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.
- BOONE, WVR shift 43.4 pp
- KNOTT, KYR shift 40.8 pp
- MCDOWELL, WVR shift 39.2 pp
- PIKE, KYR shift 37.3 pp
- WEBSTER, WVR shift 34.4 pp
- FLOYD, KYR shift 33.4 pp
- MAGOFFIN, KYR shift 33.3 pp
- NICHOLAS, WVR shift 32.9 pp
- GALLATIN, ILR shift 31.8 pp
- MINGO, WVR shift 31.4 pp
- WYOMING, WVR shift 31.3 pp
- CARBON, UTR shift 30.0 pp
- LOGAN, WVR shift 29.6 pp
- BUCHANAN, VAR shift 29.5 pp
- UNION, KYR shift 28.8 pp
- WHITE, ILR shift 27.6 pp
- SHERIDAN, MTR shift 27.2 pp
- PERRY, KYR shift 26.9 pp
- BREATHITT, KYR shift 26.4 pp
- DICKENSON, VAR shift 26.0 pp
- LETCHER, KYR shift 25.7 pp
- MORGAN, KYR shift 25.5 pp
- LAWRENCE, ILR shift 25.4 pp
- 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.
VA county-layer aggregate visible through 2024.
State context · VA
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.
- 2000R +8.3 pp2,737,915 votes
- 2004R +8.3 pp3,198,367 votes
- 2008D +6.4 pp3,723,260 votes
- 2012D +3.9 pp3,854,489 votes
- 2016D +5.7 pp3,984,631 votes
- 2020D +10.3 pp4,462,600 votes
- 2024D +5.9 pp4,482,576 votes
County results table · 134 rows
| D +20.8 pp | 529,287 | R shift 0.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +2.6 pp | 196,641 | R shift 1.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +16.2 pp | 180,195 | D shift 0.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +7.9 pp | 170,988 | R shift 0.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +12.0 pp | 162,241 | R shift 0.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +4.6 pp | 160,060 | R shift 3.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +40.4 pp | 117,608 | R shift 4.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +1.1 pp | 110,425 | R shift 0.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +58.2 pp | 97,569 | R shift 1.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +46.1 pp | 87,043 | D shift 2.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +30.5 pp | 79,444 | D shift 1.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +44.1 pp | 73,411 | R shift 0.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +43.2 pp | 66,490 | D shift 3.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +8.9 pp | 60,583 | R shift 2.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +37.2 pp | 59,058 | R shift 3.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +11.7 pp | 57,974 | R shift 4.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +12.2 pp | 53,907 | R shift 6.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +25.7 pp | 51,217 | R shift 4.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +43.3 pp | 45,922 | D shift 3.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +15.3 pp | 42,566 | D shift 2.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +12.2 pp | 41,240 | R shift 2.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +0.3 pp | 41,009 | R shift 5.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +23.4 pp | 40,155 | R shift 0.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +44.6 pp | 37,425 | R shift 6.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +10.8 pp | 36,448 | R shift 6.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +28.6 pp | 36,394 | R shift 6.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +20.2 pp | 35,555 | R shift 6.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +41.2 pp | 34,866 | R shift 4.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +21.0 pp | 33,953 | R shift 2.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +42.9 pp | 33,672 | R shift 2.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +27.9 pp | 30,681 | R shift 3.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +29.6 pp | 26,707 | R shift 6.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +39.9 pp | 25,696 | R shift 3.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +43.9 pp | 25,632 | R shift 10.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +15.1 pp | 24,963 | R shift 4.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +54.6 pp | 21,797 | R shift 4.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +14.8 pp | 20,827 | R shift 1.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +16.6 pp | 20,211 | R shift 6.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +22.3 pp | 20,204 | D shift 3.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +31.9 pp | 19,373 | R shift 5.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +28.4 pp | 19,283 | R shift 1.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +39.2 pp | 18,241 | R shift 5.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +58.2 pp | 17,732 | R shift 24.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +20.9 pp | 16,698 | R shift 9.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +5.6 pp | 16,692 | R shift 2.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +14.0 pp | 16,452 | R shift 6.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +14.7 pp | 16,354 | R shift 5.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +3.5 pp | 16,051 | R shift 2.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +11.9 pp | 16,046 | R shift 1.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +80.7 pp | 15,908 | D shift 1.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +13.7 pp | 15,593 | R shift 2.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +46.5 pp | 15,525 | R shift 5.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +13.5 pp | 15,200 | D shift 2.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +7.1 pp | 15,077 | R shift 2.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +49.3 pp | 15,018 | R shift 21.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +20.1 pp | 14,970 | R shift 3.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +25.5 pp | 14,680 | R shift 5.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +8.4 pp | 13,652 | R shift 3.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +2.4 pp | 13,589 | R shift 0.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +28.7 pp | 13,315 | R shift 6.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +40.7 pp | 12,918 | R shift 7.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +33.5 pp | 12,777 | R shift 3.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +6.2 pp | 12,749 | R shift 4.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +37.5 pp | 12,358 | R shift 4.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +21.1 pp | 12,318 | R shift 5.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +37.5 pp | 12,088 | R shift 24.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +16.4 pp | 11,629 | R shift 0.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +27.4 pp | 11,437 | R shift 1.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +19.2 pp | 11,325 | R shift 5.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +4.1 pp | 11,210 | D shift 2.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +34.2 pp | 10,953 | R shift 4.9 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +1.5 pp | 10,296 | R shift 4.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +26.0 pp | 10,228 | R shift 8.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +18.1 pp | 10,177 | R shift 4.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +51.3 pp | 9,992 | R shift 7.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +35.1 pp | 9,646 | R shift 29.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +45.2 pp | 9,598 | R shift 16.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +3.2 pp | 9,264 | R shift 1.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +13.0 pp | 9,239 | D shift 3.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +16.1 pp | 9,031 | D shift 4.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +25.7 pp | 9,023 | R shift 3.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +24.1 pp | 8,923 | R shift 4.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +11.0 pp | 8,791 | R shift 0.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +40.0 pp | 8,624 | D shift 1.2 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +39.9 pp | 8,259 | R shift 8.7 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +2.8 pp | 8,250 | R shift 6.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +7.0 pp | 8,120 | R shift 3.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +25.4 pp | 8,037 | R shift 1.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +37.0 pp | 7,935 | R shift 7.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +14.0 pp | 7,762 | R shift 8.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +29.3 pp | 7,748 | R shift 0.3 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +26.2 pp | 7,644 | R shift 5.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +26.1 pp | 7,558 | R shift 9.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +14.9 pp | 7,558 | R shift 5.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +2.5 pp | 7,457 | D shift 1.6 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +31.5 pp | 7,387 | R shift 5.0 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| D +40.0 pp | 7,276 | R shift 0.8 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +2.7 pp | 7,173 | R shift 0.5 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +39.8 pp | 7,121 | R shift 10.4 pp | Margin availableTotal available | |
| R +52.0 pp | 7,106 | R shift 2.1 pp | Margin availableTotal available |
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