Barack Obama carried Virginia D+3.9.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Virginia, 2012. The state ran 0.0 points more Democratic 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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Virginia result

3,851,684 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,970,595

51.2%

Romney (R)

1,820,995

47.3%

All others

60,094

1.6%

Margin

D+3.9

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2012 presidential election

Virginia, 2012

ObamaD+3.9

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	51.2%	1,970,595
Mitt RomneyRepublican	47.3%	1,820,995
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	60,094

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	R	−3.5%	7,655	8,213	16,051
Albemarle County	D	+12.0%	29,757	23,297	53,907
Alexandria city	D	+43.5%	52,199	20,249	73,411
Alleghany County	R	−2.7%	3,403	3,595	7,173
Amelia County	R	−26.6%	2,490	4,331	6,915
Amherst County	R	−19.9%	5,900	8,876	14,970
Appomattox County	R	−36.4%	2,453	5,340	7,935
Arlington County	D	+39.8%	81,269	34,474	117,608
Augusta County	R	−42.1%	9,451	23,624	33,672
Bath County	R	−17.1%	894	1,274	2,223
Bedford County	R	−44.0%	10,209	26,679	37,425
Bland County	R	−47.8%	735	2,144	2,948
Botetourt County	R	−38.5%	5,452	12,479	18,241
Bristol city	R	−31.0%	2,492	4,780	7,387
Brunswick County	D	+25.2%	4,994	2,968	8,037
Buchanan County	R	−34.6%	3,094	6,436	9,646
Buckingham County	D	+2.4%	3,750	3,569	7,457
Buena Vista city	R	−25.5%	919	1,564	2,526
Campbell County	R	−39.3%	7,595	17,695	25,696
Caroline County	D	+8.2%	7,276	6,151	13,652
Carroll County	R	−39.1%	3,685	8,736	12,918
Charles City County	D	+32.5%	2,772	1,396	4,232
Charlotte County	R	−13.7%	2,503	3,311	5,898
Charlottesville city	D	+53.5%	16,510	4,844	21,797
Chesapeake city	D	+1.0%	55,052	53,900	110,425
Chesterfield County	R	−7.7%	77,694	90,934	170,988
Clarke County	R	−13.6%	3,239	4,296	7,762
Colonial Heights city	R	−39.4%	2,544	5,941	8,624
Covington city	D	+14.8%	1,319	975	2,330
Craig County	R	−34.8%	830	1,757	2,667
Culpeper County	R	−16.3%	8,285	11,580	20,211
Cumberland County	R	−2.3%	2,422	2,538	5,048
Danville city	D	+22.1%	12,218	7,763	20,204
Dickenson County	R	−26.1%	2,473	4,274	6,904
Dinwiddie County	R	−2.4%	6,550	6,875	13,589
Emporia city	D	+33.6%	1,793	886	2,696
Essex County	D	+7.3%	3,016	2,602	5,675
Fairfax city	D	+16.1%	6,651	4,775	11,629
Fairfax County	D	+20.5%	315,273	206,773	529,287
Falls Church city	D	+39.4%	5,015	2,147	7,276
Fauquier County	R	−19.9%	13,965	21,034	35,555
Floyd County	R	−25.4%	2,732	4,673	7,644
Fluvanna County	R	−6.2%	5,893	6,678	12,749
Franklin city	D	+30.7%	2,833	1,496	4,360
Franklin County	R	−28.6%	9,090	16,718	26,707
Frederick County	R	−27.9%	12,690	22,858	36,394
Fredericksburg city	D	+26.9%	7,131	4,060	11,437
Galax city	R	−19.0%	900	1,332	2,277
Giles County	R	−25.5%	2,730	4,660	7,558
Gloucester County	R	−27.9%	6,764	12,137	19,283
Goochland County	R	−28.3%	4,676	8,448	13,315
Grayson County	R	−38.4%	2,068	4,801	7,121
Greene County	R	−25.3%	3,290	5,569	9,023
Greensville County	D	+27.8%	3,135	1,766	4,926
Halifax County	R	−5.6%	7,766	8,694	16,692
Hampton city	D	+42.6%	46,966	18,640	66,490
Hanover County	R	−36.7%	18,294	39,940	59,058
Harrisonburg city	D	+13.4%	8,654	6,565	15,593
Henrico County	D	+11.8%	89,594	70,449	162,241
Henry County	R	−14.7%	10,317	13,984	24,963
Highland County	R	−32.9%	459	924	1,413
Hopewell city	D	+15.9%	5,179	3,739	9,031
Isle of Wight County	R	−14.6%	8,761	11,802	20,827
James City County	R	−12.0%	17,879	22,843	41,240
King and Queen County	R	−3.3%	1,745	1,865	3,655
King George County	R	−18.8%	4,477	6,604	11,325
King William County	R	−23.8%	3,344	5,466	8,923
Lancaster County	R	−8.7%	3,149	3,753	6,961
Lee County	R	−44.4%	2,583	6,847	9,598
Lexington city	D	+12.7%	1,486	1,146	2,687
Loudoun County	D	+4.5%	82,479	75,292	160,060
Louisa County	R	−13.7%	6,953	9,215	16,452
Lunenburg County	R	−5.0%	2,684	2,969	5,734
Lynchburg city	R	−10.6%	15,948	19,806	36,448
Madison County	R	−18.6%	2,639	3,869	6,614
Manassas city	D	+13.3%	8,478	6,463	15,200
Manassas Park city	D	+25.3%	2,879	1,699	4,656
Martinsville city	D	+24.6%	3,855	2,312	6,284
Mathews County	R	−31.3%	1,807	3,488	5,374
Mecklenburg County	R	−7.0%	6,921	7,973	15,077
Middlesex County	R	−20.5%	2,370	3,619	6,080
Montgomery County	R	−0.3%	19,903	20,006	41,009
Nelson County	D	+2.7%	4,171	3,947	8,250
New Kent County	R	−33.7%	3,555	7,246	10,953
Newport News city	D	+30.0%	51,100	27,230	79,444
Norfolk city	D	+45.4%	62,687	23,147	87,043
Northampton County	D	+16.4%	3,741	2,676	6,491
Northumberland County	R	−14.8%	3,191	4,310	7,558
Norton city	R	−22.1%	566	895	1,492
Nottoway County	R	−0.9%	3,344	3,409	6,846
Orange County	R	−14.5%	6,870	9,244	16,354
Page County	R	−25.6%	3,724	6,344	10,228
Patrick County	R	−38.8%	2,417	5,622	8,259
Petersburg city	D	+80.2%	14,283	1,527	15,908
Pittsylvania County	R	−27.4%	10,858	19,263	30,681
Poquoson city	R	−51.1%	1,679	5,312	7,106
Portsmouth city	D	+42.8%	32,501	12,858	45,922
Powhatan County	R	−45.8%	4,088	11,200	15,525
Prince Edward County	D	+12.8%	5,132	3,952	9,239
Prince George County	R	−11.8%	6,991	8,879	16,046
Prince William County	D	+16.0%	103,331	74,458	180,195
Pulaski County	R	−24.7%	5,292	8,920	14,680
Radford city	D	+3.9%	2,732	2,520	5,399
Rappahannock County	R	−7.6%	1,980	2,311	4,357
Richmond city	D	+57.3%	75,921	20,050	97,569
Richmond County	R	−15.5%	1,574	2,160	3,770
Roanoke city	D	+22.8%	24,134	14,991	40,155
Roanoke County	R	−25.2%	18,711	31,624	51,217
Rockbridge County	R	−17.8%	4,088	5,898	10,177
Rockingham County	R	−40.5%	10,065	24,186	34,866
Russell County	R	−36.9%	3,718	8,180	12,088
Salem city	R	−20.6%	4,760	7,299	12,318
Scott County	R	−50.5%	2,395	7,439	9,992
Shenandoah County	R	−31.3%	6,469	12,538	19,373
Smyth County	R	−32.9%	4,171	8,379	12,777
Southampton County	R	−3.2%	4,437	4,733	9,264
Spotsylvania County	R	−11.5%	25,165	31,844	57,974
Stafford County	R	−8.7%	27,182	32,480	60,583
Staunton city	D	+4.1%	5,728	5,272	11,210
Suffolk city	D	+15.1%	24,267	17,820	42,566
Surry County	D	+21.0%	2,576	1,671	4,308
Sussex County	D	+24.6%	3,358	2,021	5,440
Tazewell County	R	−57.4%	3,661	13,843	17,732
Virginia Beach city	R	−2.5%	94,299	99,291	196,641
Warren County	R	−20.5%	6,452	9,869	16,698
Washington County	R	−43.2%	7,076	18,141	25,632
Waynesboro city	R	−10.8%	3,840	4,790	8,791
Westmoreland County	D	+6.9%	4,295	3,731	8,120
Williamsburg city	D	+28.7%	4,903	2,682	7,748
Winchester city	D	+1.4%	5,094	4,946	10,296
Wise County	R	−48.7%	3,760	11,076	15,018
Wythe County	R	−36.7%	3,783	8,324	12,358
York County	R	−20.7%	13,183	20,204	33,953