2012 Presidential Election
November 6, 2012 · The Polarized Era · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win
Obama became the first president since Reagan to win a majority twice, holding the Midwestern battlegrounds against Romney as the electorate's diversity outpaced Republican modelling.
Elected
Barack Obama
Democratic
Electoral vote
332 of 538
Popular vote
51.1%
65,915,795 votes
Turnout
58.6%
VEP 58.0% · VAP 54.9%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | Joe Biden | 332 | 65,915,795 | 51.10% | 29 | |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | Paul Ryan | 206 | 60,933,504 | 47.20% | 27 | |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | Jim Gray | — | 1,275,971 | 0.99% | — | |
| Jill Stein | Green | Cheri Honkala | — | 469,627 | 0.36% | — | |
| Virgil Goode | Constitution | James N. Clymer | — | 122,389 | 0.11% | — | |
| Roseanne Barr | Peace and Freedom | Cindy Sheehan | — | 67,326 | 0.05% | — |
128,784,612 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Mitt Romney | 60.5% | 9 | Barack Obama · 38.4% |
| Alaska | Mitt Romney | 54.8% | 3 | Barack Obama · 40.8% |
| Arizona | Mitt Romney | 53.6% | 11 | Barack Obama · 44.6% |
| Arkansas | Mitt Romney | 60.6% | 6 | Barack Obama · 36.9% |
| California | Barack Obama | 60.2% | 55 | Mitt Romney · 37.1% |
| Colorado | Barack Obama | 51.5% | 9 | Mitt Romney · 46.1% |
| Connecticut | Barack Obama | 58.1% | 7 | Mitt Romney · 40.7% |
| Delaware | Barack Obama | 58.6% | 3 | Mitt Romney · 40.0% |
| Washington, D.C. District of Columbia | Barack Obama | 90.9% | 3 | Mitt Romney · 7.3% |
| Florida | Barack Obama | 50.0% | 29 | Mitt Romney · 49.1% |
| Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Mitt Romney | 53.3% | 16 | Barack Obama · 45.5% |
| Hawaii | Barack Obama | 70.5% | 4 | Mitt Romney · 27.8% |
| Idaho | Mitt Romney | 64.1% | 4 | Barack Obama · 32.4% |
| Illinois | Barack Obama | 57.6% | 20 | Mitt Romney · 40.7% |
| Indiana | Mitt Romney | 54.1% | 11 | Barack Obama · 43.9% |
| Iowa | Barack Obama | 52.0% | 6 | Mitt Romney · 46.2% |
| Kansas | Mitt Romney | 59.7% | 6 | Barack Obama · 38.0% |
| Kentucky | Mitt Romney | 60.5% | 8 | Barack Obama · 37.8% |
| Louisiana | Mitt Romney | 57.8% | 8 | Barack Obama · 40.6% |
| Maine | Barack Obama | 56.3% | 2 | Mitt Romney · 41.0% |
| Maine ME-1Tooltip Maine's 1st congressional district | Barack Obama | 59.6% | 1 | Mitt Romney · 38.2% |
| Maine ME-2Tooltip Maine's 2nd congressional district | Barack Obama | 52.9% | 1 | Mitt Romney · 44.4% |
| Maryland | Barack Obama | 62.0% | 10 | Mitt Romney · 35.9% |
| Massachusetts | Barack Obama | 60.6% | 11 | Mitt Romney · 37.5% |
| Michigan | Barack Obama | 54.2% | 16 | Mitt Romney · 44.7% |
| Minnesota | Barack Obama | 52.6% | 10 | Mitt Romney · 45.0% |
| Mississippi | Mitt Romney | 55.3% | 6 | Barack Obama · 43.8% |
| Missouri | Mitt Romney | 53.8% | 10 | Barack Obama · 44.4% |
| Montana | Mitt Romney | 55.4% | 3 | Barack Obama · 41.7% |
| Nebraska | Mitt Romney | 59.8% | 2 | Barack Obama · 38.0% |
| Nebraska NE-1Tooltip Nebraska's 1st congressional district | Mitt Romney | 57.4% | 1 | Barack Obama · 40.8% |
| Nebraska NE-2Tooltip Nebraska's 2nd congressional district | Mitt Romney | 52.9% | 1 | Barack Obama · 45.7% |
| Nebraska NE-3Tooltip Nebraska's 3rd congressional district | Mitt Romney | 70.2% | 1 | Barack Obama · 27.8% |
| Nevada | Barack Obama | 52.4% | 6 | Mitt Romney · 45.7% |
| New Hampshire | Barack Obama | 52.0% | 4 | Mitt Romney · 46.4% |
| New Jersey | Barack Obama | 58.4% | 14 | Mitt Romney · 40.6% |
| New Mexico | Barack Obama | 53.0% | 5 | Mitt Romney · 42.8% |
| New York (state) New York | Barack Obama | 63.4% | 29 | Mitt Romney · 35.2% |
| North Carolina | Mitt Romney | 50.4% | 15 | Barack Obama · 48.4% |
| North Dakota | Mitt Romney | 58.3% | 3 | Barack Obama · 38.7% |
| Ohio | Barack Obama | 50.7% | 18 | Mitt Romney · 47.7% |
| Oklahoma | Mitt Romney | 66.8% | 7 | Barack Obama · 33.2% |
| Oregon | Barack Obama | 54.2% | 7 | Mitt Romney · 42.1% |
| Pennsylvania | Barack Obama | 52.0% | 20 | Mitt Romney · 46.6% |
| Rhode Island | Barack Obama | 62.7% | 4 | Mitt Romney · 35.2% |
| South Carolina | Mitt Romney | 54.6% | 9 | Barack Obama · 44.1% |
| South Dakota | Mitt Romney | 57.9% | 3 | Barack Obama · 39.9% |
| Tennessee | Mitt Romney | 59.5% | 11 | Barack Obama · 39.1% |
| Texas | Mitt Romney | 57.2% | 38 | Barack Obama · 41.4% |
| Utah | Mitt Romney | 72.8% | 6 | Barack Obama · 24.8% |
| Vermont | Barack Obama | 66.6% | 3 | Mitt Romney · 31.0% |
| Virginia | Barack Obama | 51.2% | 13 | Mitt Romney · 47.3% |
| Washington (state) Washington | Barack Obama | 56.2% | 12 | Mitt Romney · 41.3% |
| West Virginia | Mitt Romney | 62.3% | 5 | Barack Obama · 35.5% |
| Wisconsin | Barack Obama | 52.8% | 10 | Mitt Romney · 45.9% |
| Wyoming | Mitt Romney | 68.6% | 3 | Barack Obama · 27.8% |
The Congress it seated
113th Congress
2013–2015
Divided government
Senate
53–45
Democratic vs Republican · 2 others
House
201–234
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