The president carried both the electoral vote and popular vote in the 2012 election. Once official voting results began pouring in in Tuesday night, it didn't take the major networks very long to declare that President Barack Obama had won four more years in the White House.

What time do pundits predict the next president will be named? After months and months of campaigning, Americans are eager to know who will be their next president, but when exactly will the country have an official result? It could be late Tuesday evening, based on how tight the race has been over the last few weeks, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney virtually neck and neck in the polls over the last several weeks.

The racial and ethnic make-up of voters will have a large effect on the results. After months and months of a long and rigorous 2012 presidential campaign, Election Day has finally arrived in America.

A guide to getting the most out of exit poll results. As Election Day winds down in America, citizens and pundits alike are crawling the Internet and crunching data to predict a victor in the presidential race as soon as possible.