Four years ago President Barack Obama won Wisconsin by the largest margin of any presidential candidate in 40 years (Johnson received 62% of the voter in 1964), winning 60 of the state's 72 counties, and defeating US Sen. John McCain by over 400,000 votes and garnering 14% more of the vote. 

At around 8:30 pm tonight, FOX News and NBC projected that President Obama would win Wisconsin.  And at 10:45 with 63% of Wisconsin precincts reporting, President Obama has a 5% lead in WI, 52% to 47% over Governor Mitt Romney.

Nationally, with Florida, Virginia, Nevada and Alaska still not called yet, President Obama is projected to receive at least 284 electoral votes, more than the 270 necessary to win the presidency, to Governor Romney's 203. 

Exit polling released tonight, provided the following insight into Wisconsin voters:

Gender:

• Male -51% Romney
• Female- 57% Obama

Race:

• White - 51% Romney
• Black- 94% Obama
• Hispanic - 67% Obama

Age:

• 18-29: 60% Obama
• 30-44: 51% Obama
• 45-64: 51% Obama
• 65+: 52% Romney

Ideology:

• Liberal: 90% Obama
• Moderate: 61% Obama
• Conservative: 85% Romney 

Do you think the nation's economy is Excellent/Good or Not so good/poor?

• Excellent/Good: Obama 93%
• Not so good/Poor: Romney 65% 

Link to exit poll results

Publicly released polls capture the exact results of the race, again

Below for comparison are the last Pollster & Real Clear Politics estimates for comparison to the final results.