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Elections / 2012 · Dem primary · national

Obama led the 2012 Democratic presidential primaries.

Nationwide vote summed from the states with county-level returns; Obama led by 81.2 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
2012 Democratic presidential primaries — nationwide vote across 10 states with county returns.
CandidateVotesShare
Obama3,157,872.8790.6%
Other328,299.179.4%
By state (10)
Who led each state. Each row links to the state's county-level primary page.
StateLed byMarginVotes
CaliforniaObama+100.02,076,309
TexasObama+76.4590,164
AlabamaObama+61.8205,767
West VirginiaObama+18.7179,908
ArkansasObama+16.7162,647
MassachusettsObama+62.4157,447
OklahomaObama+14.2112,771
IowaObama+96.91,114.04
AlaskaObama30
ArizonaObama15