Barack Obama carried Washington D+14.8.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Washington, 2012. The state ran 10.9 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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Washington result

3,145,958 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,755,396

55.8%

Romney (R)

1,290,670

41.0%

All others

99,892

3.2%

Margin

D+14.8

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2012 presidential election

Washington, 2012

ObamaD+14.8

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	55.8%	1,755,396
Mitt RomneyRepublican	41.0%	1,290,670
OtherAll other candidates	3.2%	99,892

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−33.8%	1,540	3,171	4,822
Asotin County	R	−16.6%	4,003	5,654	9,972
Benton County	R	−26.6%	28,145	49,461	80,217
Chelan County	R	−16.3%	13,112	18,402	32,488
Clallam County	D	+0.4%	18,580	18,437	38,385
Clark County	D	+0.2%	93,382	92,951	192,176
Columbia County	R	−40.5%	645	1,568	2,280
Cowlitz County	D	+4.4%	22,726	20,746	45,012
Douglas County	R	−28.3%	5,166	9,425	15,060
Ferry County	R	−20.1%	1,294	1,995	3,488
Franklin County	R	−23.5%	8,398	13,748	22,764
Garfield County	R	−45.0%	336	913	1,281
Grant County	R	−32.0%	8,950	17,852	27,829
Grays Harbor County	D	+14.0%	15,960	11,914	28,947
Island County	D	+4.4%	21,478	19,605	42,372
Jefferson County	D	+31.7%	12,739	6,405	19,961
King County	D	+40.4%	668,004	275,700	972,021
Kitsap County	D	+11.6%	67,277	52,846	124,101
Kittitas County	R	−10.0%	7,949	9,782	18,293
Klickitat County	R	−6.9%	4,598	5,316	10,391
Lewis County	R	−22.7%	12,664	20,452	34,320
Lincoln County	R	−40.4%	1,673	4,063	5,911
Mason County	D	+7.0%	14,764	12,761	28,489
Okanogan County	R	−12.4%	7,108	9,221	17,003
Pacific County	D	+11.4%	5,711	4,499	10,636
Pend Oreille County	R	−21.4%	2,508	3,952	6,749
Pierce County	D	+11.0%	186,430	148,467	344,932
San Juan County	D	+37.5%	7,125	3,111	10,692
Skagit County	D	+6.5%	28,688	25,071	55,697
Skamania County	R	−1.1%	2,628	2,687	5,532
Snohomish County	D	+16.7%	188,516	133,016	331,968
Spokane County	R	−5.8%	102,295	115,285	225,754
Stevens County	R	−26.4%	7,762	13,691	22,500
Thurston County	D	+19.4%	74,037	49,287	127,740
Wahkiakum County	R	−1.1%	1,094	1,119	2,313
Walla Walla County	R	−19.3%	9,768	14,648	25,298
Whatcom County	D	+13.9%	57,089	42,703	103,788
Whitman County	R	−2.7%	8,037	8,507	17,270
Yakima County	R	−11.6%	33,217	42,239	77,506