(Reuters)
- President Barack Obama won a second term in the White House on
Tuesday, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of
the U.S. economy to score a clear victory over Republican challenger
Mitt Romney.
Americans
chose to stick with a divided government in Washington, however, by
leaving the U.S. Congress as it is, with Obama's fellow Democrats
controlling the Senate and Republicans keeping the House of
Representatives.
After
a long, bitter and expensive campaign, the 51-year-old Obama began
trying to bring Americans together in a victory speech before
thousands of cheering supporters in Chicago. Accused by Romney
throughout the campaign of taking a partisan tone, Obama vowed to
reach out to Republicans in his new, four-year term.
"You
voted for action, not politics as usual," Obama said, calling
for compromise and pledging to work with leaders of both parties to
reduce the deficit, to reform the tax code and immigration laws, and
to cut dependence on foreign oil.
The
nationwide popular vote remained extremely close with Obama taking
about 50 percent to 49 percent for Romney after a campaign in which
the candidates and their party allies spent a combined $2 billion.
But Obama comfortably won the electoral votes needed in the
state-by-state system used to choose U.S. presidents.
Obama
scored impressive victories across the country, so much so that the
big build-up over Ohio, Virginia and Florida fizzled. Obama reached
the 270 electoral votes needed for election even without those three
states, rolling up wins in Democratic strongholds and carrying
Nevada, Iowa and Colorado.
In
the end, he also won Ohio and Virginia and was ahead in Florida,
where votes were still being counted.
Romney,
the multimillionaire former private equity executive, came back from
a series of campaign stumbles to make it close after besting the
president in the first of three presidential debates.
The
65-year-old former Massachusetts governor conceded in a gracious
speech delivered to disappointed supporters at the Boston convention
center.
"This
is a time of great challenge for our nation," Romney told the
crowd. "I pray that the president will be successful in guiding
our nation."
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