Across America

Updated: 2012-11-09 13:40

(China Daily)

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Supporters of Barack Obama celebrate at NBC's Democracy Plaza in front of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Tuesday night after the president won a second term. The plaza, sponsorship by Microsoft Corp's Windows 8, served as a backdrop for NBC's 2012 election coverage. Obama wins Photo by Wang bowen / for China Daily

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Election night electricity

Young supporters take pictures in front of a cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama in Times Square as a salute to the his re-election Tuesday night. New York Yu Wei / China Daily

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Election watchers

Foreign journalists observe voting at a polling place in Virginia, a critical swing state, on Election Day. Their tour was organized by the US State Department's Foreign Press Center. Fairfax, Virginia Sun Chenbei / China Daily

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Asian-american balloting

Above and below: Voters exercise their civic right at a polling place in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Election Day. Virginia was a battleground for President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney. (Obama won the state en route to his re-election.) Asian-Americans make up 7 percent of the state's population. Fairfax, Virginia Sun Chenbei / China Daily

 

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Voting in Chinatown

People cast votes at a polling station inside Confucius Plaza in Manhattan's Chinatown. The neighborhood is one of the oldest ethnic Chinese communities in the United States. New York Wang bowen / for China Daily

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Role Model

Xiaohui He, former president of the Coordination Council of Chinese-American Associations in the greater Washington area and an activist who has helped mobilize Chinese-Americans to vote, gets help from a poll volunteer while casting her vote in Maryland. Gaithersburg, Maryland Cai Chunying / China Daily

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