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Main article: 2012 United States presidential election

2012 United States presidential election

November 6, 2012
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 332 206 States carried 26 + DC 24 Popular vote 65,915,795 60,933,504 Percentage 51.1% 47.2%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

This workpage details the results of the 2012 United States presidential election, which was the 57th quadrennial presidential election held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama won re-election to a second term against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.

Obama won a majority of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Obama was the first incumbent since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win reelection with fewer electoral votes and a smaller popular vote margin than had been won in the previous election, and was also the first two-term president since Ronald Reagan to win both his presidential bids with a majority of the nationwide popular vote, and the first Democrat to do so since Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was also the first presidential election since 1944 in which neither the Republican nor the Democratic nominee had military experience.

Obama did not hold onto Indiana, North Carolina, or Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, but crucially won the "blue wall" states and defeated Romney in other swing states the Republicans had won in 2000 and 2004, most notably Colorado, Florida, Ohio, and Virginia. Ultimately, of the nine swing states identified by The Washington Post in the 2012 election, Obama won eight, losing only North Carolina. This is the most recent presidential election when the Democratic candidate won the states of Iowa, Ohio, and Florida, along with Maine's 2nd congressional district.

This was the first election in which a major party nominee lost his home state since Al Gore lost Tennessee in 2000, as Mitt Romney lost his home state of Massachusetts.

Overview

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  Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Obama/Biden and red denotes states won by Romney/Paul. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
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  Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.
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  Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.
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  Change in popular vote margins at the county level from the 2008 election to the 2012 election. Blue denotes counties that voted more Democratic. Red denotes counties that voted more Republican. Romney's strongest improvements over McCain were in Utah and Appalachia, while Obama's strongest gains were in Alaska, the New York area, and the Gulf states.

Results

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332	206
Barack Obama	Mitt Romney

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Barack Obama	Democratic	Illinois	65,915,795	51.06%	332	Joe Biden	Delaware	332
Mitt Romney	Republican	Massachusetts	60,933,504	47.20%	206	Paul Ryan	Wisconsin	206
Gary Johnson	Libertarian	New Mexico	1,275,971	0.99%	0	Jim Gray	California	0
Jill Stein	Green	Massachusetts	469,627	0.36%	0	Cheri Honkala	Minnesota	0
Virgil Goode	Constitution	Virginia	122,389	0.09%	0	Jim Clymer	Pennsylvania	0
Roseanne Barr	Peace and Freedom	Utah	67,326	0.05%	0	Cindy Sheehan	California	0
Rocky Anderson	Justice	Utah	43,018	0.03%	0	Luis J. Rodriguez	California	0
Tom Hoefling	American Independent	Iowa	40,628	0.03%	0	Jonathan D. Ellis	Tennessee	0
Randall Terry	Independent	West Virginia	13,107	0.01%	0	Marjorie Smith	–	0
Richard Duncan	Independent	Ohio	12,557	0.01%	0	Ricky Johnson	Pennsylvania	0
Peta Lindsay	Socialism and Liberation	Pennsylvania	7,791	0.01%	0	Yari Osorio	–	0
Other			183,697	0.14%	—	Other		—
Total			129,085,410	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

Popular vote Obama   51.01% McCain   47.15% Johnson   0.99% Others   0.85%

Electoral vote Obama   61.71% McCain   38.29%

Summary table

State or district	Barack Obama Democratic			Mitt Romney Republican			Gary Johnson Libertarian			Jill Stein Green			Others			Margin		Margin swing	Total votes
	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	%
Alabama	795,696	38.36%	–	1,255,925	60.55%	9	12,328	0.59%	–	3,397	0.16%	–	6,992	0.34%	–	-460,229	-22.19%	-0.61%	2,074,338
Alaska	122,640	40.81%	–	164,676	54.80%	3	7,392	2.46%	–	2,917	0.97%	–	2,870	0.96%	–	-42,036	-13.99%	7.54%	300,495
Arizona	1,025,232	44.59%	–	1,233,654	53.65%	11	32,100	1.40%	–	7,816	0.34%	–	452	0.02%	–	-208,422	-9.06%	-0.54%	2,299,254
Arkansas	394,409	36.88%	–	647,744	60.57%	6	16,276	1.52%	–	9,305	0.87%	–	1,734	0.16%	–	-253,335	-23.69%	-3.84%	1,069,468
California	7,854,285	60.24%	55	4,839,958	37.12%	–	143,221	1.10%	–	85,638	0.66%	–	115,445	0.88%	–	3,014,327	23.12%	-0.94%	13,038,547
Colorado	1,323,102	51.49%	9	1,185,243	46.13%	–	35,545	1.38%	–	7,508	0.29%	–	18,124	0.70%	–	137,859	5.36%	-3.59%	2,569,522
Connecticut	905,083	58.06%	7	634,892	40.73%	–	12,580	0.81%	–	863	0.06%	–	5,542	0.35%	–	270,191	17.33%	-5.04%	1,558,960
Delaware	242,584	58.61%	3	165,484	39.98%	–	3,882	0.94%	–	1,940	0.47%	–	31	0.01%	–	77,100	18.63%	-6.37%	413,921
D.C.	267,070	90.91%	3	21,381	7.28%	–	2,083	0.71%	–	2,458	0.84%	–	772	0.26%	–	245,689	83.63%	-2.29%	293,764
Florida	4,237,756	50.01%	29	4,163,447	49.13%	–	44,726	0.53%	–	8,947	0.11%	–	19,303	0.23%	–	74,309	0.88%	-1.94%	8,474,179
Georgia	1,773,827	45.48%	–	2,078,688	53.30%	16	45,324	1.16%	–	1,516	0.04%	–	695	0.02%	–	-304,861	-7.82%	-2.61%	3,900,050
Hawaii	306,658	70.55%	4	121,015	27.84%	–	3,840	0.88%	–	3,184	0.73%	–	–	–	–	185,643	42.71%	-2.55%	434,697
Idaho	212,787	32.62%	–	420,911	64.53%	4	9,453	1.45%	–	4,402	0.67%	–	4,721	0.72%	–	-208,124	-31.91%	-6.48%	652,274
Illinois	3,019,512	57.60%	20	2,135,216	40.73%	–	56,229	1.07%	–	30,222	0.58%	–	835	0.02%	–	884,296	16.87%	-8.27%	5,242,014
Indiana	1,152,887	43.93%	–	1,420,543	54.13%	11	50,111	1.91%	–	625	0.02%	–	368	0.01%	–	-267,656	-10.20%	-11.23%	2,624,534
Iowa	822,544	51.99%	6	730,617	46.18%	–	12,926	0.82%	–	3,769	0.24%	–	12,324	0.78%	–	91,927	5.81%	-3.72%	1,582,180
Kansas	440,726	37.99%	–	692,634	59.71%	6	20,456	1.76%	–	714	0.06%	–	5,441	0.47%	–	-251,908	-21.72%	-6.76%	1,159,971
Kentucky	679,370	37.80%	–	1,087,190	60.49%	8	17,063	0.95%	–	6,337	0.35%	–	7,252	0.40%	–	-407,820	-22.69%	-6.56%	1,797,212
Louisiana	809,141	40.58%	–	1,152,262	57.78%	8	18,157	0.91%	–	6,978	0.35%	–	7,527	0.38%	–	-343,121	-17.21%	1.42%	1,994,065
Maine	401,306	56.27%	4	292,276	40.98%	–	9,352	1.31%	–	8,119	1.14%	–	2,127	0.30%	–	109,030	15.29%	-2.03%	713,180
Maryland	1,677,844	61.97%	10	971,869	35.90%	–	30,195	1.12%	–	17,110	0.63%	–	10,309	0.38%	–	705,975	26.08%	0.64%	2,707,327
Massachusetts	1,921,290	60.65%	11	1,188,314	37.51%	–	30,920	0.98%	–	20,691	0.65%	–	6,552	0.21%	–	732,976	23.14%	-2.67%	3,167,767
Michigan	2,564,569	54.21%	16	2,115,256	44.71%	–	7,774	0.16%	–	21,897	0.46%	–	21,465	0.45%	–	449,313	9.50%	-6.97%	4,730,961
Minnesota	1,546,167	52.65%	10	1,320,225	44.96%	–	35,098	1.20%	–	13,023	0.44%	–	22,048	0.75%	–	225,942	7.69%	-2.55%	2,936,561
Mississippi	562,949	43.79%	–	710,746	55.29%	6	6,676	0.52%	–	1,588	0.12%	–	3,625	0.28%	–	-147,797	-11.50%	1.67%	1,285,584
Missouri	1,223,796	44.38%	–	1,482,440	53.76%	10	43,151	1.56%	–	–	–	–	7,936	0.29%	–	-258,644	-9.38%	-9.25%	2,757,323
Montana	201,839	41.70%	–	267,928	55.35%	3	14,165	2.93%	–	–	–	–	116	0.02%	–	-66,089	-13.65%	-11.39%	484,048
Nebraska	302,081	38.03%	–	475,064	59.80%	5	11,109	1.40%	–	–	–	–	6,125	0.77%	–	-172,983	-21.78%	-6.85%	794,379
Nevada	531,373	52.36%	6	463,567	45.68%	–	10,968	1.08%	–	–	–	–	9,010	0.89%	–	67,806	6.68%	-5.81%	1,014,918
New Hampshire	369,561	51.98%	4	329,918	46.40%	–	8,212	1.16%	–	324	0.05%	–	2,957	0.42%	–	39,643	5.58%	-4.02%	710,972
New Jersey	2,125,101	58.38%	14	1,477,568	40.59%	–	21,045	0.58%	–	9,888	0.27%	–	6,690	0.18%	–	647,533	17.79%	2.22%	3,640,292
New Mexico	415,335	52.99%	5	335,788	42.84%	–	27,788	3.55%	–	2,691	0.34%	–	2,156	0.27%	–	79,547	10.15%	-4.98%	783,758
New York	4,485,741	63.35%	29	2,490,431	35.17%	–	47,256	0.67%	–	39,982	0.56%	–	17,749	0.25%	–	1,995,310	28.18%	1.32%	7,081,159
North Carolina	2,178,391	48.35%	–	2,270,395	50.39%	15	44,515	0.99%	–	–	–	–	12,071	0.27%	–	-92,004	-2.04%	-2.37%	4,505,372
North Dakota	124,827	38.69%	–	188,163	58.32%	3	5,231	1.62%	–	1,361	0.42%	–	3,045	0.94%	–	-63,336	-19.63%	-11.00%	322,627
Ohio	2,827,709	50.67%	18	2,661,437	47.69%	–	49,493	0.89%	–	18,573	0.33%	–	23,635	0.42%	–	166,272	2.98%	-1.61%	5,580,847
Oklahoma	443,547	33.23%	–	891,325	66.77%	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	-447,778	-33.54%	-2.25%	1,334,872
Oregon	970,488	54.24%	7	754,175	42.15%	–	24,089	1.35%	–	19,427	1.09%	–	21,091	1.18%	–	216,313	12.09%	-4.26%	1,789,270
Pennsylvania	2,990,274	51.97%	20	2,680,434	46.59%	–	49,991	0.87%	–	21,341	0.37%	–	11,630	0.20%	–	309,840	5.38%	-4.94%	5,753,670
Rhode Island	279,677	62.70%	4	157,204	35.24%	–	4,388	0.98%	–	2,421	0.54%	–	2,359	0.53%	–	122,473	27.46%	-0.35%	446,049
South Carolina	865,941	44.09%	–	1,071,645	54.56%	9	16,321	0.83%	–	5,446	0.28%	–	4,765	0.24%	–	-205,704	-10.47%	-1.49%	1,964,118
South Dakota	145,039	39.87%	–	210,610	57.89%	3	5,795	1.59%	–	–	–	–	2,371	0.65%	–	-65,571	-18.02%	-9.61%	363,815
Tennessee	960,709	39.08%	–	1,462,330	59.48%	11	18,623	0.76%	–	6,515	0.26%	–	10,400	0.42%	–	-501,621	-20.40%	-5.33%	2,458,577
Texas	3,308,124	41.38%	–	4,569,843	57.17%	38	88,580	1.11%	–	24,657	0.31%	–	2,647	0.03%	–	-1,261,719	-15.78%	-4.01%	7,993,851
Utah	251,813	24.75%	–	740,600	72.79%	6	12,572	1.24%	–	3,817	0.38%	–	8,638	0.85%	–	-488,787	-48.04%	-19.86%	1,017,440
Vermont	199,239	66.57%	3	92,698	30.97%	–	3,487	1.17%	–	594	0.20%	–	3,272	1.09%	–	106,541	35.60%	-1.41%	299,290
Virginia	1,971,820	51.16%	13	1,822,522	47.28%	–	31,216	0.81%	–	8,627	0.22%	–	20,304	0.53%	–	149,298	3.87%	-2.43%	3,854,489
Washington	1,755,396	56.16%	12	1,290,670	41.29%	–	42,202	1.35%	–	20,928	0.67%	–	16,320	0.52%	–	464,726	14.87%	-2.31%	3,125,516
West Virginia	238,269	35.54%	–	417,655	62.30%	5	6,302	0.94%	–	4,406	0.66%	–	3,806	0.57%	–	-179,386	-26.76%	-13.64%	670,438
Wisconsin	1,620,985	52.83%	10	1,407,966	45.89%	–	20,439	0.67%	–	7,665	0.25%	–	11,379	0.37%	–	213,019	6.94%	-6.96%	3,068,434
Wyoming	69,286	27.82%	–	170,962	68.64%	3	5,326	2.14%	–	–	–	–	3,487	1.40%	–	-101,676	-40.82%	-8.59%	249,061
Total	65,915,795	51.06%	332	60,933,504	47.20%	206	1,275,971	0.99%	–	469,627	0.36%	–	490,513	0.38%	–	4,982,291	3.86%	-3.41%	129,085,410
	Barack Obama Democratic			Mitt Romney Republican			Gary Johnson Libertarian			Jill Stein Green			Others			Margin		Margin swing	Total votes

Close states

States where the margin of victory was under 1% (29 electoral votes):

1. Florida, 0.88% (74,309 votes)

States where the margin of victory was under 5% (46 electoral votes):

1. North Carolina, 2.04% (92,004 votes)
2. Ohio, 2.98% (166,272 votes)
3. Virginia, 3.87% (149,298 votes)

States where the margin of victory was under 10% (117 electoral votes):

1. Colorado, 5.36% (137,859 votes)
2. Pennsylvania, 5.38% (309,840 votes)
3. New Hampshire, 5.58% (39,643 votes)
4. Iowa, 5.81% (91,927 votes)
5. Nevada, 6.68% (67,806 votes)
6. Wisconsin, 6.94% (213,019 votes)
7. Minnesota, 7.69% (225,942 votes)
8. Georgia, 7.82% (304,861 votes)
9. Arizona, 9.06% (208,422 votes)
10. Missouri, 9.38% (258,644 votes)
11. Michigan, 9.50% (449,313 votes)

Results by state

Alabama

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama

See also: 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary

Alabama results by county

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• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Flipped counties

• Democratic: Barbour, Conecuh

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
9 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,255,925	60.55%	0.23
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	795,696	38.36%	0.38
	Independent	Gary Johnson	12,328	0.59%	0.35
	Independent	Jill Stein	3,397	0.16%	N/A
	Independent	Virgil Goode	2,981	0.14%	0.07
	Write-in		4,011	0.19%
Margin of victory			460,229	22.19%	0.61
Turnout			2,074,338	69.66%	6.50
Registered electors			2,977,718
	Republican win

Arizona

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Arizona

Arizona results by county

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• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%
• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%

2012 United States presidential election in Arizona
11 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,233,654	53.48%	0.09
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	1,025,232	44.45%	0.46
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	32,100	1.39%	0.85
	Green	Jill Stein	7,816	0.34%	0.19
	Write-in		452	0.02%
Margin of victory			208,422	9.06%	0.58
Turnout			2,299,254	73.58%	3.54
Registered electors			3,124,712
	Republican win

Colorado

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Colorado

Colorado results by county

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• Obama:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Flipped counties

• Democratic: Chaffee

2012 United States presidential election in Colorado
9 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	1,323,102	51.45%	2.21
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,185,243	46.09%	1.38
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	35,545	1.38%	0.93
	Green	Jill Stein	7,508	0.29%	0.17
	American Constitution	Virgil Goode	6,234	0.24%	0.02
	Peace and Freedom	Roseanne Barr	5,059	0.20%	N/A
	Independent	Jill Ann Reed	2,589	0.10%	N/A
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	1,260	0.05%	N/A
	We the People	Sheila Tittle	792	0.03%	N/A
	America's	Tom Hoefling	679	0.03%	N/A
	Socialism and Liberation	Peta Lindsay	317	0.01%	0.00
	Socialist	Stewart Alexander	308	0.01%	0.00
	American Freedom	Merlin Miller	266	0.01%	N/A
	Objectivist	Tom Stevens	235	0.01%	0.00
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	192	0.01%	0.00
	Socialist Equality	Jerry White	189	0.01%	N/A
	Write-in		4	0.09%
Margin of victory			137,859	5.36%	3.59
Turnout			2,569,522	70.38%	4.43
Registered electors			3,651,137
	Democratic win

Delaware

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware

Delaware results by county

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• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%
• Romney:      50–60%

2012 United States presidential election in Delaware
3 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	242,584	58.61%	3.30
	Republican	Mitt Romney	165,484	39.98%	3.05
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	3,882	0.94%	0.67
	Green	Jill Stein	1,940	0.47%	0.38
	Write-in		31	0.01%
Margin of victory			77,100	18.63%	6.35
Turnout			413,921	65.47%	3.03
Registered electors			632,261
	Democratic win

Hawaii

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii

Hawaii results by county

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• Obama:      60–70%      70–80%

2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii
4 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	306,658	70.55%	1.30
	Republican	Mitt Romney	121,015	27.84%	1.26
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	3,840	0.88%	0.59
	Green	Jill Stein	3,184	0.73%	0.51
Margin of victory			185,643	42.71%	2.55
Turnout			434,697	61.60%	4.01
Registered electors			705,668
	Democratic win

Illinois

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Illinois

Illinois results by county

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• Obama:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
• Romney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Coles, Gallatin, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Montgomery, Pulaski, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stephenson, Vermilion

2012 United States presidential election in Illinois
20 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	3,019,512	57.60%	4.23
	Republican	Mitt Romney	2,135,216	40.73%	4.00
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	56,229	1.07%	0.71
	Green	Jill Stein	30,222	0.58%	0.37
	Write-in		835	0.02%
Margin of victory			884,296	16.87%	8.23
Turnout			5,242,014	N/A
Registered electors
	Democratic win

Kansas

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas

Kansas results by county

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• Romney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
• Obama:      60–70%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Crawford

2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
6 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	692,634	59.71%	3.10
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	440,726	37.99%	3.66
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	20,456	1.76%	1.22
	Reform	Chuck Baldwin	5,017	0.43%	0.09
	Write-in		1,138	0.10%
Margin of victory			249,901	21.54%	6.58
Turnout			1,159,971	65.49%	N/A
Registered electors			1,771,252
	Republican win

Louisiana

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana

Louisiana results by parish

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• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana
8 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,152,262	57.78%	0.78
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	809,141	40.58%	0.65
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	18,157	0.91%	N/A
	Green	Jill Stein	6,978	0.35%	0.12
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	2,508	0.13%	0.00
	We the People	Sheila Tittle	1,767	0.09%	N/A
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	1,368	0.07%	N/A
	Socialism and Liberation	Peta Lindsay	622	0.03%	0.01
	Prohibition	Jack Fellure	518	0.03%	0.02
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	389	0.02%	0.02
	Socialist Equality	Jerry White	355	0.02%	N/A
Margin of victory			343,121	17.21%	1.42
Turnout			1,994,065	67.30%	0.63
Registered electors			2,962,999
	Republican win

Massachusetts

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

Massachusetts results by county

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• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
11 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	1,921,290	60.65%	1.15
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,188,314	37.51%	1.54
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	30,920	0.98%	0.55
	Green-Rainbow	Jill Stein	20,691	0.65%	0.44
	Write-in		6,552	0.21%
Margin of victory			732,976	23.14%	2.67
Turnout			3,167,767	72.94%	0.06
Registered electors			4,342,841
	Democratic win

Montana

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Montana

Montana results by county

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• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
• Obama:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Cascade, Gallatin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Rosebud

2012 United States presidential election in Montana
3 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	267,928	55.35%	5.86
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	201,839	41.70%	5.41
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	14,165	2.93%	2.65
	Write-in		116	0.02%
Margin of victory			66,089	13.65%	11.27
Turnout			484,048	71.08%	2.68
Registered electors			681,608
	Republican win

Nevada

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada

Nevada results by county

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• Obama:
    50–60%
• Romney:
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Carson City

2012 United States presidential election in Nevada
6 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	531,373	52.36%	2.79
	Republican	Mitt Romney	463,567	45.68%	3.03
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	10,968	1.08%	0.64
		None of These Candidates	5,770	0.57%	0.08
	Independent American Party (Nevada)	Virgil Goode	3,240	0.32%	0.01
Margin of victory			67,806	6.68%	5.81
Turnout			1,014,918	67.62%	0.71
Registered electors			1,500,818
	Democratic win

New Mexico

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico

New Mexico results by county

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• Obama:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
• Romney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Luna

2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico
5 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	415,335	52.99%	3.92
	Republican	Mitt Romney	335,788	42.84%	1.06
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	27,788	3.55%	3.26
	Green	Jill Stein	2,691	0.34%	0.15
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	1,174	0.15%	N/A
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	982	0.13%	0.06
Margin of victory			79,547	10.15%	4.98
Turnout			783,758	62.44%	7.73
Registered electors			1,255,273
	Democratic win

Oklahoma

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

See also: 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary

Oklahoma results by county

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• Romney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
7 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	891,325	66.77%	1.12
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	443,547	33.23%	1.12
Margin of victory			447,778	33.54%	2.25
Turnout			1,334,872	63.12%	3.85
Registered electors			2,114,713
	Republican win

South Dakota

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota

South Dakota results by county

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• Romney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
• Obama:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      90–100%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Brookings, Brown, Lake, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody

2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota
3 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	210,610	57.89%	4.73
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	145,039	39.87%	4.88
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	5,795	1.59%	1.11
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	2,371	0.65%	0.15
Margin of victory			65,571	18.02%	9.61
Turnout			363,815	62.54%	3.82
Registered electors			581,753
	Republican win

Virginia

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Virginia

Virginia results by county and independent city

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• Obama:
    40–50%
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%
• Romney:
    40–50%
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%

Flipped counties

• Republican: King and Queen, Montgomery

2012 United States presidential election in Virginia
13 electoral votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	1,971,820	51.16%	1.47
	Republican	Mitt Romney	1,822,522	47.28%	0.95
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	31,216	0.81%	0.51
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	13,058	0.34%	0.14
	Green	Jill Stein	8,627	0.22%	0.16
	Write-in		7,246	0.19%
Margin of victory			149,298	3.87%	2.43
Turnout			3,854,489	71.00%	2.95
Registered electors			5,428,833
	Democratic win

See also

• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries