Mitt Romney carried Utah R+47.9.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Utah, 2012. The state ran 51.7 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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Utah result

1,020,861 votes counted

Obama (D)

251,813

24.7%

Romney (R)

740,600

72.5%

All others

28,448

2.8%

Margin

R+47.9

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2012 presidential election

Utah, 2012

RomneyR+47.9

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	72.5%	740,600
Barack ObamaDemocratic	24.7%	251,813
OtherAll other candidates	2.8%	28,448

D+60

R+60

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

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Utah's presidential margins

1896–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Utah's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1896	+65.4%
1900	−2.3%
1904	−28.6%
1908	−17.0%
1912	−4.9%
1916	+21.0%
1920	−17.1%
1924	−19.3%
1928	−7.7%
1932	+15.5%
1936	+39.5%
1940	+24.7%
1944	+21.0%
1948	+9.0%
1952	−17.9%
1956	−29.1%
1960	−9.6%
1964	+9.4%
1968	−19.4%
1972	−41.2%
1976	−28.8%
1980	−52.2%
1984	−49.8%
1988	−34.2%
1992	−18.7%
1996	−21.1%
2000	−40.5%
2004	−45.5%
2008	−28.2%
2012	−47.9%
2016	−17.9%
2020	−20.2%
2024	−21.6%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Beaver County	R	−71.4%	346	2,174	2,560
Box Elder County	R	−77.9%	1,984	17,101	19,408
Cache County	R	−68.1%	6,244	35,039	42,293
Carbon County	R	−37.2%	2,275	5,090	7,567
Daggett County	R	−60.0%	94	406	520
Davis County	R	−61.9%	21,889	96,861	121,069
Duchesne County	R	−80.2%	581	5,698	6,379
Emery County	R	−72.1%	569	3,777	4,449
Garfield County	R	−69.8%	308	1,832	2,182
Grand County	R	−6.8%	1,727	1,996	3,950
Iron County	R	−71.7%	2,148	14,200	16,811
Juab County	R	−74.7%	451	3,448	4,010
Kane County	R	−52.7%	744	2,522	3,371
Millard County	R	−80.1%	431	4,478	5,055
Morgan County	R	−80.7%	403	4,114	4,597
Piute County	R	−79.7%	74	697	782
Rich County	R	−82.0%	83	915	1,015
Salt Lake County	R	−20.2%	146,147	223,811	384,174
San Juan County	R	−17.6%	2,139	3,074	5,307
Sanpete County	R	−77.8%	980	8,406	9,547
Sevier County	R	−80.2%	738	7,207	8,069
Summit County	R	−4.6%	8,072	8,884	17,597
Tooele County	R	−50.4%	4,524	14,268	19,342
Uintah County	R	−81.2%	997	10,421	11,611
Utah County	R	−78.6%	17,281	156,950	177,713
Wasatch County	R	−52.2%	2,191	7,220	9,640
Washington County	R	−67.1%	8,337	44,698	54,226
Wayne County	R	−65.9%	215	1,089	1,327
Weber County	R	−45.1%	19,841	54,224	76,290