Indian students react after President Obama is projected winner

of the U.S. presidential election, at an event held by the American

in New Delhi, India, Nov. 7.

In Retaining Obama, Americans Choose 'Known' Over 'Dangerous' (Estadao, Brazil)

"There were more than a few that felt personally offended to find out Romney had said that 47 percent of the population lived at government expense - and they formed up to retaliate. ... With so many voters with so many reasons to reelect the president, despite the dismantling of his myth, it was a surprise, perhaps, that he didn't perform better at the polls."

EDITORIAL

Translated By Brandi Miller

November 9, 2012

Brazil – Estadao – Original Article (Portuguese)

A nation far more divided than the one that baptized him four years ago has retained President Barack Obama in the White House to revive the economy, rejecting Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s platform on tax cuts and social spending - in short, smaller government in order to revive the economy and contain public debt. Even the people most dissatisfied with the modest progress Obama has made in combating the most severe recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s (which struck right before his first victory), seem to have preferred the known to the dangerous. Roughly speaking, Obama's majority varied according to the position of its members on the social ladder. The poorer, more vulnerable and more insecure a voter was, the more likely they were to face hours on line at polling stations, and the greater propensity they had to block access to government by representatives of “money power.” There were more than a few, by the way, that felt personally offended to find out Romney had said that 47 percent of the population lived at government expense - and they formed up to retaliate.

To the “have-nots” were added the votes of Hispanics - which is how U.S. inhabitants of Latin-American origin are referred to, and which made their presence felt in a way unparalleled in the history of the nation's presidential elections. Romney disgusted this sector of the population, which along with Asians are increasingly active in national life, by defending his program for the “self-deportation” of illegal immigrants. The tight race in Florida made clear Latino rejection of the threat to many of its own - and in a country built by outsiders and with demographic diversity in full acceleration.

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Moreover, a considerable portion of the female electorate reprised their 2008 support for Obama, while the backing of society rose to meet a new agenda of civil liberties - one that horrifies conservatives - with gay marriage, abortion rights the right sought to block, a separation of science and religion, and of the latter to government. The Obama social coalition also included many for whom the new health law, which Republicans sought to repeal, represents a historic breakthrough - which, in fact, it is.

With so many voters with so many reasons to reelect the president, despite the dismantling of his myth, it was a surprise, perhaps, that he didn't perform better at the polls. Not at the levels of the previous election, but at least, not one much smaller. That is not what happened: conservatism is a profound force in America. Although we don’t know when we'll know the final numbers in the head-to-head battle for the White House, everything suggests that Obama will have a far more modest advantage over Romney than the 7 percentage points by which he defeated John McCain in 2008. In terms of the number of votes, the difference back then was 9.5 million out of 130 million cast. Now, taking an average of the last polls taken before November 6, Obama won by less than 1 point. The projections from yesterday, presented with understandable caution, suggest that the advantage could reach 2.5 percentage points, but it is unlikely to go beyond that. Obama fared somewhat better than his opponent in almost every swing state, which were fought over one vote at a time. That was enough, in this restrictive electoral model, for him to win a majority of the 538 delegates that ultimately choose the president.

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