By: Maggie Haberman - Politico
November 6, 2012

Election Day is finally here.

And even though neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has been declared a winner yet, there are some things that will still hold true no matter which candidate wins the White House tonight — or in the wee hours of the morning.

Here are POLITICO’s nine takeaways from the 2012 campaign:

1. Luck matters — a lot

2. Super PACs — it’s complicated

3. There were two different but parallel campaigns

4. There is no longer just one Election Day

5. Bill Clinton. Forever.

6. About all that fact-checking…

7. Ads don’t matter, unless they’re good

8. Both parties have soul-searching to do

9. Neither party has a deep female bench

How have these changes affected our voting process, and how much impact will they have on 2016?

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