The Empire State becomes a virtual board for the results of the US elections.

El Empire State Building, one of the symbols of New York City, has been progressively illuminated by the results of the US presidential elections: throughout the scrutiny of the elections, Its upper floors changed color - blue (democrats) and red (republicans)- to show the winner of each state in the race for the White House.

The historic Empire State building in New York has been illuminated blue to mark Barack Obama's victory., reelected as president of the United States, by obtaining more than 270 electors, in a close dispute with his Republican contender, Mitt Romney. The particular lighting was carried out thanks to the agreement reached by the CNN TV network with the most emblematic of the city's skyscrapers. “big apple”, to use the antenna as a gigantic virtual board on which to indicate, state by state, the victories of Obama or Romney.

As CNN projected the winner in each state, Gotham lighthouse, located at the top of the Empire State Building, was showing the results of the 270 electoral votes with a kind of vertical thermometer of LED lights. The blue bar represented President Barack Obama and the red bar represented his opponent Mitt Romney..

At the end of the night, when Obama's victory became official, the tower lit up completely blue. This is the first time the Empire State reflects the results of the presidential race.