3: Number of times an incumbent has lost since the Second World War — Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter in 1976, Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan in 1980, and George H. W. Bush to Bill Clinton in 1992.
270 electoral votes needed to win
4.5 million jobs created under Obama according to Democrats. But because most of these jobs include jobs that were lost in the recession, the amount of new jobs created under Obama is around 125,000.
1 million jobs Obama says he will create in manufacturing in the second term
12 million jobs Romney will create, according to his ads and five point plan.
$787 billion: Amount of money in stimulus package injected by the Obama administration into the American economy
$4.61 trillion: Deficit increase during Obama’s term as of May 2012. The total amount of US debt is over $16 trillion.
7.8 per cent: Decrease in unemployment from the 8.2 per cent rate when Obama first took office in January 2009.
$631 million: Obama campaign spending in 2011-2012. This figure includes only money raised by the campaign itself and not other groups or the political party.
$361 million: Romney campaign spending in 2011-2012. This figure includes only money raised by the campaign itself and not other groups or the political party.
$632.2 million: Money raised by Obama campaign, according the Federal Elections Commission website.
$388.7 million: Money raised by Romney campaign, according to the Federal Elections Commission website.
