Obama wins second term

United States president Barack Obama has been re-elected for four more years on Tuesday evening.

As the early counting began, Mitt Romney was leading in the polls, but as the night went on and more results started coming in, Obama caught up and passed him.

As far as U.S. elections go, this one has been one of the tightest so far. The difference between the votes for Obama and Romney in the key states was minimal.

According to CBC, Romney gave his concession speech early Wednesday morning.

Even though Obama won a second term, Congress remains divided with the Republicans still controlling the House of Representatives.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: GREGORY WILSON