Mitt Romney carried Georgia R+7.8.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Georgia, 2012. The state ran 11.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

3,908,349 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,773,807

45.4%

Romney (R)

2,078,688

53.2%

All others

55,854

1.4%

Margin

R+7.8

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2012 presidential election

Georgia, 2012

RomneyR+7.8

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	53.2%	2,078,688
Barack ObamaDemocratic	45.4%	1,773,807
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	55,854

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	R	−49.0%	1,758	5,233	7,093
Atkinson County	R	−34.7%	930	1,938	2,907
Bacon County	R	−58.5%	791	3,093	3,936
Baker County	D	+0.6%	794	785	1,591
Baldwin County	D	+5.5%	8,483	7,589	16,270
Banks County	R	−73.7%	780	5,354	6,204
Barrow County	R	−50.2%	6,028	18,725	25,270
Bartow County	R	−51.5%	8,396	26,876	35,897
Ben Hill County	R	−14.8%	2,512	3,396	5,970
Berrien County	R	−57.4%	1,273	4,843	6,224
Bibb County	D	+20.0%	38,585	25,623	64,803
Bleckley County	R	−47.1%	1,269	3,587	4,920
Brantley County	R	−66.9%	939	4,964	6,020
Brooks County	R	−6.2%	3,138	3,554	6,754
Bryan County	R	−43.4%	3,707	9,560	13,476
Bulloch County	R	−19.0%	9,593	14,174	24,133
Burke County	D	+11.3%	5,405	4,301	9,793
Butts County	R	−35.5%	2,968	6,306	9,400
Calhoun County	D	+19.0%	1,298	883	2,189
Camden County	R	−27.5%	6,377	11,343	18,050
Candler County	R	−33.6%	1,157	2,344	3,531
Carroll County	R	−37.4%	12,688	28,280	41,672
Catoosa County	R	−52.5%	5,365	17,858	23,791
Charlton County	R	−35.3%	1,197	2,527	3,765
Chatham County	D	+12.0%	60,246	47,204	108,821
Chattahoochee County	R	−0.4%	729	735	1,493
Chattooga County	R	−40.9%	2,232	5,452	7,869
Cherokee County	R	−57.6%	19,841	76,514	98,439
Clarke County	D	+28.7%	25,431	13,815	40,515
Clay County	D	+23.2%	862	537	1,403
Clayton County	D	+70.0%	81,479	14,164	96,230
Clinch County	R	−30.1%	852	1,598	2,475
Cobb County	R	−12.4%	133,124	171,722	310,835
Coffee County	R	−29.0%	5,057	9,248	14,474
Colquitt County	R	−39.5%	3,973	9,243	13,347
Columbia County	R	−42.9%	16,451	41,765	59,071
Cook County	R	−31.3%	2,042	3,935	6,041
Coweta County	R	−43.9%	15,168	39,653	55,718
Crawford County	R	−32.3%	1,706	3,368	5,144
Crisp County	R	−13.7%	3,167	4,182	7,400
Dade County	R	−50.6%	1,411	4,471	6,047
Dawson County	R	−74.1%	1,241	8,847	10,264
Decatur County	R	−11.7%	4,591	5,824	10,500
DeKalb County	D	+56.6%	238,224	64,392	306,858
Dodge County	R	−35.7%	2,442	5,214	7,754
Dooly County	D	+7.0%	2,285	1,985	4,302
Dougherty County	D	+39.1%	26,295	11,449	37,975
Douglas County	D	+4.0%	28,441	26,241	55,379
Early County	D	+3.9%	2,765	2,557	5,359
Echols County	R	−67.3%	173	917	1,105
Effingham County	R	−51.1%	4,947	15,596	20,854
Elbert County	R	−20.6%	3,181	4,859	8,156
Emanuel County	R	−26.9%	2,927	5,100	8,089
Evans County	R	−28.1%	1,268	2,268	3,565
Fannin County	R	−57.9%	2,028	7,857	10,060
Fayette County	R	−31.2%	19,736	38,075	58,728
Floyd County	R	−39.8%	9,640	22,733	32,927
Forsyth County	R	−62.7%	14,571	65,908	81,900
Franklin County	R	−59.3%	1,499	6,114	7,777
Fulton County	D	+29.7%	255,470	137,124	398,346
Gilmer County	R	−63.0%	1,958	8,926	11,053
Glascock County	R	−71.8%	176	1,135	1,336
Glynn County	R	−26.9%	11,950	20,893	33,191
Gordon County	R	−57.6%	3,440	13,197	16,939
Grady County	R	−26.6%	3,419	5,924	9,413
Greene County	R	−22.5%	3,201	5,071	8,327
Gwinnett County	R	−9.2%	132,509	159,855	297,356
Habersham County	R	−67.2%	2,301	12,166	14,676
Hall County	R	−56.1%	12,999	47,481	61,512
Hancock County	D	+62.1%	3,308	769	4,090
Haralson County	R	−64.0%	1,789	8,446	10,407
Harris County	R	−45.4%	4,145	11,197	15,521
Hart County	R	−38.3%	2,870	6,517	9,529
Heard County	R	−52.9%	948	3,160	4,178
Henry County	R	−3.3%	43,761	46,774	91,531
Houston County	R	−20.6%	22,702	34,662	58,175
Irwin County	R	−37.6%	1,141	2,538	3,714
Jackson County	R	−62.7%	4,238	19,135	23,745
Jasper County	R	−37.9%	1,845	4,136	6,042
Jeff Davis County	R	−51.0%	1,275	3,996	5,339
Jefferson County	D	+17.3%	4,261	2,999	7,301
Jenkins County	R	−11.8%	1,488	1,887	3,394
Johnson County	R	−30.1%	1,305	2,440	3,776
Jones County	R	−28.6%	4,274	7,744	12,119
Lamar County	R	−30.2%	2,602	4,899	7,612
Lanier County	R	−23.7%	1,114	1,820	2,978
Laurens County	R	−22.6%	7,513	11,950	19,639
Lee County	R	−52.2%	3,196	10,314	13,646
Liberty County	D	+30.2%	10,457	5,565	16,195
Lincoln County	R	−27.6%	1,586	2,807	4,430
Long County	R	−22.6%	1,442	2,306	3,815
Lowndes County	R	−9.8%	17,470	21,327	39,221
Lumpkin County	R	−60.2%	2,055	8,647	10,948
Macon County	D	+34.8%	3,211	1,545	4,786
Madison County	R	−53.4%	2,494	8,443	11,133
Marion County	R	−10.1%	1,412	1,733	3,179
McDuffie County	R	−14.9%	4,044	5,475	9,605
McIntosh County	R	−8.6%	2,864	3,409	6,354
Meriwether County	R	−5.9%	4,311	4,856	9,254
Miller County	R	−37.9%	852	1,905	2,780
Mitchell County	R	−0.9%	4,081	4,155	8,281
Monroe County	R	−37.2%	3,785	8,361	12,295
Montgomery County	R	−39.8%	1,135	2,662	3,835
Morgan County	R	−38.0%	2,753	6,186	9,041
Murray County	R	−52.4%	2,542	8,443	11,255
Muscogee County	D	+21.3%	42,573	27,510	70,715
Newton County	D	+2.0%	21,851	20,982	43,309
Oconee County	R	−48.6%	4,421	13,098	17,859
Oglethorpe County	R	−37.2%	1,914	4,251	6,285
Paulding County	R	−43.5%	15,825	40,846	57,543
Peach County	D	+7.5%	6,148	5,287	11,537
Pickens County	R	−67.5%	1,975	10,547	12,702
Pierce County	R	−66.3%	1,124	5,667	6,855
Pike County	R	−65.3%	1,356	6,668	8,139
Polk County	R	−45.4%	3,615	9,811	13,648
Pulaski County	R	−33.2%	1,219	2,444	3,685
Putnam County	R	−35.6%	2,926	6,215	9,229
Quitman County	D	+9.0%	612	510	1,128
Rabun County	R	−56.2%	1,559	5,754	7,465
Randolph County	D	+16.3%	1,770	1,271	3,060
Richmond County	D	+33.7%	52,560	25,845	79,174
Rockdale County	D	+16.5%	22,023	15,716	38,156
Schley County	R	−47.8%	448	1,286	1,752
Screven County	R	−8.4%	2,774	3,287	6,111
Seminole County	R	−20.3%	1,478	2,245	3,777
Spalding County	R	−19.9%	9,898	14,911	25,139
Stephens County	R	−53.4%	2,131	7,221	9,534
Stewart County	D	+27.8%	1,323	745	2,076
Sumter County	D	+8.4%	6,375	5,378	11,856
Talbot County	D	+30.4%	2,265	1,202	3,493
Taliaferro County	D	+32.5%	636	323	963
Tattnall County	R	−42.1%	1,897	4,706	6,677
Taylor County	R	−10.6%	1,572	1,948	3,540
Telfair County	R	−15.6%	1,805	2,480	4,338
Terrell County	D	+16.1%	2,544	1,834	4,407
Thomas County	R	−18.4%	7,653	11,156	18,992
Tift County	R	−32.5%	4,660	9,185	13,942
Toombs County	R	−40.4%	2,746	6,524	9,357
Towns County	R	−57.7%	1,273	4,876	6,244
Treutlen County	R	−21.0%	1,074	1,652	2,751
Troup County	R	−17.8%	10,547	15,179	26,035
Turner County	R	−14.5%	1,510	2,028	3,567
Twiggs County	D	+8.6%	2,270	1,907	4,205
Union County	R	−59.7%	2,139	8,773	11,109
Upson County	R	−29.0%	3,959	7,230	11,279
Walker County	R	−49.9%	5,274	16,247	21,996
Walton County	R	−55.4%	8,148	29,036	37,677
Ware County	R	−33.8%	3,900	7,941	11,953
Warren County	D	+21.3%	1,529	990	2,527
Washington County	D	+7.7%	4,714	4,035	8,817
Wayne County	R	−48.2%	2,596	7,557	10,288
Webster County	R	−1.6%	582	601	1,188
Wheeler County	R	−27.4%	772	1,366	2,165
White County	R	−66.3%	1,671	8,651	10,523
Whitfield County	R	−44.8%	7,210	19,305	26,968
Wilcox County	R	−31.7%	1,060	2,053	3,132
Wilkes County	R	−11.5%	2,087	2,635	4,765
Wilkinson County	R	−1.5%	2,181	2,246	4,456
Worth County	R	−40.1%	2,487	5,869	8,436