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Four days on, Obama wins Florida

Final tally? Obama, 332. Romney, 206.

Obama wins Florida

Four days after Americans went to the polls, U.S. President Barack Obama officially picked up Florida’s 29 electoral votes. The final tally was 332 for Obama to Romney’s 206. Here’s how Twitter responded to the news on Saturday afternoon:

Storified by Maclean’s Magazine · Sat, Nov 10 2012 12:25:25

Barack Obama wins Florida, topping Mitt Romney in final electoral vote tally 332 to 206 – @APBreaking News
Fox News declares Obama wins in Florida. Final electoral vote is 332-206. http://pic.twitter.com/GFW16WPSNew England Weather
4 days after election Obama wins Florida! Lol, Florida so damn late but congrats Mr. President ! http://pic.twitter.com/EUe7TCOMVanity RoyAle
We’re officially in the blue column! Thank you, Florida, for having @BarackObama’s back. http://pic.twitter.com/zx5aq3ajD Wasserman Schultz
Pres. Obama wins Florida’s Electoral Votes. Giving him 332, and Romney 206. It’s a battleground-state clean-sweep!!!! http://pic.twitter.com/GIR5pLNuHarold Mathieu
President Barack Obama wins Florida! #election2012 http://pic.twitter.com/SCzQ7MSzaine doley
#Mittmentum, Obama officially wins Florida! at 332/206 EV @DickMorrisTweet continues to call it a ‘squeaker’ #gop #tcot http://pic.twitter.com/djU51YU0canuck
oh.. RT @BreakingNews: Barack Obama wins Florida, topping Mitt Romney in final electoral vote tally 332 to 206 – @AP http://yfrog.com/nyz4rdjjjo beanz
And finally finally finally here it is!! FLORIDA is BLUE!!!! Obama wins by 73,858 votes. http://twitpic.com/bc3ppqPatty Atkinson

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