"The winds of change":
* Three states voted in favor and to NOT ban Marriage Equality: MARYLAND, WASHINGTON, MINNESOTA and MAINE.SAME SEX couples can now marry in MAINE and MARYLAND and soon in WASHINGTON.
* Three states voted in favor of Marijuana legalization (tax funds go to school funding and state revenue) although still a FEDERAL issue: COLORADO, WASHINGTON and MASSACHUSETTS (for medicinal use).
*CALIFORNIA voted AGAINST abolishing the DEATH PENALTY.
* PUERTO RICANS voted IN FAVOR of becoming the U.S.A.'s 51st STATE, U.S. CONGRESS approval pending.
* WISCONSIN voted for the the first openly gay senator TAMMY BALDWIN as ELIZABETH WARREN was voted MASSACHUSETTS first FEMALE SENATOR.
*THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES ON THE RISE: GARY JOHNSON (LIBERTARIAN-FLORIDA) nearly beat both OBAMA and ROMNEY in Florida.
* The U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES remains under REPUBLICAN control.
* The U.S. SENATE remains mostly DEMOCRATIC.
* Over all the 2012 (PRESIDENTIAL) ELECTION was VERY CLOSE:
Candidate
|
Popular Vote
|
Electoral
| |
Barack
Obama
|
50.3%
59,725,608
|
303
| |
Mitt
Romney
|
48.1%
57,098,650
|
206
| |
Gary
Johnson
|
1.0%
1,139,562
|
0
| |
Jill
Stein
|
0.3%
396,684
|
0
| |
Roseanne
Barr
|
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48,797
|
0
| |
Rocky
Anderson
|
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34,521
|
0
| |
Thomas
Hoefling
|
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28,099
|
0
|
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | Electoral votes (270 to win) | |
Barack Obama | 59725608 | 50% | 303 | |
Mitt Romney | 57098650 | 48% | 206 |
Control of House
218 Balance of power
| ||
191 | 232 | |
Control of Senate
50 Balance of power
| ||
51 | 45 |
* I'm kinda wondering if RANDY BLYTHE (LAMB OF GOD-we all know he's innocent) got any votes. I'm wishing Dr. Martin Luther King JR., his wife, ROSA PARKS, MALCOLM X, HARVEY MILK were here to see all these changes as they were hard won and inevitable....
...and to the MOUNTAIN TOP..
FROM GWAR: ON BARACK OBAMA's VICTORY:
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (SHOWBOX): BARACK OBAMA VICTORY:
FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL: BARACK OBAMA JUBILATION:
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