Election 2012

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November 6, 2012

Pregnant woman votes en route to hospital to give birth

NBC Chicago - For anyone who ever thought they were too busy to vote, meet 21-year-old Galicia Malone. The south…
November 6, 2012

Key and Peele predict election results for President Obama

theGRIO VIDEO - Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele aren't running for office, but the two have certainly gained the…
November 6, 2012

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney style: Who will make the more fashionable first lady?

theGRIO REPORT - Michelle Obama and Ann Romney have had their style compared by nearly every major news outlet since…
November 6, 2012

WATCH: John Legend, Joy Bryant, Laz Alonso, Michael Ealy and Jesse Williams in 'Get Out And Vote' video

theGRIO REPORT - John Legend, Michael Ealy, Omar Miller, Joy Bryant, Russell Hornsby, Laz Alonso, Jesse Williams and others black…
November 6, 2012

Obama makes final campaign speech: 'We've come too far to let our hearts grow faint'

VIDEO - For the final campaign event of the 2012 cycle, President Barack Obama returned to where his bid for…
November 6, 2012

Beyoncé pens open letter in support of Obama

theGRIO REPORT - R&B diva Beyoncé Knowles penned an open letter in support of President Barack Obama on the eve…
November 6, 2012

Feverish early-vote effort turns to Election Day

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ever urgent as the clock ran down, Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's teams pressed voters to…
November 6, 2012

Control of US Congress likely to remain same

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans deeply dislike Congress, but they are unlikely to change its makeup in Tuesday's election, which…
November 6, 2012

Bob Dylan predicts Obama 'in a landslide'

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Bob Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is going to win a landslide...
November 5, 2012

Politico's definition of presidential mandate diminishes women, minorities

OPINION - If Barack Obama wins re-election on Tuesday, he will have succeeded by winning the majority of votes cast…
November 5, 2012

Jay-Z: 'I got 99 problems but Mitt ain't one'

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jay-Z has a fix for his lyrics that meets parental guidance requirements — and President Barack…
November 5, 2012

Gallup: Majority of Americans expect Obama to win re-election

theGRIO REPORT - According to interviews conducted by Gallup's polling site, no matter how people plan on voting, Americans still…
November 5, 2012

Obama toilet paper found in South Florida fire station

theGRIO REPORT - City officials are investigating after anti-Obama paraphernalia was found at a South Florida fire station last week...
November 5, 2012

Black church leaders urge congregations to vote

theGRIO REPORT - With just one day to go before the presidential election, on Sunday African-American church leaders fired up…
November 5, 2012

Romney, Florida GOP gov hold rally in town Trayvon Martin was killed

theGRIO REPORT - Republican governor Rick Scott made time to campaign alongside GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Sanford, Fla.,…
November 5, 2012

Record Latino vote for Obama expected, could tip 4 swing states, says latest poll

NBC LATINO - A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll, the last one of 11 weeks of tracking Latino voters, finds…
November 5, 2012

Chris Rock to white voters: Back Obama because he's one of you

theGRIO REPORT - In an uproarious appearance on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', comedian Chris Rock makes a special overture to…
November 5, 2012

'Mad as hell' video urges people to vote

VIDEO - With all the talk of an 'enthusiasm gap' between supporters of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and…
November 5, 2012

Virginia candidate George Allen once backed racially-insensitive state song

theGRIO REPORT - Virginia Republican George Allen's last Senatorial campaign was largely undone over his use of a racially tinged…
November 5, 2012

Obama favored in his ancestral Kenyan village

KOGELO, Kenya (AP) - Here in President Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo tossed some shells,…