November 5, 2012
Barack Obama Wins Re-Election
Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney with 329 electoral votes, winning 27 states.
Barack Obama
329 EV
270 to win
Mitt Romney
209 EV
329
209
270
Barack Obama wins
329
Electoral Votes
51.0%
Popular Vote
27
States Carried
129,246,639
Total Votes Cast
Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election with 329 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 209. Barack Obama received 51.0% of the popular vote and carried 27 states. Compared to the previous election, 213 counties changed parties—194 flipped Republican and 19 flipped Democratic.
2012 National Results
Electoral College
270 needed to winDemocrat
Barack Obama
329
electoral votes
Republican
Mitt Romney
209
electoral votes
329
209
270
Popular Vote
129,246,639 total votesBarack Obama51.0%
65,914,232 votes
Mitt Romney47.1%
60,931,892 votes
D+3.9% margin
(4,982,340 vote difference)
Source: Official state election returnsBarack Obama elected president
State Results
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State-by-State Results
27 Dem24 Rep
Battleground States (Margin < 5%)
| State | EV | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3 | D+83.6 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D+42.7 |
| Vermont | 3 | D+35.6 |
| New York | 28 | D+28.2 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D+27.4 |
| Maryland | 10 | D+26.1 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | D+23.1 |
| California | 54 | D+23.1 |
| Delaware | 3 | D+18.6 |
| New Jersey | 14 | D+17.7 |
| Connecticut | 7 | D+17.3 |
| Illinois | 19 | D+16.8 |
| Maine | 4 | D+15.2 |
| Washington | 12 | D+14.8 |
| Oregon | 8 | D+12.1 |
| New Mexico | 5 | D+10.2 |
| Michigan | 15 | D+9.5 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D+7.7 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | D+6.9 |
| Nevada | 6 | D+6.7 |
| Iowa | 6 | D+5.8 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | D+5.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | D+5.4 |
| Colorado | 10 | D+5.4 |
| Virginia | 13 | D+3.9 |
| Ohio | 17 | D+3.0 |
| Florida | 30 | D+0.9 |
| North Carolina | 16 | R+2.0 |
| Georgia | 16 | R+7.8 |
| Arizona | 11 | R+9.0 |
| Missouri | 10 | R+9.4 |
| Indiana | 11 | R+10.2 |
| South Carolina | 9 | R+10.5 |
| Mississippi | 6 | R+11.5 |
| Montana | 4 | R+13.6 |
| Alaska | 3 | R+14.0 |
| Texas | 40 | R+15.8 |
| Louisiana | 8 | R+17.2 |
| South Dakota | 3 | R+18.0 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R+19.6 |
| Tennessee | 11 | R+20.4 |
| Kansas | 6 | R+21.6 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R+21.8 |
| Alabama | 9 | R+22.2 |
| Kentucky | 8 | R+22.7 |
| Arkansas | 6 | R+23.7 |
| West Virginia | 4 | R+26.7 |
| Idaho | 4 | R+31.9 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | R+33.5 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R+40.8 |
| Utah | 6 | R+47.9 |