2012 Election: By the Numbers
BET.com takes you behind the scenes of the 2012 election.
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Total Amount Obama Campaign Spent: $852.9 Million - From how much was spent on campaigns to the number of campaign stops, BET.com takes you behind the scenes of Obama vs. Romney. – Britt Middleton Along with the Democratic Party and Priorities USA Super PAC. (Source: New York Times) (Photo: REUTERS /JONATHAN ERNST /LANDOV)
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Total Amount Romney Campaign Spent: $752.3 Million - Along with Republican Party and Restore Our Future Super PAC. (Source: New York Times) (Photo: REUTERS /BRIAN SNYDER /LANDOV)
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Estimated Number of Miles Obama Traveled on Nov. 5: 1,790 - President Obama kept it moving on his final day of campaigning before the election. (Source: CBC News/Radio Canada) (Photo: Kent Nishimura-Pool/Getty Images)
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Estimated Number of Miles Romney Traveled on Nov. 5: 1,734 - Mitt Romney kept his spirits (and energy) up on Election Day eve. (Source: CBC News/Radio Canada) (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Total Number of Obama Campaign Stops: 227 - (Source: Washington Post) (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Total Number of Romney Campaign Stops: 294 - (Source: Washington Post) (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Total Amount Raised By Super PACs: $661 Million - (Source: Center for Responsible Politics) (Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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U.S. Unemployment Rate on Election Day: 7.9 percent - Black unemployment rate on Election Day: 14.3 percent (Source: U.S. Department of Labor) (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Longest Wait Time for Voters in Florida on Election Day: 7 Hours - Florida Gov. Rick Scott was blamed for congested lines after he reduced early voting days and refused to extend poll hours. (Source: Think Progress) (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Total Newspaper Endorsements for Romney: 35 - Based on the top 100 newspapers in daily circulation. (Source: The American Presidency Project) (Photo: Courtesy of The New York Observer)
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Total Newspaper Endorsements for Obama: 41 - (Source: The American Presidency Project) (Photo: Courtesy of Tampa Bay Times)
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Total Romney "Likes" on Facebook: 12 Million - (Source: Facebook) (Photo: Mitt Romney/Facebook)
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Total Obama "Likes" on Facebook: 33 Million - (Source: Facebook) (Photo: Barack Obama/Facebook)
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Tweets-Per-Minute Generated After Romney Said He Would Defund PBS: 135,332 - Romney said he would cut funding during the first debate. (Source: Twitter Government & Politics Team) (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Total Times Obama Mentioned Big Bird On Campaign Trail: 13 - The president name-dropped Big Bird 13 times the week following the first debate. (Source: American Enterprise Institute) (Photo: AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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Number of Bear Hugs Given on Campaign Trail: 1 - Florida pizza shop owner Scott Van Duzer greeted President Obama warmly during an unannounced campaign stop in September.(Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Total number of Presidential Debates: 3 - "Binders full of women" and other memorable Internet memes were born from President Obama and Mitt Romney's first meetings. (Photo: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)