2012 Presidential Election
332
Electoral votes — Barack Obama
206
Electoral votes — Mitt Romney
270
Needed for a majority
47.6%
Popular vote — Barack Obama
Electoral College record, as published by the National Archives
President
Barack Obama [D]
Main Opponent
Mitt Romney [R]
Electoral Vote
Winner: 332 · Main Opponent: 206 · Total/Majority: 538/270
Vice President
Joe Biden (332)
V.P. Opponent:
Paul Ryan (206)
Popular vote — national
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | D | 61,430,054 | 47.6% |
| Mitt Romney | R | 58,443,073 | 45.3% |
| Gary Johnson | LIB | 1,275,971 | 1.0% |
| Jill Stein | GRE | 469,627 | 0.4% |
| All other candidates and write-ins (77) | — | 490,513 | 0.4% |
| Total | 129,085,410 | 100% |
National figures are the sum of the FEC's certified state-by-state results below. Candidate names and party labels are as the FEC published them; party labels can differ by state.
Popular vote — by state
| State | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 795,69638.4% | 1,255,92560.5% | 22,7171.1% | 2,074,338 |
| Alaska | 122,64040.8% | 164,67654.8% | 13,1794.4% | 300,495 |
| Arizona | 1,025,23244.6% | 1,233,65453.7% | 40,3681.8% | 2,299,254 |
| Arkansas | 394,40936.9% | 647,74460.6% | 27,3152.6% | 1,069,468 |
| California | 7,854,28560.2% | 4,839,95837.1% | 344,3042.6% | 13,038,547 |
| Colorado | 1,323,10251.5% | 1,185,24346.1% | 61,1772.4% | 2,569,522 |
| Connecticut | 905,08358.1% | 634,89240.7% | 18,9851.2% | 1,558,960 |
| Delaware | 242,58458.6% | 165,48440.0% | 5,8531.4% | 413,921 |
| District of Columbia | 267,07090.9% | 21,3817.3% | 5,3131.8% | 293,764 |
| Florida | 4,237,75650.0% | 4,163,44749.1% | 72,9760.9% | 8,474,179 |
| Georgia | 1,773,82745.5% | 2,078,68853.3% | 47,5351.2% | 3,900,050 |
| Hawaii | 306,65870.5% | 121,01527.8% | 7,0241.6% | 434,697 |
| Idaho | 212,78732.6% | 420,91164.5% | 18,5762.8% | 652,274 |
| Illinois | 3,019,51257.6% | 2,135,21640.7% | 87,2861.7% | 5,242,014 |
| Indiana | 1,152,88743.9% | 1,420,54354.1% | 51,1041.9% | 2,624,534 |
| Iowa | 822,54452.0% | 730,61746.2% | 29,0191.8% | 1,582,180 |
| Kansas | 440,72638.0% | 692,63459.7% | 26,6112.3% | 1,159,971 |
| Kentucky | 679,37037.8% | 1,087,19060.5% | 30,6521.7% | 1,797,212 |
| Louisiana | 809,14140.6% | 1,152,26257.8% | 32,6621.6% | 1,994,065 |
| Maine | 401,30656.3% | 292,27641.0% | 19,5982.7% | 713,180 |
| Maryland | 1,677,84462.0% | 971,86935.9% | 57,6142.1% | 2,707,327 |
| Massachusetts | 1,921,29060.7% | 1,188,31437.5% | 58,1631.8% | 3,167,767 |
| Michigan | 2,564,56954.2% | 2,115,25644.7% | 51,1361.1% | 4,730,961 |
| Minnesota | 1,546,16752.7% | 1,320,22545.0% | 70,1692.4% | 2,936,561 |
| Mississippi | 562,94943.8% | 710,74655.3% | 11,8890.9% | 1,285,584 |
| Missouri | 1,223,79644.4% | 1,482,44053.8% | 51,0871.9% | 2,757,323 |
| Montana | 201,83941.7% | 267,92855.4% | 14,2813.0% | 484,048 |
| Nebraska | 302,08138.0% | 475,06459.8% | 17,2342.2% | 794,379 |
| Nevada | 531,37352.4% | 463,56745.7% | 19,9782.0% | 1,014,918 |
| New Hampshire | 369,56152.0% | 329,91846.4% | 11,4931.6% | 710,972 |
| New Jersey | 2,125,10158.4% | 1,477,56840.6% | 37,6231.0% | 3,640,292 |
| New Mexico | 415,33553.0% | 335,78842.8% | 32,6354.2% | 783,758 |
| New York | 00.0% | 00.0% | 7,081,159100.0% | 7,081,159 |
| North Carolina | 2,178,39148.4% | 2,270,39550.4% | 56,5861.3% | 4,505,372 |
| North Dakota | 124,82738.7% | 188,16358.3% | 9,6373.0% | 322,627 |
| Ohio | 2,827,70950.7% | 2,661,43747.7% | 91,7011.6% | 5,580,847 |
| Oklahoma | 443,54733.2% | 891,32566.8% | 00.0% | 1,334,872 |
| Oregon | 970,48854.2% | 754,17542.1% | 64,6073.6% | 1,789,270 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,990,27452.0% | 2,680,43446.6% | 82,9621.4% | 5,753,670 |
| Rhode Island | 279,67762.7% | 157,20435.2% | 9,1682.1% | 446,049 |
| South Carolina | 865,94144.1% | 1,071,64554.6% | 26,5321.4% | 1,964,118 |
| South Dakota | 145,03939.9% | 210,61057.9% | 8,1662.2% | 363,815 |
| Tennessee | 960,70939.1% | 1,462,33059.5% | 35,5381.4% | 2,458,577 |
| Texas | 3,308,12441.4% | 4,569,84357.2% | 115,8841.4% | 7,993,851 |
| Utah | 251,81324.7% | 740,60072.8% | 25,0272.5% | 1,017,440 |
| Vermont | 199,23966.6% | 92,69831.0% | 7,3532.5% | 299,290 |
| Virginia | 1,971,82051.2% | 1,822,52247.3% | 60,1471.6% | 3,854,489 |
| Washington | 1,755,39656.2% | 1,290,67041.3% | 79,4502.5% | 3,125,516 |
| West Virginia | 238,26935.5% | 417,65562.3% | 14,5142.2% | 670,438 |
| Wisconsin | 1,620,98552.8% | 1,407,96645.9% | 39,4831.3% | 3,068,434 |
| Wyoming | 69,28627.8% | 170,96268.6% | 8,8133.5% | 249,061 |
“Others” is the state's certified total minus the candidates shown. Every candidate's state result is in the archived FEC workbook.
Electoral votes by state
| State | Number of Electoral Votes for Each State | For President | For Vice-President | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama, of Illinois | Mitt Romney, of Massachusetts | Joe Biden, of Delaware | Paul Ryan, of Wisconsin | ||
| Alabama | 9 | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| Alaska | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Arizona | 11 | - | 11 | - | 11 |
| Arkansas | 6 | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| California | 55 | 55 | - | 55 | - |
| Colorado | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - |
| Connecticut | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Florida | 29 | 29 | - | 29 | - |
| Georgia | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Idaho | 4 | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| Illinois | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | - |
| Indiana | 11 | - | 11 | - | 11 |
| Iowa | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Kansas | 6 | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| Kentucky | 8 | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Louisiana | 8 | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Maine | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Maryland | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| Michigan | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - |
| Minnesota | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Mississippi | 6 | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| Missouri | 10 | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Montana | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Nebraska | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Nevada | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| New Jersey | 14 | 14 | - | 14 | - |
| New Mexico | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| New York | 29 | 29 | - | 29 | - |
| North Carolina | 15 | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| North Dakota | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Ohio | 18 | 18 | - | 18 | - |
| Oklahoma | 7 | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| Oregon | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | - |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| South Carolina | 9 | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| South Dakota | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Tennessee | 11 | - | 11 | - | 11 |
| Texas | 38 | - | 38 | - | 38 |
| Utah | 6 | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| Vermont | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Virginia | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| Washington | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | - |
| West Virginia | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Wyoming | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Total | 538 | 332 | 206 | 332 | 206 |
Congressional results by state
Every candidate's certified vote in all 441 House races and 33 Senate races, from the Clerk's report. 472 of 474 races match the totals printed in the report's own recapitulation tables; 2 were unopposed with no vote count printed. Compared independently with the FEC's results, 433 of 470 races agree on every candidate's vote; races where the two federal sources differ are flagged on each state's page.
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Official records
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2012
Federal Election Commission
- Appendices
- Appendices
- Congressional election results
- Congressional election results
- Congressional maps
- Federal Elections — complete report
- Federal Elections — complete report
- Guide to party labels
- Preface
- Presidential election results
- Presidential election results
- Presidential maps
- Summary tables
- Summary tables
National Archives — Office of the Federal Register
- 2012 Electoral College Results
State Certificates of Ascertainment and Vote (51)
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