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

GA county-layer aggregate visible through 2024.

State context · GA

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. 2000R +12.0 pp2,596,804 votes
  2. 2004R +16.7 pp3,298,790 votes
  3. 2008R +5.3 pp3,925,278 votes
  4. 2012R +7.9 pp3,900,050 votes
  5. 2016R +5.3 pp4,114,711 votes
  6. 2020D +0.3 pp4,998,482 votes
  7. 2024R +2.2 pp5,250,047 votes

County results table · 159 rows

D +30.1 pp397,413R shift 5.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +12.7 pp310,116R shift 3.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +57.4 pp306,265R shift 1.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +9.4 pp296,728D shift 1.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +12.1 pp108,628R shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +58.8 pp98,220R shift 7.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +70.4 pp96,067D shift 3.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +3.3 pp91,378D shift 4.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +63.8 pp81,731R shift 5.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +34.1 pp79,020D shift 2.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +21.5 pp70,603D shift 1.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +20.2 pp64,718D shift 2.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +57.0 pp61,364R shift 5.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +43.5 pp58,923R shift 0.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +31.7 pp58,568R shift 0.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +20.8 pp58,056R shift 0.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +44.2 pp57,399R shift 5.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +44.7 pp55,555R shift 3.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +4.0 pp55,267D shift 2.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +2.0 pp43,234D shift 0.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +38.1 pp41,549R shift 4.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +29.6 pp40,368R shift 2.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +9.9 pp39,137R shift 0.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +16.7 pp38,085D shift 7.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +39.3 pp37,919D shift 4.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +56.2 pp37,612R shift 3.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +52.4 pp35,802R shift 6.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +27.2 pp33,133R shift 3.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +40.4 pp32,829R shift 3.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +45.6 pp26,876R shift 5.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +18.0 pp25,986D shift 1.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +51.3 pp25,199R shift 6.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +20.2 pp25,088R shift 1.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +19.3 pp24,085D shift 0.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +63.7 pp23,704R shift 7.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +53.8 pp23,678R shift 3.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +51.0 pp21,896R shift 3.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +51.8 pp20,816R shift 0.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +22.8 pp19,604R shift 1.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +18.6 pp18,953R shift 2.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +28.0 pp17,983R shift 4.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +49.5 pp17,817R shift 6.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +58.6 pp16,897R shift 7.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +5.6 pp16,238D shift 0.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +30.5 pp16,170D shift 2.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +46.0 pp15,488R shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +68.2 pp14,641R shift 7.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +29.3 pp14,454D shift 0.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +32.7 pp13,927D shift 0.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +52.7 pp13,628R shift 0.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +46.1 pp13,608R shift 4.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +44.1 pp13,453R shift 1.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +39.9 pp13,328R shift 2.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +68.5 pp12,680R shift 9.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +37.7 pp12,277R shift 5.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +28.9 pp12,105R shift 2.9 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +34.1 pp11,939D shift 0.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +8.5 pp11,831D shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +7.5 pp11,516D shift 0.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +29.2 pp11,263R shift 0.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +53.7 pp11,217R shift 7.7 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +54.4 pp11,104R shift 7.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +60.8 pp11,079R shift 8.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +64.0 pp11,018R shift 11.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +61.6 pp10,905R shift 9.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +67.6 pp10,488R shift 8.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +11.8 pp10,485D shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +65.0 pp10,376R shift 6.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +48.9 pp10,269R shift 3.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +75.4 pp10,244R shift 8.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +59.0 pp10,017R shift 9.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +11.4 pp9,779D shift 2.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +15.0 pp9,592No changeMargin availableTotal available
R +38.9 pp9,511R shift 6.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +54.4 pp9,498R shift 6.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +26.8 pp9,396R shift 2.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +36.0 pp9,381R shift 4.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +40.8 pp9,344R shift 2.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +5.7 pp9,264R shift 0.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +36.0 pp9,222R shift 4.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +38.4 pp9,027R shift 6.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +7.8 pp8,808D shift 3.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +40.5 pp8,419R shift 1.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +22.6 pp8,323R shift 7.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +0.9 pp8,275D shift 3.2 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +20.9 pp8,143R shift 2.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +66.2 pp8,109R shift 5.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +27.1 pp8,083R shift 2.1 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +41.9 pp7,822R shift 5.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +60.6 pp7,762R shift 8.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +36.2 pp7,733D shift 0.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +30.6 pp7,592R shift 2.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +57.4 pp7,463R shift 10.8 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +13.8 pp7,396D shift 4.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
D +17.4 pp7,298D shift 2.3 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +49.7 pp7,086R shift 3.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +66.9 pp6,846R shift 4.0 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +6.2 pp6,742D shift 7.4 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +42.5 pp6,667R shift 0.5 ppMargin availableTotal available
R +8.7 pp6,341R shift 2.6 ppMargin availableTotal available
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Additional results that do not match a county shape

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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