LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — By now you’ve undoubtedly heard Barack Obama has defeated Mitt Romney to win a second term in office.

So too have Washington Redskins players who, like the rest of the country, have been closely following the election season.

As media outlets began projecting Obama the winner, many members of the team shared their feelings on Twitter while beginning their bye week exodus from Ashburn.

No surprise there.

Tuesday’s election was the most heavily tweeted political event in the six-year history of the social media giant.

Twitter says their service peaked at 327,452 tweets per minute as the election results began coming in.

In all, 31 million tweets were sent during election night.

Some players had fun with the election, some offered congratulations and some tweeted a more thoughtful message.

Robert Griffin III opted not to share his thoughts on the election itself, but did encourage people to go to the polls.

“Our Soldiers fight for us all around the world for days like today. Go out and exercise your right to vote,” he tweeted.

Here is a sampling of what other players posted:

Congrats to #obama for another 4yrs—
Leonard Hankerson (@HankTime85) November 07, 2012

I'm happy Obama won but we as Americans need to continue to hold him accountable #4MoreYears #ElectionDay2012—
Chris Chester (@chesterchris66) November 07, 2012

Sitting on the rental car bus with all these upset Mitt fans… 😳😳😳 lol—
Dezmon Briscoe (@DezBriscoe89) November 07, 2012

Congratulations to @BarrackObama on winning the Presidential election 2012. #ObamaBiden12—
Phillip Daniels (@PhillipDaniels) November 07, 2012

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