Barack Obama carried Oregon D+12.1.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Oregon, 2012. The state ran 8.2 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

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

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Oregon result

1,789,270 votes counted

Obama (D)

970,488

54.2%

Romney (R)

754,175

42.1%

All others

64,607

3.6%

Margin

D+12.1

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2012 presidential election

Oregon, 2012

ObamaD+12.1

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	54.2%	970,488
Mitt RomneyRepublican	42.1%	754,175
OtherAll other candidates	3.6%	64,607

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−39.5%	2,369	5,702	8,448
Benton County	D	+28.5%	27,776	14,991	44,802
Clackamas County	D	+3.6%	95,493	88,592	189,332
Clatsop County	D	+14.7%	9,861	7,249	17,818
Columbia County	D	+5.2%	12,004	10,772	23,875
Coos County	R	−6.4%	12,845	14,673	28,686
Crook County	R	−36.0%	3,104	6,790	10,230
Curry County	R	−16.9%	4,625	6,598	11,678
Deschutes County	R	−6.7%	36,961	42,463	81,900
Douglas County	R	−27.4%	17,145	30,776	49,803
Gilliam County	R	−25.3%	371	639	1,061
Grant County	R	−53.0%	853	2,926	3,911
Harney County	R	−49.5%	832	2,607	3,583
Hood River County	D	+26.7%	6,058	3,429	9,838
Jackson County	R	−4.7%	44,468	49,020	97,127
Jefferson County	R	−16.4%	3,301	4,642	8,175
Josephine County	R	−21.7%	14,953	23,673	40,238
Klamath County	R	−37.6%	8,302	18,898	28,152
Lake County	R	−54.9%	770	2,808	3,710
Lane County	D	+23.4%	102,652	62,509	171,850
Lincoln County	D	+20.5%	13,401	8,686	22,984
Linn County	R	−16.7%	20,378	28,944	51,426
Malheur County	R	−41.1%	2,759	6,851	9,956
Marion County	R	−3.2%	56,376	60,190	120,376
Morrow County	R	−34.3%	1,202	2,532	3,882
Multnomah County	D	+54.7%	274,887	75,302	364,722
Polk County	R	−4.3%	16,292	17,819	35,257
Sherman County	R	−35.0%	319	678	1,026
Tillamook County	D	+4.9%	6,293	5,684	12,519
Umatilla County	R	−27.7%	8,584	15,499	24,969
Union County	R	−30.3%	3,973	7,636	12,070
Wallowa County	R	−36.9%	1,253	2,804	4,205
Wasco County	R	−0.2%	5,211	5,229	10,873
Washington County	D	+17.4%	135,291	93,974	237,023
Wheeler County	R	−32.5%	266	545	858
Yamhill County	R	−6.5%	19,260	22,045	42,907