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The past four years have been some of the most challenging of this century. But the country is moving out of these hard times and into a new era. While it will remain a conservative era, Democratic governance — and Obama — will thrive within it.



With 99 percent reporting, Obama won the popular vote in Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.2 percent — 52.0 percent to Romney’s 46.8. Obama carried the state by 2.5 percent less than he did in 2008.


At on-campus polling locations, 3,697 votes were cast, which does not include the more than 200 votes that were cast provisionally. INTERACTIVE: Penn area voting results WORD ON THE WALK: Who did you vote for? VIDEO: Amy Gutmann at the voting booth