Us Elections 2012

The new Republican party: old, white and entirely blind

In the days to come, conservatives of various stripes will ponder the mystery of Obama's victory. Whatever the path of blinkered reasoning, it will lead to the same, wrong conclusion: Rightward ho!

US polls 2012: Voter turnout lower than 2008

Preliminary figures suggest fewer people voted this year than four years ago, when voters shattered turnout records as they elected Obama as the country's first black president.

Positive policy will help you build new ties: China to Obama

China today cautiously welcomed Barrack Obama's re-election, hoping the US President would follow a "positive China policy" to build "new type of relations" and to manage differences and achieve a win-win cooperation.

Dalai Lama congratulates Obama, asks him to act on Tibet issue

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election and hoped his administration would take steps to find a solution to the tragic series of self-immolations in Tibet.

Glitch in US polls: EVM swaps Obama with Romney

Republicans have also claimed machines have turned Romney votes into Obama ones.

How Mahatma Gandhi helped Obama win US polls 2012

Barack Obama, who was re-elected as the US President today, had invoked the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela while appealing to donors for help in seeking a second term.

Obama won because his gut instinct was right

He focused on regular Americans — the middle class and the poor — while Romney dissed them as the 47 percent who didn’t matter. His cool, non-fussy way of governing won him more support than Romney had imagined.

Full text: Barack Obama's victory speech

From 'everyone can make it in America' catchphrases that prop the American dream up again to aww-worthy till-death-do-us-part ones for wife Michelle, Obama's speech was stuff Hollywood scriptwriters dream of.

How did Obama 'make it in America'? The media answers

Editorials in the US media, understandably, aren't gushing their gut out about Obama's win. The intellectual mood is sober — more warning about the close shave — than giddily euphoric about it.

India and the US: What matters and what doesn't?

As the US presidential election comes to a photo finish, the debate continues - who will be better for India?