Mitt Romney carried Missouri R+9.4.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Missouri, 2012. The state ran 13.2 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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Missouri result

2,763,689 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,223,796

44.3%

Romney (R)

1,482,440

53.6%

All others

57,453

2.1%

Margin

R+9.4

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2012 presidential election

Missouri, 2012

RomneyR+9.4

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	53.6%	1,482,440
Barack ObamaDemocratic	44.3%	1,223,796
OtherAll other candidates	2.1%	57,453

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−14.1%	4,219	5,651	10,126
Andrew County	R	−33.7%	2,649	5,457	8,341
Atchison County	R	−42.3%	756	1,902	2,709
Audrain County	R	−26.5%	3,539	6,186	9,982
Barry County	R	−44.7%	3,667	9,832	13,806
Barton County	R	−55.5%	1,230	4,418	5,746
Bates County	R	−31.7%	2,557	5,020	7,771
Benton County	R	−34.3%	2,925	6,069	9,157
Bollinger County	R	−52.8%	1,213	4,095	5,456
Boone County	D	+3.1%	39,847	37,404	79,422
Buchanan County	R	−8.7%	15,594	18,660	35,106
Butler County	R	−46.7%	4,363	12,248	16,889
Caldwell County	R	−33.8%	1,312	2,721	4,167
Callaway County	R	−31.1%	6,071	11,745	18,232
Camden County	R	−39.2%	6,458	15,092	22,015
Cape Girardeau County	R	−43.7%	9,728	25,370	35,829
Carroll County	R	−44.6%	1,154	3,072	4,304
Carter County	R	−43.7%	754	1,978	2,799
Cass County	R	−28.2%	17,044	30,912	49,104
Cedar County	R	−47.0%	1,537	4,376	6,045
Chariton County	R	−27.8%	1,339	2,402	3,821
Christian County	R	−46.5%	9,813	27,473	37,964
Clark County	R	−10.3%	1,398	1,730	3,225
Clay County	R	−8.4%	47,310	56,191	106,043
Clinton County	R	−22.7%	3,688	5,931	9,861
Cole County	R	−33.6%	12,005	24,490	37,190
Cooper County	R	−32.1%	2,474	4,887	7,511
Crawford County	R	−36.4%	2,951	6,434	9,579
Dade County	R	−50.2%	939	2,895	3,896
Dallas County	R	−39.4%	2,122	4,992	7,279
Daviess County	R	−33.1%	1,125	2,290	3,521
DeKalb County	R	−42.8%	1,194	3,056	4,350
Dent County	R	−49.4%	1,585	4,883	6,671
Douglas County	R	−44.8%	1,710	4,649	6,557
Dunklin County	R	−30.2%	3,636	6,850	10,651
Franklin County	R	−27.8%	16,347	29,396	46,929
Gasconade County	R	−39.2%	2,099	4,895	7,134
Gentry County	R	−35.0%	937	1,988	2,999
Greene County	R	−24.3%	46,219	76,900	126,419
Grundy County	R	−41.6%	1,212	3,030	4,374
Harrison County	R	−44.4%	984	2,624	3,695
Henry County	R	−25.8%	3,606	6,229	10,182
Hickory County	R	−23.5%	1,733	2,835	4,680
Holt County	R	−50.8%	551	1,725	2,310
Howard County	R	−26.6%	1,723	3,017	4,867
Howell County	R	−43.7%	4,395	11,544	16,346
Iron County	R	−14.5%	1,669	2,252	4,031
Jackson County	D	+19.6%	183,953	122,708	312,061
Jasper County	R	−41.0%	12,809	31,349	45,218
Jefferson County	R	−12.7%	41,564	53,978	98,024
Johnson County	R	−24.2%	7,667	12,763	21,021
Knox County	R	−25.9%	698	1,205	1,957
Laclede County	R	−44.3%	4,093	10,934	15,435
Lafayette County	R	−26.1%	5,655	9,803	15,866
Lawrence County	R	−47.0%	4,017	11,421	15,755
Lewis County	R	−27.3%	1,508	2,677	4,279
Lincoln County	R	−29.0%	7,734	14,332	22,776
Linn County	R	−23.5%	2,041	3,344	5,550
Livingston County	R	−34.7%	1,906	4,006	6,054
Macon County	R	−33.4%	2,309	4,701	7,160
Madison County	R	−33.2%	1,588	3,227	4,930
Maries County	R	−41.1%	1,299	3,165	4,538
Marion County	R	−32.0%	4,031	7,923	12,158
McDonald County	R	−48.3%	1,920	5,694	7,817
Mercer County	R	−54.5%	353	1,255	1,655
Miller County	R	−49.3%	2,651	8,099	11,048
Mississippi County	R	−23.2%	1,858	2,997	4,920
Moniteau County	R	−48.1%	1,608	4,704	6,443
Monroe County	R	−28.7%	1,398	2,564	4,057
Montgomery County	R	−32.7%	1,740	3,490	5,344
Morgan County	R	−34.1%	2,773	5,733	8,688
New Madrid County	R	−20.3%	2,814	4,284	7,250
Newton County	R	−46.7%	6,425	18,181	25,193
Nodaway County	R	−27.0%	3,172	5,593	8,976
Oregon County	R	−33.2%	1,419	2,886	4,421
Osage County	R	−55.7%	1,473	5,329	6,919
Ozark County	R	−40.8%	1,261	3,080	4,453
Pemiscot County	R	−14.6%	2,671	3,598	6,335
Perry County	R	−43.6%	2,184	5,669	7,987
Pettis County	R	−28.8%	5,904	10,842	17,175
Phelps County	R	−33.3%	5,798	11,895	18,286
Pike County	R	−27.3%	2,582	4,577	7,321
Platte County	R	−14.1%	19,175	25,618	45,710
Polk County	R	−43.2%	3,580	9,252	13,119
Pulaski County	R	−36.1%	4,199	9,092	13,571
Putnam County	R	−47.0%	587	1,673	2,309
Ralls County	R	−29.7%	1,736	3,231	5,036
Randolph County	R	−36.5%	3,031	6,667	9,975
Ray County	R	−14.9%	4,275	5,815	10,367
Reynolds County	R	−24.2%	1,157	1,931	3,202
Ripley County	R	−44.6%	1,396	3,743	5,263
Saline County	R	−14.4%	3,790	5,104	9,108
Schuyler County	R	−24.6%	697	1,174	1,939
Scotland County	R	−31.1%	643	1,246	1,936
Scott County	R	−38.2%	5,122	11,623	16,999
Shannon County	R	−26.0%	1,302	2,262	3,692
Shelby County	R	−37.8%	966	2,188	3,232
St. Charles County	R	−20.9%	71,838	110,784	186,366
St. Clair County	R	−33.7%	1,460	3,019	4,626
St. Francois County	R	−19.5%	8,829	13,248	22,705
St. Louis city	D	+66.5%	118,780	22,943	144,066
St. Louis County	D	+13.6%	297,097	224,742	530,116
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−3.0%	3,813	4,055	8,070
Stoddard County	R	−49.3%	3,153	9,496	12,866
Stone County	R	−49.0%	3,923	11,787	16,047
Sullivan County	R	−27.1%	908	1,610	2,595
Taney County	R	−47.2%	5,479	15,746	21,738
Texas County	R	−44.1%	2,871	7,618	10,764
Vernon County	R	−37.3%	2,580	5,758	8,521
Warren County	R	−26.8%	5,219	9,150	14,676
Washington County	R	−19.0%	3,417	5,071	8,695
Wayne County	R	−34.6%	1,813	3,790	5,720
Webster County	R	−40.6%	4,409	10,708	15,496
Worth County	R	−30.8%	341	664	1,048
Wright County	R	−48.7%	1,953	5,830	7,955