The presidential election is finally over, and it ended about 48 hours after the most projections reported that President Barack Obama will serve a second term.
The delay came from Florida, despite being among the first few states to close their polling stations at 7 p.m. EST, the Sunshine State took its time counting over eight million votes.
Miami-Dade County was given the spotlight for the delays with county supervisor Penelope Townsley defending the delay.
"Generally, I think Miami-Dade County conducted a very good election. Am I embarrassed or disappointed by some of the things that happened? Absolutely. But I have to focus on simply getting it right," said Townsley to reporters.
The other Florida counties that were still counting votes post-Election Day were Broward, Palm Beach, and Dual counties.
According to Real Clear Politics (RCP), with 100 percent of the votes in, Obama received 49.9 percent to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 49.3 percent. The state might have had reason to take its time to count the votes as the margin of victory is 0.6 percent.
From CNN, 97 percent of the votes were counted but kept Obama in the lead by one percent. Obama received 50 percent to Romney's 49 percent. At the last update, Obama received 4,169,044 votes to the former Massachusetts governor's 4,117,106, a difference of 51,938 votes.
Romney might have lost but he's managed to secure a higher percentage and percentage spread than 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
The 2008 numbers from Florida saw then-Illinois Senator Obama receiving 51 percent to McCain's 48.2 percent, a margin of victory for Obama of 2.8 percent.
According to the New York Times, Obama received 4,143,957 votes to McCain's 3,939,380 votes.
Romney might have lost the election and lost Florida's 29 Electoral votes, but he leaves the election with better numbers than McCain and proved to be a tough competitor for Obama.
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