Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States in a close election that portends that current policies will be maintained.

This includes healthcare reform and implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial services reform law.

"This was a status quo election," says Eli Lehrer, president of the Washington-based R Street Institute.

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