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2012 Presidential Election

See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.

Electoral College · 1789–2024County popular vote · 2000–2024County atlas · available

Election rules

Modern Electoral College

Electoral result

332 EV · Barack Obama

Map dated

2012-11-06

Electoral College result

How the states voted

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Election-date state boundaries colored by exact stored electoral recipients. Split allocations use multiple colors.

This 2012 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 2012 polling or call timing.

Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronology

Reference poll-close stream

Electoral Token Board

Token width reflects stored electoral votes

  1. GA
  2. VA
  3. IN
  4. SC
  5. KY
  6. VT
  7. OH
  8. NC
  9. WV
  10. FL
  11. IL
  12. PA
  13. NJ
  14. MA
  15. TN
  16. MD
  17. MO
  18. AL
  19. CT
  20. OK
  21. KS
  22. MS
  23. ME
  24. NH
  25. RI
  26. DC
  27. DE
  28. AR
  29. TX
  30. NY
  31. MI
  32. AZ
  33. MN
  34. WI
  35. CO
  36. LA
  37. NE
  38. NM
  39. SD
  40. WY
  41. IA
  42. NV
  43. UT
  44. MT
  45. CA
  46. WA
  47. OR
  48. ID
  49. ND
  50. HI
  51. AK

County results · 2000–2024

See how counties voted

Open a separate county view to compare margins, vote totals, and changes from earlier elections. The larger county dataset loads only when you choose it.

1789—2024

Sixty elections, one continuous record

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  1. 1789First election
  2. 1792Founding Rules
  3. 1796Founding Rules
  4. 1800Founding Rules
  5. 1804Separate offices
  6. 1808Electoral record
  7. 1812Electoral record
  8. 1816Electoral record
  9. 1820Electoral record
  10. 1824Electoral record
  11. 1828Electoral record
  12. 1832Electoral record
  13. 1836Electoral record
  14. 1840Electoral record
  15. 1844Electoral record
  16. 1848Electoral record
  17. 1852Electoral record
  18. 1856Electoral record
  19. 1860Electoral record
  20. 1864Electoral record
  21. 1868Electoral record
  22. 1872Electoral record
  23. 1876Electoral record
  24. 1880Electoral record
  25. 1884Electoral record
  26. 1888Electoral record
  27. 1892Electoral record
  28. 1896Electoral record
  29. 1900Electoral record
  30. 1904Electoral record
  31. 1908Electoral record
  32. 1912Electoral record
  33. 1916Electoral record
  34. 1920Electoral record
  35. 1924Electoral record
  36. 1928Electoral record
  37. 1932Electoral record
  38. 1936Electoral record
  39. 1940Electoral record
  40. 1944Electoral record
  41. 1948Electoral record
  42. 1952Electoral record
  43. 1956Electoral record
  44. 1960Electoral record
  45. 1964Electoral record
  46. 1968Electoral record
  47. 1972Electoral record
  48. 1976Electoral record
  49. 1980Electoral record
  50. 1984Electoral record
  51. 1988Electoral record
  52. 1992Electoral record
  53. 1996Electoral record
  54. 2000County detail begins
  55. 2004Electoral record
  56. 2008Electoral record
  57. 2012Electoral record
  58. 2016Electoral record
  59. 2020Electoral record
  60. 2024Latest stored cycle

Official result

Election summary

President
Barack Obama [D]
Main opponent
Mitt Romney [R]

State-by-state result

Electoral votes by state

A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.

StateCandidateElectoral votes
ALABAMA ALMitt Romney, of Massachusetts9
ALASKA AKMitt Romney, of Massachusetts3
ARIZONA AZMitt Romney, of Massachusetts11
ARKANSAS ARMitt Romney, of Massachusetts6
CALIFORNIA CABarack Obama, of Illinois55
COLORADO COBarack Obama, of Illinois9
CONNECTICUT CTBarack Obama, of Illinois7
DELAWARE DEBarack Obama, of Illinois3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DCBarack Obama, of Illinois3
FLORIDA FLBarack Obama, of Illinois29
GEORGIA GAMitt Romney, of Massachusetts16
HAWAII HIBarack Obama, of Illinois4
IDAHO IDMitt Romney, of Massachusetts4
ILLINOIS ILBarack Obama, of Illinois20
INDIANA INMitt Romney, of Massachusetts11
IOWA IABarack Obama, of Illinois6
KANSAS KSMitt Romney, of Massachusetts6
KENTUCKY KYMitt Romney, of Massachusetts8
LOUISIANA LAMitt Romney, of Massachusetts8
MAINE MEBarack Obama, of Illinois4
MARYLAND MDBarack Obama, of Illinois10
MASSACHUSETTS MABarack Obama, of Illinois11
MICHIGAN MIBarack Obama, of Illinois16
MINNESOTA MNBarack Obama, of Illinois10
MISSISSIPPI MSMitt Romney, of Massachusetts6
MISSOURI MOMitt Romney, of Massachusetts10
MONTANA MTMitt Romney, of Massachusetts3
NEBRASKA NEMitt Romney, of Massachusetts5
NEVADA NVBarack Obama, of Illinois6
NEW HAMPSHIRE NHBarack Obama, of Illinois4
NEW JERSEY NJBarack Obama, of Illinois14
NEW MEXICO NMBarack Obama, of Illinois5
NEW YORK NYBarack Obama, of Illinois29
NORTH CAROLINA NCMitt Romney, of Massachusetts15
NORTH DAKOTA NDMitt Romney, of Massachusetts3
OHIO OHBarack Obama, of Illinois18
OKLAHOMA OKMitt Romney, of Massachusetts7
OREGON ORBarack Obama, of Illinois7
PENNSYLVANIA PABarack Obama, of Illinois20
RHODE ISLAND RIBarack Obama, of Illinois4
SOUTH CAROLINA SCMitt Romney, of Massachusetts9
SOUTH DAKOTA SDMitt Romney, of Massachusetts3
TENNESSEE TNMitt Romney, of Massachusetts11
TEXAS TXMitt Romney, of Massachusetts38
UTAH UTMitt Romney, of Massachusetts6
VERMONT VTBarack Obama, of Illinois3
VIRGINIA VABarack Obama, of Illinois13
WASHINGTON WABarack Obama, of Illinois12
WEST VIRGINIA WVMitt Romney, of Massachusetts5
WISCONSIN WIBarack Obama, of Illinois10
WYOMING WYMitt Romney, of Massachusetts3

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Candidate identities
Barack Obama
Observed: Barack Obama, of Illinois
Mitt Romney
Observed: Mitt Romney, of Massachusetts
Geometry build
Version
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Reference date
2012-11-06
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Coverage and interpretation notes

  • Historical geometry is independently versioned

    The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.

  • County Shift Lab is available

    MEDSL county popular-vote facts are available in a separate truth-preserving layer. Only approved election-vintage geometry is mapped; special units and pending boundaries remain explicit.

Traceable facts

Sources and provenance

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