Mitt Romney manages to defeat McCain for the nomination and selects former rival Mike Huckabee as his running mate; much to everyone's surprise. Barack Obama still wins the nomination and chooses Joe Biden. The same events play out, only Romney is able to focus his strengths on fixing the economy. In a close election Romney manages to defeat Obama.
R: 271: 48.8%
D: 267: 48.7%
Election Night 2012:
Unemployment: 7.4%
Romney/Huckabee vs. Clinton/Schweitzer
7:00
Good evening the polls have closed and we have winners to project: In the states of Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina we project for Pres. Romney and the state of Vermont for Sen. Clinton.
R: 33
D: 3
8:00
R: 110
D: 75
Here stand the results at this hour.
9:00
Here stand the results at this hour.
R: 194
D: 173
10:00
R: 244
D: 203
11:00
D: 281
R: 251
We project Sen. Clinton to be the 45th President of the United States.
Final Results:
Sen. Hillary Clinton: (281) 49.36%
Pres. Mitt Romney: (257) 48.74%