2012 election margin

In the United States presidential election of 2012, Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney by 126 electoral college votes. Obama won the popular vote 62,085,892 (50.6%) to Romney's total of 58,777,012 (47.9%)

The election wasn't nail biting close but it was closer than some pundits and talking heads would have people believe. If Romney had won 63 more electoral votes, he would have become president. He could have done so by winning six more States. Look at the States with the smallest victory margins. A shift of half that amount, plus one, in each State would have resulted in a Romney victory. A shift of 235,178 (0.19%) votes would have given Romney a squeaker victory, yielding a Romney 284 Obama 254 victory. A shift of 452,287 (0.37%) votes would have given Romney 316 Obama 222.