Mitt Romney carried West Virginia R+26.7.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in West Virginia, 2012. The state ran 30.5 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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West Virginia result

672,119 votes counted

Obama (D)

238,269

35.5%

Romney (R)

417,655

62.1%

All others

16,195

2.4%

Margin

R+26.7

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2012 presidential election

West Virginia, 2012

RomneyR+26.7

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	62.1%	417,655
Barack ObamaDemocratic	35.5%	238,269
OtherAll other candidates	2.4%	16,195

D+60

R+60

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

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West Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

West Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+2.4%
1896	−5.4%
1900	+9.5%
1904	−13.2%
1908	−10.2%
1912	+21.3%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−12.0%
1924	−5.4%
1928	−17.4%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+21.4%
1940	+14.2%
1944	+9.8%
1948	+15.1%
1952	+3.8%
1956	−8.2%
1960	+5.5%
1964	+35.9%
1968	+8.8%
1972	−27.2%
1976	+16.1%
1980	+4.5%
1984	−10.5%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+13.0%
1996	+14.7%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−12.9%
2008	−13.1%
2012	−26.7%
2016	−41.7%
2020	−38.9%
2024	−41.9%

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County results — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Barbour County	R	−35.6%	1,768	3,824	5,777
Berkeley County	R	−21.1%	14,275	22,156	37,307
Boone County	R	−31.5%	2,790	5,467	8,502
Braxton County	R	−15.1%	1,998	2,725	4,810
Brooke County	R	−11.3%	4,005	5,060	9,328
Cabell County	R	−13.7%	13,568	17,985	32,158
Calhoun County	R	−22.7%	818	1,319	2,210
Clay County	R	−34.5%	931	1,971	3,018
Doddridge County	R	−56.1%	575	2,130	2,774
Fayette County	R	−20.8%	5,419	8,350	14,070
Gilmer County	R	−29.9%	840	1,595	2,522
Grant County	R	−66.8%	718	3,783	4,588
Greenbrier County	R	−24.8%	4,710	7,930	13,005
Hampshire County	R	−40.2%	2,299	5,523	8,019
Hancock County	R	−21.4%	4,627	7,226	12,150
Hardy County	R	−39.6%	1,482	3,536	5,181
Harrison County	R	−23.4%	9,732	15,876	26,271
Jackson County	R	−30.7%	3,854	7,408	11,594
Jefferson County	R	−3.9%	10,398	11,258	22,236
Kanawha County	R	−11.8%	32,480	41,364	75,312
Lewis County	R	−41.9%	1,736	4,375	6,294
Lincoln County	R	−31.6%	2,227	4,383	6,818
Logan County	R	−39.7%	3,469	8,222	11,972
Marion County	R	−14.4%	8,959	12,054	21,553
Marshall County	R	−28.2%	4,484	8,135	12,960
Mason County	R	−20.1%	3,778	5,741	9,790
McDowell County	R	−29.9%	2,109	3,959	6,188
Mercer County	R	−47.0%	5,432	15,450	21,313
Mineral County	R	−45.0%	2,885	7,833	10,988
Mingo County	R	−42.5%	2,428	6,191	8,855
Monongalia County	R	−9.5%	13,826	16,831	31,591
Monroe County	R	−41.3%	1,455	3,616	5,232
Morgan County	R	−30.4%	2,363	4,513	7,071
Nicholas County	R	−36.8%	2,664	5,898	8,791
Ohio County	R	−22.2%	6,786	10,768	17,959
Pendleton County	R	−31.4%	1,074	2,095	3,256
Pleasants County	R	−30.6%	955	1,825	2,841
Pocahontas County	R	−24.5%	1,303	2,182	3,591
Preston County	R	−44.3%	2,931	7,889	11,183
Putnam County	R	−36.9%	7,256	16,032	23,760
Raleigh County	R	−44.6%	7,739	20,614	28,837
Randolph County	R	−28.8%	3,342	6,160	9,778
Ritchie County	R	−56.8%	768	2,921	3,790
Roane County	R	−20.6%	1,939	2,982	5,060
Summers County	R	−28.7%	1,621	2,981	4,744
Taylor County	R	−32.1%	1,941	3,840	5,921
Tucker County	R	−41.3%	880	2,176	3,138
Tyler County	R	−43.3%	890	2,314	3,285
Upshur County	R	−45.6%	2,158	5,939	8,298
Wayne County	R	−26.8%	4,931	8,688	14,009
Webster County	R	−27.5%	947	1,710	2,773
Wetzel County	R	−21.4%	2,217	3,473	5,875
Wirt County	R	−34.6%	676	1,427	2,171
Wood County	R	−32.1%	11,230	22,183	34,076
Wyoming County	R	−55.6%	1,583	5,769	7,526