The most important number for President Barack Obama on Election Day was 270, the number of electoral votes needed to clinch his re-election. But for the rest of us, the culmination of the marathon 2012 presidential race provided a host of other fascinating figures.
From the numbers of women elected to the U.S. Senate to the stack of Donald Trump's disgruntled tweets after the race was called for Obama, here is a numerical guide to Election Day 2012:
303 – The number of electoral votes Obama was projected to have won as of Wednesday morning, with Florida still too close to call, according to NBC News. He needed 270 to win reelection.
206 – The number of electoral votes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was projected to have secured, as per NBC News.
2,625,875 – The number of votes separating Obama and Romney in the popular vote count with 97 percent of results in, according to NBC News.
118 million – The number of Americans who voted in the presidential election, with 97 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press. The number is sure to rise.
131 million – The number of people who cast ballots for president back in 2008, according to the AP.
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71 – The percentage of Latinos who voted for Obama in this election, NBC News reported. Latinos represented 10 percent of the electorate.
27 – The percent of the Latino vote that Romney received, the lowest for any Republican in a generation, according to Slate.
89 – The percentage of all votes Romney won that came from whites, compared to 56 percent for Obama.
327,452 –- The peak number of tweets per minute after networks called the election for Obama at 11:19 p.m. ET. Twitter said the moment was its most-tweeted moment of Election 2012 by far.
396,372 – The number of new Facebook "likes" Obama received on Election Day.
20 — The number of women who will occupy the U.S. Senate come January, which will be a record high, NBC News reported.
53 —The number of U.S. Senate seats NBC News projected Democrats held. Another seat was held by Democratic-caucusing Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and a seat in Maine was won by Independent Angus King, who Democrats were confident would vote with them although he refused to say with whom he would caucus.
12:50 – The time early Wednesday morning that Romney called Obama to congratulate him on his victory, according to the Boston Globe.
43 – The number of applause interruptions during Obama's victory speech, according to a transcript of the president's speech.
1,118 – The number of words in Romney's prepared victory speech, according to the AP.
455,000 (and counting) – The number of people who retweeted President Obama’s "four more years" message with a photo showing him hugging his wife, according to Twitter.
9 – The number of tweets sent by Donald Trump after Obama was declared winner -- that Trump didn't delete later -- starting with "Well, back to the drawing board!" and concluding with "House of Representatives shouldn’t give anything to Obama unless he terminates Obamacare." Trump deleted other tweets alleging Obama lost the popular vote and calling for "revolution," Mashable reported.
4 in 10 – The ratio of voters who said in exit polls they thought the economy is getting better, according to the AP.
10 – The number of defeated Democratic House incumbents, according to Politico.
12 – The number of defeated Republican House incumbents, per Politico.
2 – The number of states (Maine and Maryland) that approved gay marriage by popular vote, bringing the total number of states where same-sex marriage is legal to eight.
0 – The number of states where voters had previously voted in favor of allowing gay marriage.
1 – The number of members of Congress with backgrounds as reindeer ranchers and Santa Claus impersonators, according to the Detroit Free Press.
7.9 – The U.S. unemployment rate on Election Day, according to the Bureau of Labor Standards.
973,759 – The number of Hurricane Sandy victims still without power on Election Day, according to the Department of Energy.
15 – An estimate of the percentage decline in New York voter turnout compared from 2008 levels, according to the AP.
32 million – The number of early and mail-in ballots cast in 34 states and the District of Columbia before Election Day, according to the AP.
$3.46 – The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline on Election Day, according to the AP.
Alexandra Ward and Sam Schulz also contributed to this report.
