Indiana — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentRomneyR+10.2
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Mitt Romney ✓Republican | 54.0% | 1,422,872 |
|---|---|---|
| Barack ObamaDemocratic | 43.8% | 1,154,275 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.1% | 55,996 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Clark County, IN | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+50.7 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+40.5 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Delaware County, IN | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+31.3 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+52.1 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Marion County, IN | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+40.3 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Monroe County, IN | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+32.5 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Porter County, IN | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+32.5 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Scott County, IN | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+15.3 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+44.9 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+38.8 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Mitt Romney+5,131 | 8,93768.6% | 3,80629.2% | 2892.2% | 13,032 |
| Allen County | Mitt Romney+24,577 | 84,61357.5% | 60,03640.8% | 2,5971.8% | 147,246 |
| Bartholomew County | Mitt Romney+7,458 | 18,08361.5% | 10,62536.1% | 6842.3% | 29,392 |
| Benton County | Mitt Romney+1,170 | 2,32965.1% | 1,15932.4% | 902.5% | 3,578 |
| Blackford County | Mitt Romney+784 | 2,71157.0% | 1,92740.5% | 1222.6% | 4,760 |
| Boone County | Mitt Romney+10,480 | 18,80867.7% | 8,32830.0% | 6462.3% | 27,782 |
| Brown County | Mitt Romney+1,272 | 4,33256.7% | 3,06040.1% | 2423.2% | 7,634 |
| Carroll County | Mitt Romney+2,364 | 4,99964.0% | 2,63533.7% | 1762.3% | 7,810 |
| Cass County | Mitt Romney+3,072 | 8,44359.6% | 5,37137.9% | 3472.5% | 14,161 |
| Clark County | Mitt Romney+4,643 | 25,45053.8% | 20,80744.0% | 1,0212.2% | 47,278 |
| Clay County | Mitt Romney+3,636 | 7,09665.7% | 3,46032.0% | 2492.3% | 10,805 |
| Clinton County | Mitt Romney+3,030 | 6,33864.1% | 3,30833.5% | 2372.4% | 9,883 |
| Crawford County | Mitt Romney+380 | 2,42152.7% | 2,04144.5% | 1282.8% | 4,590 |
| Daviess County | Mitt Romney+5,201 | 7,63874.4% | 2,43723.7% | 1891.8% | 10,264 |
| Dearborn County | Mitt Romney+8,866 | 15,39468.9% | 6,52829.2% | 4341.9% | 22,356 |
| Decatur County | Mitt Romney+4,178 | 7,11968.9% | 2,94128.5% | 2672.6% | 10,327 |
| DeKalb County | Mitt Romney+5,168 | 10,58764.7% | 5,41933.1% | 3542.2% | 16,360 |
| Delaware County | Barack Obama+1,403 | 21,25147.1% | 22,65450.3% | 1,1692.6% | 45,074 |
| Dubois County | Mitt Romney+5,132 | 11,65462.8% | 6,52235.1% | 3952.1% | 18,571 |
| Elkhart County | Mitt Romney+17,979 | 42,37862.3% | 24,39935.9% | 1,2521.8% | 68,029 |
| Fayette County | Mitt Romney+1,490 | 5,04557.1% | 3,55540.2% | 2372.7% | 8,837 |
| Floyd County | Mitt Romney+5,066 | 19,87856.2% | 14,81241.9% | 7022.0% | 35,392 |
| Fountain County | Mitt Romney+2,427 | 4,66465.6% | 2,23731.5% | 2103.0% | 7,111 |
| Franklin County | Mitt Romney+4,515 | 7,42470.2% | 2,90927.5% | 2472.3% | 10,580 |
| Fulton County | Mitt Romney+2,696 | 5,31765.4% | 2,62132.3% | 1882.3% | 8,126 |
| Gibson County | Mitt Romney+4,559 | 9,48764.4% | 4,92833.5% | 3062.1% | 14,721 |
| Grant County | Mitt Romney+5,562 | 15,15159.8% | 9,58937.9% | 5892.3% | 25,329 |
| Greene County | Mitt Romney+4,107 | 8,45764.4% | 4,35033.1% | 3342.5% | 13,141 |
| Hamilton County | Mitt Romney+46,951 | 90,74766.2% | 43,79631.9% | 2,5461.9% | 137,089 |
| Hancock County | Mitt Romney+13,477 | 22,79669.4% | 9,31928.4% | 7282.2% | 32,843 |
| Harrison County | Mitt Romney+4,033 | 10,64060.2% | 6,60737.4% | 4242.4% | 17,671 |
| Hendricks County | Mitt Romney+23,200 | 44,31266.4% | 21,11231.6% | 1,3372.0% | 66,761 |
| Henry County | Mitt Romney+3,225 | 10,83857.0% | 7,61340.1% | 5562.9% | 19,007 |
| Howard County | Mitt Romney+5,192 | 20,32756.0% | 15,13541.7% | 8292.3% | 36,291 |
| Huntington County | Mitt Romney+6,266 | 10,86268.8% | 4,59629.1% | 3392.1% | 15,797 |
| Jackson County | Mitt Romney+4,581 | 10,41962.3% | 5,83834.9% | 4552.7% | 16,712 |
| Jasper County | Mitt Romney+3,283 | 7,95561.6% | 4,67236.2% | 2932.3% | 12,920 |
| Jay County | Mitt Romney+1,582 | 4,64558.8% | 3,06338.8% | 1932.4% | 7,901 |
| Jefferson County | Mitt Romney+1,368 | 7,09653.9% | 5,72843.5% | 3322.5% | 13,156 |
| Jennings County | Mitt Romney+2,299 | 6,12059.7% | 3,82137.3% | 3093.0% | 10,250 |
| Johnson County | Mitt Romney+22,253 | 39,51368.0% | 17,26029.7% | 1,3192.3% | 58,092 |
| Knox County | Mitt Romney+4,384 | 9,61263.5% | 5,22834.5% | 3052.0% | 15,145 |
| Kosciusko County | Mitt Romney+15,696 | 22,55874.8% | 6,86222.8% | 7202.4% | 30,140 |
| LaGrange County | Mitt Romney+3,333 | 6,23166.9% | 2,89831.1% | 1872.0% | 9,316 |
| Lake County | Barack Obama+62,466 | 68,43133.9% | 130,89764.8% | 2,8191.4% | 202,147 |
| LaPorte County | Barack Obama+5,492 | 18,61542.6% | 24,10755.2% | 9592.2% | 43,681 |
| Lawrence County | Mitt Romney+5,843 | 11,62265.0% | 5,77932.3% | 4692.6% | 17,870 |
| Madison County | Mitt Romney+2,362 | 26,76951.0% | 24,40746.5% | 1,3342.5% | 52,510 |
| Marion County | Barack Obama+79,827 | 136,50937.9% | 216,33660.1% | 7,1272.0% | 359,972 |
| Marshall County | Mitt Romney+5,123 | 11,26063.3% | 6,13734.5% | 4042.3% | 17,801 |
| Martin County | Mitt Romney+1,911 | 3,26268.8% | 1,35128.5% | 1302.7% | 4,743 |
| Miami County | Mitt Romney+3,952 | 8,17463.8% | 4,22233.0% | 4173.3% | 12,813 |
| Monroe County | Barack Obama+10,955 | 22,48139.3% | 33,43658.4% | 1,3062.3% | 57,223 |
| Montgomery County | Mitt Romney+5,553 | 9,82468.0% | 4,27129.6% | 3452.4% | 14,440 |
| Morgan County | Mitt Romney+11,622 | 19,59169.2% | 7,96928.1% | 7652.7% | 28,325 |
| Newton County | Mitt Romney+1,079 | 3,29158.0% | 2,21239.0% | 1693.0% | 5,672 |
| Noble County | Mitt Romney+5,451 | 10,68065.6% | 5,22932.1% | 3642.2% | 16,273 |
| Ohio County | Mitt Romney+765 | 1,75962.4% | 99435.3% | 662.3% | 2,819 |
| Orange County | Mitt Romney+1,678 | 4,61759.4% | 2,93937.8% | 2202.8% | 7,776 |
| Owen County | Mitt Romney+2,239 | 5,06262.4% | 2,82334.8% | 2282.8% | 8,113 |
| Parke County | Mitt Romney+2,124 | 4,23464.8% | 2,11032.3% | 1852.8% | 6,529 |
| Perry County | Barack Obama+913 | 3,40343.2% | 4,31654.8% | 1562.0% | 7,875 |
| Pike County | Mitt Romney+1,502 | 3,62761.2% | 2,12535.9% | 1742.9% | 5,926 |
| Porter County | Barack Obama+2,846 | 34,40646.9% | 37,25250.8% | 1,6452.2% | 73,303 |
| Posey County | Mitt Romney+2,897 | 7,43060.8% | 4,53337.1% | 2632.2% | 12,226 |
| Pulaski County | Mitt Romney+1,467 | 3,36662.3% | 1,89935.2% | 1342.5% | 5,399 |
| Putnam County | Mitt Romney+4,498 | 9,00565.1% | 4,50732.6% | 3172.3% | 13,829 |
| Randolph County | Mitt Romney+2,449 | 6,21860.9% | 3,76936.9% | 2152.1% | 10,202 |
| Ripley County | Mitt Romney+4,243 | 7,48467.9% | 3,24129.4% | 2902.6% | 11,015 |
| Rush County | Mitt Romney+2,412 | 4,63365.9% | 2,22131.6% | 1722.4% | 7,026 |
| Scott County | Mitt Romney+541 | 4,53952.1% | 3,99845.8% | 1832.1% | 8,720 |
| Shelby County | Mitt Romney+5,619 | 10,97865.5% | 5,35932.0% | 4232.5% | 16,760 |
| Spencer County | Mitt Romney+1,489 | 5,51556.6% | 4,02641.3% | 2032.1% | 9,744 |
| St. Joseph County | Barack Obama+3,882 | 52,57847.4% | 56,46050.9% | 1,9711.8% | 111,009 |
| Starke County | Mitt Romney+929 | 4,73854.0% | 3,80943.4% | 2222.5% | 8,769 |
| Steuben County | Mitt Romney+3,694 | 8,54762.4% | 4,85335.4% | 2952.2% | 13,695 |
| Sullivan County | Mitt Romney+1,711 | 4,90259.1% | 3,19138.5% | 1972.4% | 8,290 |
| Switzerland County | Mitt Romney+435 | 1,87255.1% | 1,43742.3% | 882.6% | 3,397 |
| Tippecanoe County | Mitt Romney+2,046 | 28,75750.4% | 26,71146.8% | 1,5952.8% | 57,063 |
| Tipton County | Mitt Romney+2,341 | 4,77364.7% | 2,43233.0% | 1682.3% | 7,373 |
| Union County | Mitt Romney+1,004 | 2,02265.1% | 1,01832.8% | 642.1% | 3,104 |
| Vanderburgh County | Mitt Romney+7,664 | 39,38954.3% | 31,72543.7% | 1,4742.0% | 72,588 |
| Vermillion County | Mitt Romney+447 | 3,42651.9% | 2,97945.1% | 1983.0% | 6,603 |
| Vigo County | Barack Obama+343 | 19,36948.4% | 19,71249.3% | 9242.3% | 40,005 |
| Wabash County | Mitt Romney+4,671 | 8,64467.0% | 3,97330.8% | 2782.2% | 12,895 |
| Warren County | Mitt Romney+1,053 | 2,37762.6% | 1,32434.8% | 992.6% | 3,800 |
| Warrick County | Mitt Romney+7,499 | 17,68062.2% | 10,18135.8% | 5662.0% | 28,427 |
| Washington County | Mitt Romney+2,624 | 6,53360.8% | 3,90936.4% | 2952.7% | 10,737 |
| Wayne County | Mitt Romney+3,730 | 14,32156.2% | 10,59141.6% | 5652.2% | 25,477 |
| Wells County | Mitt Romney+5,820 | 9,25671.5% | 3,43626.5% | 2602.0% | 12,952 |
| White County | Mitt Romney+2,333 | 5,97060.1% | 3,63736.6% | 3283.3% | 9,935 |
| Whitley County | Mitt Romney+5,838 | 10,25868.2% | 4,42029.4% | 3542.4% | 15,032 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Same ballot, 2012IN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.