WASHINGTON DC — Umongameli Barack Obama usekhethiwe ukuba akhokhele eleMelika okweminye iminyaka emine elandelayo. Ukubalwa kwezigidi lezigidi zamavoti abantu abavote ngolweSibili kuveza ukuba umongameli usenelise inombolo edingakayo yokuthi unqobile yama Electoral College votes angamakhulu amabili lamatshumi ayisikhombisa-270 ngokuthola angamakhulu amabili lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu-275, uMnu Mitt Romney wathola amakhulu amabili lantathu-203.
Lokhu kutsho ukubana kuma states asebaliwe umongameli Obama usenqobile ngoba ethole inengi lamavoti. uMnu Romney ezamile ikakhulu eFlorida leOhio kuthethe isikhathi eside ababili laba lokhe kungutshiki lobhanqa. Ngokunqoba kwakhe eOhio uMongameli Obama uhle wakhokhela wanqoba lanxa kwezinye indawo lokhe kusabalwa amavoti, sokusobala vele ukuthi lanxa angaze anqobe kulezo ndawo uRomney akasanqobi. With many states still reporting results, the final tally of electoral and popular votes is uncertain.