How Twitter saw Obama's re-election

Wed, Nov 7, 2012, 00:00

First published: Wed, Nov 7, 2012, 00:00

   

Democrat Barack Obama has been reelected president of the United States. Here's a snapshot of reactions from Twitter:

Obama reelected to the White House

The EU fiscal treaty referendum has greatly exorcised Ireland?s Twitter users, with politicians, punters and pundits alike joining the conversation under the #euref hash tags. Here?s a selection of tweets from the past two days.

Storified by The Irish Times ? Tue, Nov 06 2012 21:40:41

Four more years. http://pic.twitter.com/bAJE6VomBarack Obama
Crazy people #WhiteHouse #election2012 #Obama #Forward @ The White House http://instagr.am/p/Rt39qDuoHh/Alexandra Pedreira
The moment @cbsnews called the election. @ CBS 4 http://instagr.am/p/RtwDUxr8dD/liz roldan
RT @autocorrects: LOL #MittRomney #election2012 http://pic.twitter.com/mhdwd89vTMNTNAT
Times Square shot in #NYC of Obama being declared the Presidential #Election2012 winner. http://instagr.am/p/Rt33B6hswF/Aaron (- AAA -)
NBC confirms PA voting machine "malfunction," changing Obama votes to Romney. (Captured on video) http://soup.ps/RDBbH1 /via @stevesilbermanAlyssa Milano
My President sent me a thank you message. #forward #blessed #4moreyears #obama http://instagr.am/p/Rt3Z7HmyW8/Stacey Frank

Thu, Feb 7, 2013, 07:54

First published: Wed, Nov 7, 2012, 00:00

   

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