Barack Obama Victory

After a thriller which lasted all night, Barack Obama was declared re-elected as president of the United States by most of the mainstream American media, shortly before 11: 30.
Barack Obama has won Ohio, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Iowa, four of seven key States seen as crucial to win the Presidency.

Despite the victory in the snatch, it seems that his Republican rival Mitt Romney has won more votes in total, according to the figures available late evening Tuesday.

The CNN network gave 275 electors to Obama and Romney to 203, with 49% of the total popular vote in Obama, and 50% to Romney. The United States therefore remains a deeply divided country.

The final results are not yet known, but the Republicans retain the majority in the House of representatives, the Democrats control the Senate.

Barack Obama thanked his constituents on Twitter, saying: "we live this victory all together." "Accordingly, we have made campaign".

Barack Obama asssistait to the election night in Chicago, while Mitt Romney was in Massachusetts.

More than 45 million Americans voted in advance. Voters who chose to go to the polls Tuesday have faced a number of problems, especially in the pivotal States that determined the outcome of the election.

Voters in some pivotal States such as Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin have waited long hours after polling stations closed to slip their ballots into the ballot box. The candidates have turned to social networks to encourage voters to wait. The three States allowed electors to vote if they were already present in the queue at the close of the polling stations.