Barack Obama carried Minnesota D+7.7.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Minnesota, 2012. The state ran 3.8 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)

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Minnesota result

2,936,561 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,546,167

52.7%

Romney (R)

1,320,225

45.0%

All others

70,169

2.4%

Margin

D+7.7

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2012 presidential election

Minnesota, 2012

ObamaD+7.7

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	52.7%	1,546,167
Mitt RomneyRepublican	45.0%	1,320,225
OtherAll other candidates	2.4%	70,169

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−1.3%	4,412	4,533	9,142
Anoka County	R	−2.6%	88,614	93,430	186,465
Becker County	R	−14.5%	6,829	9,204	16,382
Beltrami County	D	+9.9%	11,818	9,637	22,051
Benton County	R	−13.6%	8,173	10,849	19,619
Big Stone County	R	−1.4%	1,345	1,385	2,789
Blue Earth County	D	+9.5%	18,164	14,916	34,274
Brown County	R	−16.6%	5,630	7,938	13,929
Carlton County	D	+26.1%	11,389	6,586	18,436
Carver County	R	−19.7%	20,745	31,155	52,899
Cass County	R	−13.0%	6,858	8,957	16,141
Chippewa County	D	+1.9%	3,083	2,967	6,201
Chisago County	R	−12.6%	12,524	16,227	29,441
Clay County	D	+7.9%	15,208	12,920	28,886
Clearwater County	R	−14.4%	1,753	2,359	4,197
Cook County	D	+23.2%	1,993	1,221	3,322
Cottonwood County	R	−15.1%	2,433	3,316	5,862
Crow Wing County	R	−13.3%	14,760	19,415	34,920
Dakota County	D	+2.9%	116,255	109,516	230,821
Dodge County	R	−10.0%	4,487	5,522	10,327
Douglas County	R	−15.4%	8,653	11,884	20,953
Faribault County	R	−9.0%	3,407	4,104	7,713
Fillmore County	D	+7.3%	5,713	4,913	10,892
Freeborn County	D	+14.1%	9,326	6,969	16,706
Goodhue County	R	−3.0%	12,212	12,986	25,801
Grant County	R	−2.9%	1,647	1,748	3,487
Hennepin County	D	+27.0%	423,982	240,073	680,065
Houston County	D	+3.2%	5,281	4,951	10,446
Hubbard County	R	−16.9%	4,676	6,622	11,520
Isanti County	R	−18.1%	8,024	11,675	20,217
Itasca County	D	+9.8%	12,852	10,501	23,919
Jackson County	R	−14.3%	2,268	3,044	5,430
Kanabec County	R	−9.0%	3,593	4,328	8,150
Kandiyohi County	R	−6.7%	9,805	11,240	21,465
Kittson County	D	+6.0%	1,241	1,095	2,420
Koochiching County	D	+9.4%	3,451	2,841	6,458
Lac qui Parle County	D	+0.9%	1,974	1,938	3,984
Lake County	D	+21.0%	4,043	2,610	6,820
Lake of the Woods County	R	−20.0%	859	1,306	2,234
Le Sueur County	R	−6.5%	6,753	7,715	14,795
Lincoln County	R	−5.3%	1,429	1,595	3,120
Lyon County	R	−9.1%	5,465	6,594	12,388
Mahnomen County	D	+18.6%	1,276	871	2,182
Marshall County	R	−12.2%	1,998	2,569	4,698
Martin County	R	−23.7%	4,054	6,657	10,968
McLeod County	R	−22.1%	6,968	11,069	18,553
Meeker County	R	−15.9%	4,969	6,913	12,214
Mille Lacs County	R	−8.6%	5,829	6,951	13,091
Morrison County	R	−24.0%	6,153	10,159	16,714
Mower County	D	+22.6%	11,129	6,938	18,539
Murray County	R	−7.2%	2,160	2,504	4,767
Nicollet County	D	+7.8%	9,652	8,214	18,357
Nobles County	R	−9.2%	3,793	4,581	8,520
Norman County	D	+10.8%	1,730	1,384	3,207
Olmsted County	D	+3.2%	39,338	36,832	78,316
Otter Tail County	R	−21.1%	12,165	18,860	31,670
Pennington County	R	−4.3%	3,024	3,305	6,517
Pine County	R	−0.7%	6,750	6,845	13,965
Pipestone County	R	−23.7%	1,725	2,826	4,646
Polk County	R	−5.7%	6,773	7,615	14,693
Pope County	R	−2.6%	2,981	3,142	6,246
Ramsey County	D	+35.2%	184,938	86,800	278,822
Red Lake County	R	−2.5%	928	978	1,975
Redwood County	R	−20.1%	3,008	4,570	7,790
Renville County	R	−9.8%	3,394	4,149	7,710
Rice County	D	+8.3%	17,054	14,384	32,267
Rock County	R	−17.8%	1,946	2,810	4,846
Roseau County	R	−22.3%	2,772	4,409	7,352
Scott County	R	−14.8%	29,712	40,323	71,647
Sherburne County	R	−22.0%	17,597	27,848	46,509
Sibley County	R	−22.7%	2,916	4,693	7,815
St. Louis County	D	+29.6%	73,378	39,131	115,594
Stearns County	R	−12.1%	33,551	43,015	78,477
Steele County	R	−6.3%	8,706	9,903	19,124
Stevens County	R	−0.4%	2,742	2,766	5,652
Swift County	D	+9.8%	2,751	2,248	5,119
Todd County	R	−16.1%	4,819	6,719	11,803
Traverse County	D	+4.4%	943	861	1,847
Wabasha County	R	−5.4%	5,415	6,049	11,763
Wadena County	R	−24.3%	2,492	4,143	6,791
Waseca County	R	−7.7%	4,370	5,116	9,747
Washington County	D	+0.8%	70,203	69,137	142,133
Watonwan County	R	−0.4%	2,494	2,517	5,144
Wilkin County	R	−19.4%	1,258	1,884	3,222
Winona County	D	+12.9%	14,980	11,480	27,232
Wright County	R	−21.7%	25,741	40,466	67,816
Yellow Medicine County	R	−6.3%	2,465	2,806	5,414