<p>New Yorkers awoke to the re-election triumph of U.S. President<br /><br />Barack Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.</p><br /><p>Obama defeated Romney on Tuesday night (November 6) after a<br /><br />grueling presidential race.</p><br /><p>But in the cold light of the election's morning-after, it was clear that<br /><br />even though voters have given their stamp of approval for a second<br /><br />Obama term, he could have a hard time translating that into a<br /><br />mandate to push forward with his agenda.</p><br /><p>Opinions in New York were divided about the President’s re-election:</p><br /><p>"The most uninformed people - we're living in a Kim Kardashian<br /><br />society. He's not a true president. He's a media creation. At least<br /><br />Romney, you know at the best... You know Romney's very good. He<br /><br />actually did something in his life,"</p><br /><p>"I think that we're on the right track. So now it's just going to keep<br /><br />going. I do worry about Congress though," shared Harry Handler.</p><br /><p>"Once I saw President Obama won, was re-elected, I knew that he<br /><br />got those swing states. But I would be very curious. I would be a<br /><br />lot more curious and then I would see all the speculations made by<br /><br />news. Like, this is going to happen, projected next four years, so on<br /><br />and so forth, I would see what they would be saying,"</p><br /><p>The nationwide popular vote remained extremely close with Obama<br /><br />taking about 50 percent to 49 percent for Romney after a campaign<br /><br />in which the candidates and their party allies spent a combined $2<br /><br />billion (USD). But in the state-by-state system of electoral votes that<br /><br />decides the White House, Obama notched up a comfortable victory.</p>
