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Section Title: History
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Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Barack Obama	Democratic	Illinois	64,817,072	50.85%	332	Joe Biden	Delaware	332

Mitt Romney	Republican	Massachusetts	60,449,355	47.42%	206	Paul Ryan	Wisconsin	206

Gary Johnson	Libertarian	New Mexico	1,265,100	0.99%	0	James P. Gray	California	0

Jill Stein	Green	Massachusetts	458,411	0.36%	0	Cheri Honkala	Pennsylvania	0

Virgil Goode	Constitution	Virginia	119,281	0.09%	0	Jim Clymer	Pennsylvania	0

Roseanne Barr	Peace and Freedom	Hawaii	64,620	0.05%	0	Cindy Sheehan	California	0

Rocky Anderson	Justice	Utah	41,204	0.03%	0	Luis J. Rodriguez	California	0

Tom Hoefling	America's	Iowa	38,828	0.03%	0	Jonathan D. Ellis	Tennessee	0

Other	225,503	0.18%	—	Other	—

Total	127,476,960	100%	538	538

Needed to win	270	270

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Barack Obama went on to win 50.85 percent of the popular vote and 332 electoral votes.

final_sentence: Barack Obama went on to win 50.85 percent of the popular vote and 332 electoral votes.