Mitt Romney carried Texas R+15.8.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Texas, 2012. The state ran 19.6 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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Texas result

7,999,657 votes counted

Obama (D)

3,308,124

41.4%

Romney (R)

4,569,843

57.1%

All others

121,690

1.5%

Margin

R+15.8

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2012 presidential election

Texas, 2012

RomneyR+15.8

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	57.1%	4,569,843
Barack ObamaDemocratic	41.4%	3,308,124
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	121,690

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−52.1%	3,813	12,262	16,212
Andrews County	R	−63.5%	795	3,639	4,482
Angelina County	R	−43.9%	7,834	20,303	28,406
Aransas County	R	−42.8%	2,704	6,830	9,648
Archer County	R	−73.8%	525	3,600	4,164
Armstrong County	R	−78.1%	98	828	935
Atascosa County	R	−18.3%	5,133	7,461	12,721
Austin County	R	−60.2%	2,252	9,265	11,649
Bailey County	R	−48.1%	466	1,339	1,816
Bandera County	R	−58.9%	1,864	7,426	9,448
Bastrop County	R	−17.0%	9,864	14,033	24,481
Baylor County	R	−64.7%	267	1,297	1,592
Bee County	R	−11.5%	3,452	4,356	7,879
Bell County	R	−16.3%	35,512	49,574	86,425
Bexar County	D	+4.5%	264,856	241,617	514,710
Blanco County	R	−48.6%	1,220	3,638	4,973
Borden County	R	−80.4%	32	324	363
Bosque County	R	−61.4%	1,367	5,885	7,356
Bowie County	R	−41.4%	10,196	24,869	35,404
Brazoria County	R	−34.1%	34,421	70,862	106,739
Brazos County	R	−35.3%	17,477	37,209	55,962
Brewster County	R	−5.5%	1,765	1,976	3,867
Briscoe County	R	−65.7%	117	578	702
Brooks County	D	+57.4%	1,886	507	2,403
Brown County	R	−71.6%	1,904	11,895	13,947
Burleson County	R	−45.9%	1,705	4,671	6,456
Burnet County	R	−54.6%	3,674	12,843	16,796
Caldwell County	R	−11.1%	4,791	6,021	11,068
Calhoun County	R	−26.1%	2,410	4,144	6,648
Callahan County	R	−69.8%	751	4,378	5,197
Cameron County	D	+31.1%	49,975	26,099	76,895
Camp County	R	−33.5%	1,428	2,881	4,335
Carson County	R	−77.7%	292	2,451	2,778
Cass County	R	−49.5%	2,924	8,763	11,788
Castro County	R	−39.6%	630	1,470	2,119
Chambers County	R	−61.1%	2,790	11,787	14,735
Cherokee County	R	−51.0%	3,875	12,094	16,126
Childress County	R	−67.4%	320	1,665	1,996
Clay County	R	−69.7%	740	4,266	5,057
Cochran County	R	−42.9%	256	649	917
Coke County	R	−73.8%	179	1,218	1,408
Coleman County	R	−73.6%	442	3,012	3,492
Collin County	R	−31.5%	101,415	196,888	303,567
Collingsworth County	R	−68.3%	177	962	1,150
Colorado County	R	−49.2%	2,029	6,026	8,117
Comal County	R	−54.1%	11,450	39,318	51,529
Comanche County	R	−62.3%	890	3,944	4,906
Concho County	R	−59.8%	194	793	1,001
Cooke County	R	−67.6%	2,246	11,951	14,351
Coryell County	R	−36.5%	5,158	11,220	16,604
Cottle County	R	−50.6%	180	555	741
Crane County	R	−55.3%	275	985	1,283
Crockett County	R	−32.7%	480	957	1,457
Crosby County	R	−27.6%	639	1,132	1,787
Culberson County	D	+31.1%	568	295	879
Dallam County	R	−64.9%	253	1,248	1,534
Dallas County	D	+15.4%	405,571	295,813	711,612
Dawson County	R	−43.2%	1,019	2,591	3,642
Deaf Smith County	R	−41.8%	1,239	3,042	4,309
Delta County	R	−53.0%	454	1,524	2,018
Denton County	R	−31.6%	80,978	157,579	242,781
DeWitt County	R	−55.1%	1,467	5,122	6,638
Dickens County	R	−56.6%	216	793	1,019
Dimmit County	D	+47.3%	2,141	762	2,917
Donley County	R	−69.1%	226	1,287	1,535
Duval County	D	+54.1%	3,331	980	4,344
Eastland County	R	−68.9%	970	5,444	6,495
Ector County	R	−48.9%	8,118	24,010	32,513
Edwards County	R	−46.4%	232	642	884
El Paso County	D	+32.3%	112,952	57,150	172,703
Ellis County	R	−47.4%	13,881	39,574	54,254
Erath County	R	−67.1%	1,965	10,329	12,473
Falls County	R	−24.3%	2,033	3,356	5,434
Fannin County	R	−52.5%	2,486	8,161	10,804
Fayette County	R	−54.7%	2,315	8,106	10,581
Fisher County	R	−35.7%	512	1,094	1,629
Floyd County	R	−46.6%	551	1,523	2,085
Foard County	R	−42.0%	140	348	495
Fort Bend County	R	−6.8%	101,144	116,126	219,489
Franklin County	R	−63.3%	751	3,446	4,257
Freestone County	R	−50.1%	1,850	5,646	7,570
Frio County	D	+20.6%	2,376	1,559	3,968
Gaines County	R	−72.5%	535	3,484	4,066
Galveston County	R	−26.8%	39,511	69,059	110,078
Garza County	R	−63.1%	279	1,263	1,560
Gillespie County	R	−65.7%	2,055	10,306	12,550
Glasscock County	R	−83.4%	44	526	578
Goliad County	R	−33.7%	1,127	2,294	3,458
Gonzales County	R	−40.3%	1,777	4,216	6,057
Gray County	R	−75.2%	886	6,443	7,389
Grayson County	R	−48.0%	10,670	30,936	42,264
Gregg County	R	−39.4%	12,398	28,742	41,507
Grimes County	R	−44.2%	2,339	6,141	8,601
Guadalupe County	R	−35.0%	15,744	33,117	49,626
Hale County	R	−48.0%	2,243	6,490	8,854
Hall County	R	−51.1%	265	832	1,109
Hamilton County	R	−65.5%	591	2,918	3,552
Hansford County	R	−83.0%	159	1,788	1,962
Hardeman County	R	−58.5%	302	1,176	1,495
Hardin County	R	−67.6%	3,359	17,746	21,297
Harris County	D	+0.1%	587,044	586,073	1,188,585
Harrison County	R	−34.6%	8,456	17,512	26,170
Hartley County	R	−79.7%	184	1,708	1,913
Haskell County	R	−43.3%	553	1,424	2,013
Hays County	R	−10.4%	25,537	31,661	59,011
Hemphill County	R	−73.3%	192	1,298	1,509
Henderson County	R	−54.7%	6,106	21,231	27,627
Hidalgo County	D	+41.7%	97,969	39,865	139,322
Hill County	R	−53.0%	2,752	9,132	12,045
Hockley County	R	−56.9%	1,486	5,546	7,134
Hood County	R	−64.5%	3,843	18,409	22,579
Hopkins County	R	−55.4%	2,777	9,836	12,753
Houston County	R	−44.0%	2,265	5,880	8,214
Howard County	R	−49.9%	2,110	6,453	8,695
Hudspeth County	R	−10.7%	379	471	863
Hunt County	R	−51.1%	6,671	21,011	28,049
Hutchinson County	R	−72.6%	1,045	6,804	7,928
Irion County	R	−70.6%	112	668	788
Jack County	R	−78.3%	303	2,580	2,908
Jackson County	R	−56.4%	1,070	3,906	5,025
Jasper County	R	−48.3%	3,423	9,957	13,517
Jeff Davis County	R	−23.4%	440	719	1,192
Jefferson County	D	+1.6%	44,668	43,242	88,735
Jim Hogg County	D	+56.7%	1,301	356	1,667
Jim Wells County	D	+17.0%	6,492	4,598	11,166
Johnson County	R	−55.6%	10,496	37,661	48,838
Jones County	R	−54.5%	1,226	4,262	5,567
Karnes County	R	−35.8%	1,325	2,825	4,185
Kaufman County	R	−44.3%	9,472	24,846	34,670
Kendall County	R	−64.5%	3,043	14,508	17,783
Kenedy County	R	−1.2%	82	84	167
Kent County	R	−66.4%	66	335	405
Kerr County	R	−59.1%	4,338	17,274	21,879
Kimble County	R	−76.6%	217	1,667	1,892
King County	R	−92.4%	5	139	145
Kinney County	R	−25.1%	522	880	1,425
Kleberg County	D	+7.8%	4,754	4,058	8,907
Knox County	R	−54.8%	332	1,160	1,510
La Salle County	D	+18.0%	965	669	1,646
Lamar County	R	−50.3%	4,181	12,826	17,197
Lamb County	R	−50.4%	998	3,058	4,091
Lampasas County	R	−57.5%	1,479	5,621	7,204
Lavaca County	R	−64.6%	1,428	6,796	8,314
Lee County	R	−46.1%	1,632	4,507	6,236
Leon County	R	−68.3%	1,062	5,814	6,960
Liberty County	R	−53.3%	5,202	17,323	22,746
Limestone County	R	−40.7%	2,208	5,288	7,563
Lipscomb County	R	−79.2%	119	1,044	1,168
Live Oak County	R	−54.3%	919	3,154	4,113
Llano County	R	−60.6%	1,822	7,610	9,558
Loving County	R	−70.3%	9	54	64
Lubbock County	R	−40.8%	26,271	63,469	91,184
Lynn County	R	−47.6%	506	1,439	1,959
Madison County	R	−51.2%	967	3,028	4,028
Marion County	R	−28.9%	1,495	2,733	4,282
Martin County	R	−69.0%	248	1,368	1,624
Mason County	R	−60.2%	380	1,565	1,968
Matagorda County	R	−33.5%	3,980	8,040	12,133
Maverick County	D	+58.1%	8,303	2,171	10,563
McCulloch County	R	−62.9%	537	2,419	2,993
McLennan County	R	−29.8%	25,694	47,903	74,541
McMullen County	R	−72.4%	67	431	503
Medina County	R	−39.2%	4,784	11,079	16,049
Menard County	R	−58.2%	171	665	849
Midland County	R	−61.3%	8,286	35,689	44,697
Milam County	R	−34.6%	2,636	5,481	8,230
Mills County	R	−72.8%	279	1,882	2,201
Mitchell County	R	−52.6%	538	1,756	2,316
Montague County	R	−70.1%	1,116	6,549	7,751
Montgomery County	R	−60.5%	32,920	137,969	173,523
Moore County	R	−60.3%	964	3,968	4,985
Morris County	R	−26.7%	1,858	3,232	5,139
Motley County	R	−80.5%	55	538	600
Nacogdoches County	R	−36.1%	6,465	13,925	20,653
Navarro County	R	−42.3%	4,350	10,847	15,364
Newton County	R	−41.5%	1,677	4,112	5,869
Nolan County	R	−45.2%	1,216	3,282	4,575
Nueces County	R	−3.3%	45,772	48,966	96,104
Ochiltree County	R	−82.4%	253	2,719	2,993
Oldham County	R	−82.7%	71	790	869
Orange County	R	−54.0%	6,800	23,366	30,695
Palo Pinto County	R	−59.7%	1,811	7,393	9,351
Panola County	R	−56.1%	2,211	7,950	10,230
Parker County	R	−65.8%	7,853	39,243	47,694
Parmer County	R	−58.0%	529	2,011	2,554
Pecos County	R	−22.2%	1,591	2,512	4,150
Polk County	R	−48.1%	4,859	14,071	19,134
Potter County	R	−44.6%	7,126	18,918	26,450
Presidio County	D	+42.8%	1,282	504	1,817
Rains County	R	−61.6%	761	3,279	4,087
Randall County	R	−68.2%	7,574	41,447	49,696
Reagan County	R	−61.4%	158	676	843
Real County	R	−62.5%	277	1,236	1,535
Red River County	R	−40.7%	1,482	3,549	5,074
Reeves County	D	+16.2%	1,655	1,188	2,877
Refugio County	R	−24.8%	998	1,663	2,677
Roberts County	R	−85.6%	33	468	508
Robertson County	R	−22.2%	2,798	4,419	7,287
Rockwall County	R	−53.1%	8,120	27,113	35,764
Runnels County	R	−70.5%	519	3,104	3,668
Rusk County	R	−51.1%	4,451	13,924	18,546
Sabine County	R	−63.8%	807	3,727	4,578
San Augustine County	R	−34.6%	1,193	2,469	3,690
San Jacinto County	R	−48.8%	2,410	7,107	9,616
San Patricio County	R	−20.7%	7,856	12,005	20,078
San Saba County	R	−70.0%	323	1,905	2,259
Schleicher County	R	−55.7%	221	787	1,017
Scurry County	R	−65.4%	838	4,124	5,027
Shackelford County	R	−79.8%	131	1,218	1,363
Shelby County	R	−49.0%	2,322	6,879	9,292
Sherman County	R	−75.8%	121	908	1,038
Smith County	R	−45.1%	21,456	57,331	79,601
Somervell County	R	−63.8%	613	2,871	3,538
Starr County	D	+73.3%	10,260	1,547	11,883
Stephens County	R	−70.8%	475	2,892	3,412
Sterling County	R	−86.6%	31	459	494
Stonewall County	R	−51.4%	160	507	675
Sutton County	R	−49.7%	369	1,110	1,491
Swisher County	R	−47.4%	579	1,655	2,270
Tarrant County	R	−15.7%	253,071	348,920	610,890
Taylor County	R	−53.5%	9,750	32,904	43,263
Terrell County	R	−31.4%	184	358	555
Terry County	R	−41.6%	1,059	2,602	3,709
Throckmorton County	R	−72.7%	109	700	813
Titus County	R	−38.8%	2,648	6,084	8,854
Tom Green County	R	−47.9%	9,294	26,878	36,720
Travis County	D	+23.9%	232,788	140,152	387,057
Trinity County	R	−46.9%	1,614	4,537	6,235
Tyler County	R	−55.4%	1,668	5,910	7,654
Upshur County	R	−59.7%	2,971	12,015	15,138
Upton County	R	−47.7%	333	953	1,300
Uvalde County	R	−8.3%	3,825	4,529	8,435
Val Verde County	D	+5.4%	6,285	5,635	12,081
Van Zandt County	R	−66.5%	3,084	15,794	19,100
Victoria County	R	−37.7%	8,802	19,692	28,853
Walker County	R	−31.5%	6,252	12,140	18,685
Waller County	R	−17.2%	6,514	9,244	15,902
Ward County	R	−47.0%	841	2,366	3,245
Washington County	R	−51.9%	3,381	10,857	14,397
Webb County	D	+53.9%	37,597	11,078	49,196
Wharton County	R	−39.1%	4,235	9,750	14,087
Wheeler County	R	−77.3%	232	1,878	2,128
Wichita County	R	−47.0%	10,525	29,812	41,018
Wilbarger County	R	−49.9%	971	2,956	3,980
Willacy County	D	+43.1%	3,600	1,416	5,064
Williamson County	R	−21.4%	61,875	97,006	163,804
Wilson County	R	−43.0%	4,821	12,218	17,205
Winkler County	R	−52.9%	398	1,311	1,725
Wise County	R	−67.4%	3,221	17,207	20,745
Wood County	R	−64.2%	3,056	14,351	17,581
Yoakum County	R	−60.6%	409	1,698	2,128
Young County	R	−71.5%	992	6,225	7,316
Zapata County	D	+43.2%	2,527	997	3,543
Zavala County	D	+67.6%	3,042	574	3,653