Barack Obama carried Florida D+0.9.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Florida, 2012. The state ran 3.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2012 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Florida result

8,474,179 votes counted

Obama (D)

4,237,756

50.0%

Romney (R)

4,163,447

49.1%

All others

72,976

0.9%

Margin

D+0.9

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2012 presidential election

Florida, 2012

ObamaD+0.9

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	50.0%	4,237,756
Mitt RomneyRepublican	49.1%	4,163,447
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	72,976

D+60

R+60

67 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Florida's presidential margins

1884–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Florida's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1884	+6.4%
1892	+75.8%
1896	+41.5%
1900	+53.8%
1904	+47.6%
1908	+41.4%
1912	+61.1%
1916	+51.2%
1920	+31.3%
1924	+28.8%
1928	−16.7%
1932	+49.8%
1936	+52.2%
1940	+48.0%
1944	+40.6%
1948	+15.2%
1952	−10.0%
1956	−14.5%
1960	−3.0%
1964	+2.3%
1968	−9.6%
1972	−44.1%
1976	+5.3%
1980	−17.0%
1984	−30.7%
1988	−22.4%
1992	−1.9%
1996	+5.7%
2000	−0.0%
2004	−5.0%
2008	+2.8%
2012	+0.9%
2016	−1.2%
2020	−3.4%
2024	−13.1%

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County results — 2012

67 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alachua County	D	+17.4%	69,699	48,797	120,418
Baker County	R	−58.6%	2,311	8,975	11,368
Bay County	R	−43.6%	22,051	56,876	79,861
Bradford County	R	−42.1%	3,325	8,219	11,635
Brevard County	R	−12.7%	122,993	159,300	285,559
Broward County	D	+34.9%	508,312	244,101	756,422
Calhoun County	R	−43.9%	1,664	4,366	6,152
Charlotte County	R	−14.3%	35,906	47,996	84,682
Citrus County	R	−21.9%	28,460	44,662	73,935
Clay County	R	−45.8%	25,759	70,022	96,589
Collier County	R	−30.1%	51,698	96,520	149,112
Columbia County	R	−36.7%	8,462	18,429	27,163
DeSoto County	R	−14.3%	4,174	5,587	9,865
Dixie County	R	−46.9%	1,798	5,052	6,941
Duval County	R	−3.6%	196,737	211,615	411,848
Escambia County	R	−20.6%	58,185	88,711	148,502
Flagler County	R	−7.4%	23,207	26,969	50,595
Franklin County	R	−31.5%	1,845	3,570	5,474
Gadsden County	D	+40.6%	15,770	6,630	22,499
Gilchrist County	R	−51.0%	1,885	5,917	7,909
Glades County	R	−18.6%	1,603	2,344	3,989
Gulf County	R	−41.9%	2,014	4,995	7,108
Hamilton County	R	−16.8%	2,228	3,138	5,407
Hardee County	R	−30.9%	2,463	4,696	7,226
Hendry County	R	−5.9%	4,751	5,355	10,185
Hernando County	R	−8.5%	37,830	44,938	83,667
Highlands County	R	−23.0%	16,148	25,915	42,444
Hillsborough County	D	+6.7%	286,467	250,186	542,102
Holmes County	R	−68.3%	1,264	6,919	8,274
Indian River County	R	−22.3%	27,492	43,450	71,464
Jackson County	R	−29.0%	7,342	13,418	20,941
Jefferson County	D	+1.8%	3,945	3,808	7,808
Lafayette County	R	−58.3%	687	2,668	3,399
Lake County	R	−17.1%	61,799	87,643	150,811
Lee County	R	−16.5%	110,157	154,163	266,166
Leon County	D	+23.6%	90,881	55,805	148,353
Levy County	R	−32.3%	6,119	12,054	18,399
Liberty County	R	−41.4%	942	2,301	3,284
Madison County	R	−3.4%	4,176	4,474	8,715
Manatee County	R	−12.5%	66,503	85,627	153,491
Marion County	R	−16.2%	66,831	93,043	161,385
Martin County	R	−22.9%	30,107	48,183	78,873
Miami-Dade County	D	+23.7%	541,440	332,981	878,314
Monroe County	D	+0.4%	19,404	19,234	39,057
Nassau County	R	−48.6%	10,251	29,929	40,528
Okaloosa County	R	−49.3%	23,421	70,168	94,798
Okeechobee County	R	−20.1%	4,856	7,328	12,324
Orange County	D	+18.2%	273,665	188,589	466,359
Osceola County	D	+24.5%	67,239	40,592	108,698
Palm Beach County	D	+17.0%	349,651	247,398	600,721
Pasco County	R	−6.6%	98,263	112,427	213,573
Pinellas County	D	+5.6%	239,104	213,258	457,702
Polk County	R	−6.8%	114,622	131,577	248,683
Putnam County	R	−24.5%	11,667	19,326	31,324
Santa Rosa County	R	−52.6%	17,768	58,186	76,846
Sarasota County	R	−7.4%	95,119	110,504	207,480
Seminole County	R	−6.5%	96,445	109,943	208,620
St. Johns County	R	−37.7%	35,190	78,513	114,795
St. Lucie County	D	+7.9%	65,869	56,202	123,027
Sumter County	R	−34.9%	19,524	40,646	60,479
Suwannee County	R	−44.9%	4,751	12,672	17,629
Taylor County	R	−38.2%	2,764	6,249	9,120
Union County	R	−49.0%	1,339	3,980	5,393
Volusia County	R	−1.2%	114,748	117,490	234,536
Wakulla County	R	−28.1%	5,175	9,290	14,660
Walton County	R	−52.0%	6,671	21,490	28,494
Washington County	R	−47.4%	2,820	8,038	10,999