US Presidential election 2012

Barack Obama should have been the star of his victory address today, but a mystery "Hair flag lady" standing behind the US President stole the limelight.

The Republican campaign hoped that women throughout America would follow the lead of that trio, but Obama was able to preserve his coalition of female voters en route to winning a second term on Tuesday.

Her victory in Wisconsin is another blow to Republicans, who needed to make a net gain of four seats to take a majority in the US Senate.

Mitt Romney showed amazing grace and complimented his adversary for the magnificent victory and also pledged his and his team’s full support for Obama for the sake of their country. Pankaj Vohra writes. Hutong Cat | Dabs & Jabs

The US state of Oklahoma executed a convicted murderer who made a reference to the "very close race" for the White House won by President Barack Obama in his final words, officials said.

Election day in the United States became the most tweeted about event in US political history on Tuesday with enthusiastic netizens firing off 20 million poll-related tweets, the social network said.

Americans added a quirky step to their voting routine Tuesday by taking to Twitter and other social media with proof they cast their ballot, amid a drive to boost turnout in the presidential poll.

With the US presidential election tipped to be the closest in years, both President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are pulling out the big guns with celebrity endorsements.

Nani Teruya does not vote because she believes the United States is illegally occupying her home state of Hawaii, but people are trying to convince her to go to the polls next week via Google+ and Twitter.

One million ads. More than $1 billion. Ten battleground states. Those eye-popping figures tell the story of the 2012 presidential campaign TV ad blitz — never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at so few voters.

Twitter has launched an interactive map of the United States that charts where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's campaign tweets have had the most impact, and where they have fallen flat.

Timing is everything in show business, but the director of the first movie about the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden doubts its television premiere Sunday will swing the US election.