Elections / 2012 · President · CT
Barack Obama carried Connecticut D+17.3.
Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Connecticut, 2012. The state ran 13.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.9 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2012 ballot here.
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
Connecticut result
1,558,036 votes counted
Obama (D)
905,088
58.1%
Romney (R)
634,881
40.7%
All others
18,067
1.2%
Margin
D+17.3
2012 presidential election
Connecticut, 2012
ObamaD+17.3
Constituent county margins for Connecticut — 2012 presidential electionOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2012 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Barack Obama ✓Democratic | 58.1% | 905,088 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitt RomneyRepublican | 40.7% | 634,881 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.2% | 18,067 |
D+60R+60
9 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin.
Connecticut's presidential margins
1876–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +2.4% |
| 1880 | −2.0% |
| 1884 | +1.0% |
| 1888 | +0.2% |
| 1896 | −30.7% |
| 1900 | −15.9% |
| 1904 | −20.0% |
| 1908 | −23.5% |
| 1912 | +3.3% |
| 1916 | −3.1% |
| 1920 | −29.7% |
| 1924 | −34.0% |
| 1928 | −8.1% |
| 1932 | −1.1% |
| 1936 | +15.0% |
| 1940 | +7.1% |
| 1944 | +5.4% |
| 1948 | −1.6% |
| 1952 | −11.8% |
| 1956 | −27.5% |
| 1960 | +7.5% |
| 1964 | +35.7% |
| 1968 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | −18.5% |
| 1976 | −5.2% |
| 1980 | −9.6% |
| 1984 | −21.9% |
| 1988 | −5.1% |
| 1992 | +6.4% |
| 1996 | +18.1% |
| 2000 | +17.5% |
| 2004 | +10.4% |
| 2008 | +22.4% |
| 2012 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | +20.0% |
| 2024 | +14.5% |
County results — 2012
9 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
| County | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Planning Region | D | 264,019 | 161,940 | 431,137 | |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | D | 73,967 | 59,627 | 134,843 | |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | D | 50,353 | 36,307 | 87,820 | |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | D | 113,544 | 78,326 | 193,988 | |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | D | 21,454 | 16,294 | 38,457 | |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | R | 27,029 | 27,553 | 55,384 | |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | D | 144,298 | 91,168 | 237,902 | |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | D | 69,393 | 48,066 | 119,392 | |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | D | 141,031 | 115,600 | 259,113 |