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The first daylight polls have opened in Vermont, kicking off voting on Election Day 2012.

Several locations in the state opened their polls at 5 a.m. ET, while most will open by 6 a.m. Ref. CNN

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I don't know how this election will turn out but but its going to be very close, maybe so close that they will have to recount votes again.

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The economy was the most important issue among those who voted today, CNN reports based on early exit polls.

Of those voters who were asked about the biggest economic problem facing "people like you," 40% said it was unemployment, 37% said rising prices, 13% said taxes and 8% said it was the housing market.

Of those who voted today, 24% said they were doing better today compared with four years ago, 34% said they were doing worse and 41% said they were doing about the same. Ref. CNN

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With the first polls closing in several eastern states, CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win Kentucky, while President Obama will win Vermont.

Kentucky has 8 electoral votes and Vermont carries three electoral votes. Ref. CNN

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With polls closing in more eastern states, CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win West Virginia's 5 electoral votes, and Indiana's 11 electoral votes.

In 2008, President Obama lost in West Virginia by more than 13% but won in Indiana by 1%. Polls also closed in the swing states of North Carolina and Ohio. Ref. CNN

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President Obama will win the battleground state of Virginia and its 13 electoral votes on his way to re-election

Obama also won the state in 2008, ending a streak of 10 consecutive Republican presidential wins. Ref. CNN

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I am not happy about Obama winning the elections, I don't find his way of ruling the US are good at all. I hope Obama makes the right decisions there.

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President Barack Obam [wins] Florida. It was the only state that had remained uncalled in the presidential race. With the state's 29 electoral votes, the final nationwide tally is 332 electoral votes for Obama, 206 for Mitt Romney.

Obama reached the needed 270 electoral votes for victory shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, based on CNN projections. Romney called the president to concede about an hour later.

In 2008, by comparison, when Obama also won Florida, he had a total of 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes.

Long lines at polling places, lengthy ballots and a large number of absentee ballots delayed the final count in Florida.