The federal government鈥檚 bailout of General Motors and Chrysler 鈥� which started, in fact, under President George W. Bush 鈥� proved essential to winning the ultimate battleground, Ohio, where 1 out of 8 jobs is tied to the auto industry. The exit poll of Ohio showed that 59 percent of the state鈥檚 voters supported the bailout versus 36 percent who opposed it. Union membership has long been in decline, but across the upper Midwest 鈥� from Wisconsin to Michigan to Ohio to Pennsylvania 鈥� the unions鈥� voter-turnout operations supplemented Obama鈥檚 efforts. And in an ironic twist, the Supreme Court ruling Citizens United, which Democrats love to hate, allowed the unions to expand their reach to nonunion members.
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Election 2012: 12 reasons Obama won and Romney lost
President Obama went into his reelection fight facing significant head winds 鈥� most important, high unemployment and slow economic growth. But for a multitude of reasons, including Obama鈥檚 positives and Republican challenger Mitt Romney鈥檚 negatives, Obama succeeded. Here鈥檚 our list.
