3rd 2012 Presidential Debate happening in Denver, Colorado.

Today's debate will focus on Domestic policies:

Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Location: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado (Tickets)

Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates

Participants: President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

Moderator: Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS)

The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate.The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.

Also see Full Presidential Debate Schedule for Election 2012.

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Obama vs Romney: Small Business

Below is an infographic showing how the election is affecting the small business owners, the factors affecting small businesses in making decision for Presidential elections and more...

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First Presidential Debate starts tomorrow

First of the three Presidential debates starts tomorrow in Denver, Colorado. Below is a infographic showing what the candidates, strategists and other politicians are talking about it.

Here is a complete list of the Presidential debate schedule.

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Impact of Romney's Libya and 47% Comments

Romney's missteps in 2012 campaign in the final months after the conventions have hurt his chances to win the Presidential elections, check out the graph below showing the impact of the comments he made about Libya crisis and comments about 47% of Americans.

More poll comparisons from TPM about winning chances:

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Rich and Educated are more likes to vote

According to a poll from CNN conducted among people with different education level and income, the rich and educated voted in larger numbers in 2008

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Energy Policies: Obama vs Romney

ThinkProgress just posted a article on Energy Policies of Obama and Romney. It shows the candidate's views on Oil & Gas Production, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Pollution, Green Jobs and more...

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Electoral College Voting system in the United States

Interesting infographic showing the electoral college system in the US Presidential Elections.

There have been 4 Presidential elections when the popular vote winner has not gone to become the President: Al Gore in 2000, Grover Cleveland in 1888, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 and Andrew Jackson in 1824. (Andrew Jackson actually won popular vote and most electoral college, but still did not become the president because the electoral vote were not more than 50%, and so the House of representative had to choose the president) 

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30.6% of US voters voted early in 2008. Checkout how the Swing States voted early in 2008 and its impact in 2012 elections.

Checkout the early voting dates in all states: http://blog.votenight.com/post/32396617500/do-you-know-when-you-can-start-voting-in-your-state

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Do you know when you can start Voting in your state?

Below is early voting schedule state by state...

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US Presidential Tax Rates Compared

ThinkProgress came out with an interesting graph showing the tax rates of past Presidents compared against Mitt Romney, it shows that Romney paid lowest since Nixon and is worth twice more than all of last 8 Presidents. Read full article here.

A lot has been discussed since Romney released his tax returns last week, here is another article analyzing Romney's taxes from MotherJones

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IsMittRomneyThePresident.com

Guardian US has one of the best interactive polls