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pnwmom

(108,978 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2016, 10:39 PM Dec 2016

Hillary's current result (65,844,594 on CookPolitical) is higher than Obama's according to the National Archive, but slightly below that reported by the FEC.

National Archives:

Obama 65,446,032

Romney 60,589,084

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012/popular-vote.html

Federal Elections Commission:

Obama 65,915,795

Romney 60,933,504

http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pres.pdf

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Why do the FEC and the National Archives report different 2012 Presidential results? (Original Post) pnwmom Dec 2016 OP

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1. The FEC numbers are the final official results and the National Archive numbers are the results

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:19 AM

Dec 2016

reported on the states' Certificates of Ascertainment for electoral college purposes - the FEC number is the correct total.