As voting ends in several states across the U.S., including swing states Florida, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina, projected results for the 2012 presidential election are rolling in and reports say President Barack Obama is projected to win 109 electoral votes and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, 147 electoral votes.
CBS reports President Obama is projected to win Connecticut’s seven electoral votes, the District of Columbia’s three electoral votes and Delaware’s three electoral votes, while Obama is also projected to win Illinois’ 20, Maryland’s 10, Massachusetts’ 11 and Rhode Island’s four electoral votes. Obama is also projected to win three of Maine’s electoral votes (a fourth is divided proportionally)
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Swing states Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and New Hampshire are too close to call.
The U.S. presidential election is not decided by popular vote but by the Electoral College. Each candidate needs at least 270 out of the 538 electoral votes to win the election.
It’s been tough here on Long Island where many voters are still without power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Hundreds of thousands of displaced residents were given the option of voting by affidavit ballot this Election Day following an executive order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help remedy the effects of Sandy on the voting public.
But at a news conference in Commack Tuesday, Rep. Steve Israel was confident it would all work out.