Election Day 2012 in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania & across the nation

Election Day turnout heavy in places, some problems as Pennsylvania votes: Voters are casting their ballots for offices that include president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and high-level state offices including attorney general, auditor general and treasurer. (Storify by @pgmila)

  1. PIC: President Obama, Michelle, Sasha & Malia in Chicago for his victory speech yfrog.com/ghpxgkj | #YourVote (via @abcWNN)
  2. Hey, that Hopey Changey guy from 2008 is back! This is a great speech! Obama recycled some of his best lines and themes from 2004 and 2008
  3. Barack, Joe, Michelle and Jill after the networks call it for Obama twitpic.com/bb0ii5
  4. Takeaways: @fivethirtyeight is a reliable and fair poll aggregator. And we wasted weeks on largely ill-informed debate about polling "skew."
  5. Networks' call of @BarackObama reelection spiked #Election2012-related Tweets to 327,453 per minute at 11:19p EST.
  6. AP calls California, Washington, Hawaii & Minnesota for Obama; Idaho and North Carolina for Romney. #Election2012
  7. Romney event about half empty. People trickling out. http://pic.twitter.com/s20yNK2a
  8. Supporters applaud as Obama wins Pennsylvania. "That's what I'm saying," a man shouted. http://pic.twitter.com/y31a9bxU
  9. AP RACE CALL: Obama wins New Jersey; Romney wins Arkansas. #Election2012
  10. AP RACE CALL: Obama wins NY, MI; Romney wins NE, WY, KS, LA, SD, TX, ND. #Election2012

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