Mitt Romney carried North Dakota R+19.6.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in North Dakota, 2012. The state ran 23.5 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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North Dakota result

322,627 votes counted

Obama (D)

124,827

38.7%

Romney (R)

188,163

58.3%

All others

9,637

3.0%

Margin

R+19.6

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2012 presidential election

North Dakota, 2012

RomneyR+19.6

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	58.3%	188,163
Barack ObamaDemocratic	38.7%	124,827
OtherAll other candidates	3.0%	9,637

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−45.9%	328	918	1,286
Barnes County	R	−10.3%	2,394	2,964	5,522
Benson County	D	+17.0%	1,235	868	2,157
Billings County	R	−66.3%	89	472	578
Bottineau County	R	−30.9%	1,183	2,280	3,555
Bowman County	R	−49.9%	414	1,280	1,737
Burke County	R	−52.7%	230	769	1,023
Burleigh County	R	−31.9%	14,122	27,951	43,387
Cass County	R	−2.9%	34,712	36,855	73,855
Cavalier County	R	−18.2%	818	1,195	2,069
Dickey County	R	−29.9%	853	1,610	2,535
Divide County	R	−29.9%	385	733	1,162
Dunn County	R	−49.1%	508	1,506	2,034
Eddy County	R	−12.8%	486	634	1,157
Emmons County	R	−55.8%	383	1,435	1,884
Foster County	R	−25.1%	607	1,030	1,682
Golden Valley County	R	−62.5%	162	742	928
Grand Forks County	R	−3.4%	14,032	15,060	30,029
Grant County	R	−48.9%	334	1,025	1,413
Griggs County	R	−17.5%	536	771	1,343
Hettinger County	R	−50.4%	313	1,000	1,362
Kidder County	R	−35.9%	393	870	1,328
LaMoure County	R	−29.0%	740	1,377	2,194
Logan County	R	−53.9%	232	810	1,073
McHenry County	R	−27.1%	943	1,678	2,712
McIntosh County	R	−37.6%	459	1,035	1,530
McKenzie County	R	−44.4%	927	2,458	3,451
McLean County	R	−29.8%	1,670	3,141	4,938
Mercer County	R	−44.6%	1,166	3,152	4,455
Morton County	R	−30.9%	4,469	8,680	13,613
Mountrail County	R	−16.2%	1,403	1,962	3,457
Nelson County	R	−5.8%	767	865	1,678
Oliver County	R	−40.7%	281	693	1,013
Pembina County	R	−19.8%	1,253	1,899	3,255
Pierce County	R	−37.0%	660	1,465	2,178
Ramsey County	R	−10.0%	2,164	2,665	4,999
Ransom County	D	+13.8%	1,343	1,009	2,425
Renville County	R	−35.4%	398	851	1,278
Richland County	R	−13.5%	3,198	4,229	7,613
Rolette County	D	+49.7%	3,353	1,092	4,552
Sargent County	D	+9.8%	1,075	879	2,007
Sheridan County	R	−58.3%	163	642	822
Sioux County	D	+59.0%	900	225	1,144
Slope County	R	−59.0%	83	341	437
Stark County	R	−49.1%	2,812	8,521	11,633
Steele County	D	+1.9%	518	498	1,042
Stutsman County	R	−22.0%	3,585	5,685	9,558
Towner County	R	−9.1%	516	623	1,182
Traill County	R	−4.7%	1,811	1,996	3,921
Walsh County	R	−14.0%	1,985	2,656	4,791
Ward County	R	−30.6%	8,441	16,230	25,463
Wells County	R	−41.2%	673	1,654	2,379
Williams County	R	−49.6%	2,322	7,184	9,808