Mitt Romney carried North Carolina R+2.0.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in North Carolina, 2012. The state ran 5.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

4,505,372 votes counted

Obama (D)

2,178,391

48.4%

Romney (R)

2,270,395

50.4%

All others

56,586

1.3%

Margin

R+2.0

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2012 presidential election

North Carolina, 2012

RomneyR+2.0

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	50.4%	2,270,395
Barack ObamaDemocratic	48.4%	2,178,391
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	56,586

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−13.7%	28,875	38,170	67,776
Alexander County	R	−44.4%	4,611	12,253	17,196
Alleghany County	R	−35.7%	1,583	3,390	5,067
Anson County	D	+25.3%	7,019	4,166	11,256
Ashe County	R	−32.7%	4,116	8,242	12,610
Avery County	R	−50.1%	1,882	5,766	7,759
Beaufort County	R	−19.2%	9,435	13,977	23,620
Bertie County	D	+32.7%	6,695	3,387	10,123
Bladen County	D	+2.0%	8,062	7,748	15,957
Brunswick County	R	−22.1%	22,038	34,743	57,362
Buncombe County	D	+12.5%	70,625	54,701	127,696
Burke County	R	−23.4%	13,701	22,267	36,544
Cabarrus County	R	−20.0%	32,849	49,557	83,566
Caldwell County	R	−35.5%	10,898	23,229	34,732
Camden County	R	−34.0%	1,508	3,109	4,704
Carteret County	R	−40.8%	10,301	24,775	35,517
Caswell County	R	−2.2%	5,348	5,594	11,039
Catawba County	R	−29.4%	24,069	44,538	69,601
Chatham County	D	+4.8%	18,361	16,665	35,434
Cherokee County	R	−45.9%	3,378	9,278	12,867
Chowan County	R	−4.5%	3,556	3,891	7,505
Clay County	R	−42.4%	1,579	3,973	5,642
Cleveland County	R	−20.1%	17,062	25,793	43,340
Columbus County	R	−7.8%	11,050	12,941	24,243
Craven County	R	−17.7%	18,763	26,928	46,170
Cumberland County	D	+19.7%	75,792	50,666	127,641
Currituck County	R	−34.8%	3,562	7,496	11,304
Dare County	R	−15.9%	7,393	10,248	17,974
Davidson County	R	−40.5%	20,624	49,383	70,935
Davie County	R	−43.3%	5,735	14,687	20,670
Duplin County	R	−11.6%	9,033	11,416	20,592
Durham County	D	+52.8%	111,224	33,769	146,735
Edgecombe County	D	+36.2%	18,310	8,546	26,972
Forsyth County	D	+7.2%	92,323	79,768	174,069
Franklin County	R	−4.1%	13,436	14,603	28,389
Gaston County	R	−25.4%	33,171	56,138	90,483
Gates County	D	+4.1%	2,786	2,564	5,396
Graham County	R	−41.3%	1,119	2,750	3,947
Granville County	D	+4.5%	13,598	12,405	26,275
Greene County	R	−7.7%	3,778	4,411	8,236
Guilford County	D	+16.4%	146,365	104,789	253,852
Halifax County	D	+32.3%	17,176	8,763	26,079
Harnett County	R	−19.0%	17,331	25,565	43,415
Haywood County	R	−13.6%	11,833	15,633	27,974
Henderson County	R	−27.4%	18,642	32,994	52,392
Hertford County	D	+44.3%	7,843	3,007	10,918
Hoke County	D	+19.1%	10,076	6,819	17,089
Hyde County	R	−1.3%	1,163	1,193	2,383
Iredell County	R	−30.4%	26,076	49,299	76,365
Jackson County	R	−1.0%	8,095	8,254	16,701
Johnston County	R	−27.6%	27,290	48,427	76,691
Jones County	R	−9.3%	2,352	2,837	5,230
Lee County	R	−9.7%	10,801	13,158	24,239
Lenoir County	R	−0.1%	13,948	13,980	28,086
Lincoln County	R	−38.7%	11,024	25,267	36,775
Macon County	R	−30.4%	5,712	10,835	16,861
Madison County	R	−9.1%	4,484	5,404	10,113
Martin County	D	+4.6%	6,583	5,995	12,652
McDowell County	R	−31.7%	6,031	11,775	18,099
Mecklenburg County	D	+22.4%	272,262	171,668	448,900
Mitchell County	R	−51.1%	1,838	5,806	7,765
Montgomery County	R	−15.1%	4,706	6,404	11,231
Moore County	R	−28.0%	16,505	29,495	46,415
Nash County	D	+1.0%	24,313	23,842	48,492
New Hanover County	R	−4.6%	48,668	53,385	103,628
Northampton County	D	+34.9%	7,232	3,483	10,756
Onslow County	R	−26.7%	18,490	32,243	51,435
Orange County	D	+42.2%	53,901	21,539	76,757
Pamlico County	R	−20.8%	2,647	4,051	6,762
Pasquotank County	D	+14.6%	10,282	7,633	18,107
Pender County	R	−20.3%	9,632	14,617	24,527
Perquimans County	R	−16.0%	2,759	3,822	6,652
Person County	R	−10.9%	8,418	10,496	19,106
Pitt County	D	+7.1%	41,843	36,214	78,856
Polk County	R	−21.4%	4,013	6,236	10,389
Randolph County	R	−50.0%	14,773	45,160	60,715
Richmond County	D	+2.9%	9,904	9,332	19,417
Robeson County	D	+17.4%	24,988	17,510	42,946
Rockingham County	R	−21.1%	16,351	25,227	42,020
Rowan County	R	−25.9%	22,650	38,775	62,312
Rutherford County	R	−33.4%	9,374	18,954	28,702
Sampson County	R	−10.9%	11,566	14,422	26,174
Scotland County	D	+16.8%	8,215	5,831	14,156
Stanly County	R	−40.0%	8,431	19,904	28,717
Stokes County	R	−42.6%	6,018	15,237	21,619
Surry County	R	−36.7%	9,112	19,923	29,470
Swain County	R	−6.3%	2,618	2,976	5,728
Transylvania County	R	−16.8%	6,826	9,634	16,763
Tyrrell County	R	−5.2%	837	930	1,783
Union County	R	−30.2%	32,473	61,107	94,728
Vance County	D	+28.3%	13,323	7,429	20,854
Wake County	D	+11.4%	267,262	211,596	486,427
Warren County	D	+37.8%	6,978	3,140	10,162
Washington County	D	+18.6%	3,833	2,622	6,499
Watauga County	R	−3.1%	13,002	13,861	27,674
Wayne County	R	−8.4%	23,314	27,641	51,352
Wilkes County	R	−42.4%	8,148	20,515	29,145
Wilson County	D	+7.5%	20,875	17,954	39,109
Yadkin County	R	−51.3%	3,957	12,578	16,813
Yancey County	R	−13.7%	3,981	5,278	9,451