Barack Obama gets second time lucky

Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House and has been re-elected as the US President. In the historic election that was closely contested, Obama defeated the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.

Disproving predictions of a narrow victory in a very tight race, Obama won the election in crucial battleground states after a neck-and-neck race in the initial stages, getting 303 electoral votes against 206 of Romney in a college of 535 votes.

In his victory speech, Obama said that he would talk to Romney about the areas where the two can work together to move the country forward. Je also pledged to work with Republican leaders in Congress to reduce the government's budget deficit, fix the tax code and reform the immigration system.

Obama even thanked Americans for the support with a tweet, "Thank you. Four more years."