Electoral Odyssey / Interactive election atlas

2012 Presidential Election

See how counties voted in 2012, where the most votes were cast, and which places changed most from earlier elections.

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

County results

How counties shaped the 2012 election

See which counties moved toward Democrats or Republicans compared with the selected earlier election.

Results shown
3,158
Comparable over time
3,113
Not mapped
45

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The map uses verified 2024 county shapes. Results that do not match a county shape remain available in the table below.

Democratic shift Republican shiftDarker color = bigger change Not available

County map not available for 2012

A verified county map is not available for this election, so the results are shown as a ranked list instead.

  1. BOONE, WVR shift 43.4 pp
  2. KNOTT, KYR shift 40.8 pp
  3. MCDOWELL, WVR shift 39.2 pp
  4. PIKE, KYR shift 37.3 pp
  5. WEBSTER, WVR shift 34.4 pp
  6. FLOYD, KYR shift 33.4 pp
  7. MAGOFFIN, KYR shift 33.3 pp
  8. NICHOLAS, WVR shift 32.9 pp
  9. GALLATIN, ILR shift 31.8 pp
  10. MINGO, WVR shift 31.4 pp
  11. WYOMING, WVR shift 31.3 pp
  12. CARBON, UTR shift 30.0 pp
  13. LOGAN, WVR shift 29.6 pp
  14. BUCHANAN, VAR shift 29.5 pp
  15. UNION, KYR shift 28.8 pp
  16. WHITE, ILR shift 27.6 pp
  17. SHERIDAN, MTR shift 27.2 pp
  18. PERRY, KYR shift 26.9 pp
  19. BREATHITT, KYR shift 26.4 pp
  20. DICKENSON, VAR shift 26.0 pp
  21. LETCHER, KYR shift 25.7 pp
  22. MORGAN, KYR shift 25.5 pp
  23. LAWRENCE, ILR shift 25.4 pp
  24. WOLFE, KYR shift 25.4 pp

How state margins changed · 2000–2024

See how each state's margin changed over seven elections.

These lines add up the county results for each state. Official statewide results can differ slightly when votes are reported outside county geography.

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State margin trails are built from the county reporting layer for presidential elections from 2000 through the selected year.D +65R +65

FL county-layer aggregate visible through 2024.

State context · FL

How the state voted across seven elections

These margins add up the county results. The official statewide result can differ slightly when votes are reported outside county geography.

  1. 2000Even5,960,660 votes
  2. 2004R +5.0 pp7,609,810 votes
  3. 2008D +2.8 pp8,391,639 votes
  4. 2012D +0.9 pp8,474,179 votes
  5. 2016R +1.2 pp9,420,039 votes
  6. 2020R +3.4 pp11,067,456 votes
  7. 2024R +13.2 pp10,893,752 votes

County results table · 67 rows

D +23.8 pp878,314D shift 7.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +35.1 pp756,422D shift 0.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +17.1 pp600,721R shift 5.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +6.8 pp542,102R shift 0.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +18.4 pp466,359R shift 0.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +5.7 pp457,702R shift 2.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +3.6 pp411,848R shift 1.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +12.9 pp285,559R shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +16.6 pp266,166R shift 6.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +6.9 pp248,683R shift 0.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +1.2 pp234,536R shift 6.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +6.7 pp213,573R shift 3.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +6.5 pp208,620R shift 3.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +7.5 pp207,480R shift 7.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +16.4 pp161,385R shift 4.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +12.6 pp153,491R shift 5.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +17.3 pp150,811R shift 3.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +30.2 pp149,112R shift 7.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +20.8 pp148,502R shift 1.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +23.9 pp148,353R shift 0.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +7.9 pp123,027R shift 4.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +17.6 pp120,418R shift 4.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +38.1 pp114,795R shift 6.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +24.7 pp108,698D shift 4.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +46.2 pp96,589R shift 3.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +49.9 pp94,798R shift 4.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +14.4 pp84,682R shift 7.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +8.6 pp83,667R shift 5.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +44.1 pp79,861R shift 3.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +23.1 pp78,873R shift 9.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +53.2 pp76,846R shift 4.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +22.2 pp73,935R shift 5.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +22.5 pp71,464R shift 7.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +35.1 pp60,479R shift 7.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +7.5 pp50,595R shift 9.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +23.2 pp42,444R shift 5.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +49.0 pp40,528R shift 4.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +0.4 pp39,057R shift 4.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +24.7 pp31,324R shift 5.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +52.6 pp28,494R shift 6.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +37.1 pp27,163R shift 2.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +40.8 pp22,499D shift 1.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +29.3 pp20,941R shift 1.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +32.7 pp18,399R shift 5.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +45.5 pp17,629R shift 1.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +28.4 pp14,660R shift 3.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +20.3 pp12,324R shift 0.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +42.4 pp11,635R shift 1.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +59.0 pp11,368R shift 1.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +48.1 pp10,999D shift 0.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +6.0 pp10,185D shift 1.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +14.5 pp9,865R shift 2.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +38.7 pp9,120D shift 0.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +3.4 pp8,715R shift 0.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +69.1 pp8,274R shift 3.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +51.7 pp7,909R shift 3.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +1.8 pp7,808R shift 1.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +31.2 pp7,226R shift 1.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +42.5 pp7,108R shift 2.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +47.5 pp6,941R shift 1.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +44.8 pp6,152R shift 3.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +31.9 pp5,474R shift 3.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +17.0 pp5,407R shift 2.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +49.7 pp5,393D shift 0.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +18.8 pp3,989D shift 1.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +59.0 pp3,399D shift 2.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +41.9 pp3,284D shift 2.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
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How totals are counted

We use a reported total when one is available. When it is not, we add the reported voting methods together. Ballot-accounting rows are not counted as candidate votes, and unpublished values stay unavailable.

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