Virginia 2012 Presidential Election

Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

Barack Obama won the Virginia 2012 presidential election with 1,970,595 votes (51.2%), a margin of D+3.9. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

51.2%

47.3%

1,970,595

Barack Obama (51.2%)

1,820,995

Mitt Romney (47.3%)

Total Votes: 3,851,684|Margin: D+3.9

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	2012 Pres	2016 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Petersburg city	D+80.2	D+80.2	D+76.7	15,908	D+1.7%
Richmond city	D+57.3	D+57.3	D+63.5	97,569	R+1.8%
Charlottesville city	D+53.5	D+53.5	D+66.5	21,797	R+4.5%
Norfolk city	D+45.4	D+45.4	D+42.5	87,043	D+2.5%
Alexandria city	D+43.5	D+43.5	D+58.0	73,411	R+0.9%
Portsmouth city	D+42.8	D+42.8	D+36.3	45,922	D+3.5%
Hampton city	D+42.6	D+42.6	D+37.6	66,490	D+3.7%
Arlington County	D+39.8	D+39.8	D+59.2	117,608	R+4.8%
Falls Church city	D+39.4	D+39.4	D+57.9	7,276	R+1.0%
Emporia city	D+33.6	D+33.6	D+31.3	2,696	D+2.9%
Charles City County	D+32.5	D+32.5	D+24.8	4,232	R+4.8%
Franklin city	D+30.7	D+30.7	D+27.0	4,360	D+2.6%
Newport News city	D+30.0	D+30.0	D+26.6	79,444	D+1.4%
Williamsburg city	D+28.7	D+28.7	D+43.0	7,748	R+0.4%
Greensville County	D+27.8	D+27.8	D+18.8	4,926	R+0.7%
Fredericksburg city	D+26.9	D+26.9	D+26.3	11,437	R+1.5%
Manassas Park city	D+25.3	D+25.3	D+28.1	4,656	D+5.3%
Brunswick County	D+25.2	D+25.2	D+18.7	8,037	R+1.3%
Sussex County	D+24.6	D+24.6	D+16.3	5,440	D+0.8%
Martinsville city	D+24.6	D+24.6	D+23.4	6,284	R+3.5%
Roanoke city	D+22.8	D+22.8	D+19.0	40,155	R+0.6%
Danville city	D+22.1	D+22.1	D+19.8	20,204	D+2.9%
Surry County	D+21.0	D+21.0	D+10.7	4,308	R+1.3%
Fairfax County	D+20.5	D+20.5	D+35.8	529,287	R+0.7%
Northampton County	D+16.4	D+16.4	D+9.2	6,491	R+0.1%
Fairfax city	D+16.1	D+16.1	D+30.5	11,629	R+0.4%
Prince William County	D+16.0	D+16.0	D+21.1	180,195	D+0.1%
Hopewell city	D+15.9	D+15.9	D+9.3	9,031	D+4.0%
Suffolk city	D+15.1	D+15.1	D+12.2	42,566	D+1.9%
Covington city	D+14.8	D+14.8	R+18.3	2,330	D+2.7%
Harrisonburg city	D+13.4	D+13.4	D+22.0	15,593	R+2.9%
Manassas city	D+13.3	D+13.3	D+16.0	15,200	D+1.9%
Prince Edward County	D+12.8	D+12.8	D+5.4	9,239	D+2.9%
Lexington city	D+12.7	D+12.7	D+30.3	2,687	R+12.7%
Albemarle County	D+12.0	D+12.0	D+24.8	53,907	R+6.0%
Henrico County	D+11.8	D+11.8	D+20.8	162,241	R+0.4%
Caroline County	D+8.2	D+8.2	R+5.0	13,652	R+3.7%
Essex County	D+7.3	D+7.3	R+2.1	5,675	R+3.1%
Westmoreland County	D+6.9	D+6.9	R+7.1	8,120	R+3.3%
Loudoun County	D+4.5	D+4.5	D+16.9	160,060	R+3.8%
Staunton city	D+4.1	D+4.1	D+1.8	11,210	D+1.9%
Radford city	D+3.9	D+3.9	D+4.7	5,399	R+5.5%
Nelson County	D+2.7	D+2.7	R+5.6	8,250	R+6.4%
Buckingham County	D+2.4	D+2.4	R+11.3	7,457	D+1.6%
Winchester city	D+1.4	D+1.4	D+3.5	10,296	R+3.9%
Chesapeake city	D+1.0	D+1.0	R+1.3	110,425	R+0.2%
Montgomery County	R+0.3	R+0.3	D+1.3	41,009	R+5.2%
Nottoway County	R+0.9	R+0.9	R+13.1	6,846	D+0.3%
Cumberland County	R+2.3	R+2.3	R+13.5	5,048	D+1.2%
Dinwiddie County	R+2.4	R+2.4	R+12.4	13,589	R+0.2%
Virginia Beach city	R+2.5	R+2.5	R+3.5	196,641	R+1.8%
Alleghany County	R+2.7	R+2.7	R+37.0	7,173	R+0.5%
Southampton County	R+3.2	R+3.2	R+16.2	9,264	R+1.2%
King and Queen County	R+3.3	R+3.3	R+17.1	3,655	R+7.5%
Accomack County	R+3.5	R+3.5	R+11.7	16,051	R+2.0%
Lunenburg County	R+5.0	R+5.0	R+17.5	5,734	R+1.5%
Halifax County	R+5.6	R+5.6	R+16.5	16,692	R+2.7%
Fluvanna County	R+6.2	R+6.2	R+9.3	12,749	R+4.3%
Mecklenburg County	R+7.0	R+7.0	R+13.4	15,077	R+2.4%
Rappahannock County	R+7.6	R+7.6	R+17.7	4,357	R+4.8%
Chesterfield County	R+7.7	R+7.7	R+2.3	170,988	R+0.3%
Lancaster County	R+8.7	R+8.7	R+9.8	6,961	R+2.7%
Stafford County	R+8.7	R+8.7	R+9.0	60,583	R+2.4%
Lynchburg city	R+10.6	R+10.6	R+8.9	36,448	R+6.6%
Waynesboro city	R+10.8	R+10.8	R+11.3	8,791	R+0.5%
Spotsylvania County	R+11.5	R+11.5	R+16.7	57,974	R+4.7%
Prince George County	R+11.8	R+11.8	R+16.9	16,046	R+1.6%
James City County	R+12.0	R+12.0	R+5.1	41,240	R+2.8%
Clarke County	R+13.6	R+13.6	R+19.6	7,762	R+8.5%
Charlotte County	R+13.7	R+13.7	R+22.8	5,898	R+2.9%
Louisa County	R+13.7	R+13.7	R+24.5	16,452	R+5.9%
Orange County	R+14.5	R+14.5	R+26.4	16,354	R+5.7%
Isle of Wight County	R+14.6	R+14.6	R+20.5	20,827	R+1.2%
Henry County	R+14.7	R+14.7	R+29.1	24,963	R+4.2%
Northumberland County	R+14.8	R+14.8	R+19.6	7,558	R+5.0%
Richmond County	R+15.5	R+15.5	R+23.7	3,770	R+2.9%
Culpeper County	R+16.3	R+16.3	R+25.2	20,211	R+6.6%
Bath County	R+17.1	R+17.1	R+41.9	2,223	R+4.5%
Rockbridge County	R+17.8	R+17.8	R+29.4	10,177	R+4.2%
Madison County	R+18.6	R+18.6	R+31.8	6,614	R+5.2%
King George County	R+18.8	R+18.8	R+27.7	11,325	R+5.3%
Galax city	R+19.0	R+19.0	R+38.8	2,277	R+7.9%
Amherst County	R+19.9	R+19.9	R+30.3	14,970	R+3.7%
Fauquier County	R+19.9	R+19.9	R+24.4	35,555	R+6.4%
Warren County	R+20.5	R+20.5	R+36.8	16,698	R+8.8%
Middlesex County	R+20.5	R+20.5	R+26.0	6,080	R+1.3%
Salem city	R+20.6	R+20.6	R+24.7	12,318	R+5.1%
York County	R+20.7	R+20.7	R+17.1	33,953	R+2.6%
Norton city	R+22.1	R+22.1	R+43.7	1,492	R+22.0%
King William County	R+23.8	R+23.8	R+35.2	8,923	R+4.4%
Pulaski County	R+24.7	R+24.7	R+40.6	14,680	R+5.2%
Roanoke County	R+25.2	R+25.2	R+27.6	51,217	R+4.1%
Greene County	R+25.3	R+25.3	R+31.4	9,023	R+3.4%
Floyd County	R+25.4	R+25.4	R+37.2	7,644	R+5.4%
Buena Vista city	R+25.5	R+25.5	R+30.6	2,526	R+18.4%
Giles County	R+25.5	R+25.5	R+48.2	7,558	R+9.2%
Page County	R+25.6	R+25.6	R+49.5	10,228	R+8.2%
Dickenson County	R+26.1	R+26.1	R+55.9	6,904	R+25.4%
Amelia County	R+26.6	R+26.6	R+36.6	6,915	R+3.9%
Pittsylvania County	R+27.4	R+27.4	R+39.1	30,681	R+3.4%
Gloucester County	R+27.9	R+27.9	R+39.2	19,283	R+1.0%
Frederick County	R+27.9	R+27.9	R+35.0	36,394	R+6.6%
Goochland County	R+28.3	R+28.3	R+24.9	13,315	R+5.8%
Franklin County	R+28.6	R+28.6	R+41.9	26,707	R+5.7%
Bristol city	R+31.0	R+31.0	R+43.5	7,387	R+5.0%
Mathews County	R+31.3	R+31.3	R+36.8	5,374	R+3.3%
Shenandoah County	R+31.3	R+31.3	R+43.0	19,373	R+4.8%
Highland County	R+32.9	R+32.9	R+42.2	1,413	R+11.0%
Smyth County	R+32.9	R+32.9	R+55.0	12,777	R+3.8%
New Kent County	R+33.7	R+33.7	R+37.4	10,953	R+4.8%
Buchanan County	R+34.6	R+34.6	R+60.3	9,646	R+29.2%
Craig County	R+34.8	R+34.8	R+57.3	2,667	R+3.5%
Appomattox County	R+36.4	R+36.4	R+46.2	7,935	R+6.7%
Hanover County	R+36.7	R+36.7	R+32.3	59,058	R+3.1%
Wythe County	R+36.7	R+36.7	R+54.6	12,358	R+3.9%
Russell County	R+36.9	R+36.9	R+58.7	12,088	R+24.2%
Grayson County	R+38.4	R+38.4	R+57.4	7,121	R+9.8%
Botetourt County	R+38.5	R+38.5	R+47.4	18,241	R+5.3%
Patrick County	R+38.8	R+38.8	R+55.0	8,259	R+8.2%
Carroll County	R+39.1	R+39.1	R+59.3	12,918	R+6.7%
Campbell County	R+39.3	R+39.3	R+46.8	25,696	R+3.1%
Colonial Heights city	R+39.4	R+39.4	R+39.2	8,624	D+1.3%
Rockingham County	R+40.5	R+40.5	R+44.3	34,866	R+4.5%
Augusta County	R+42.1	R+42.1	R+49.5	33,672	R+2.2%
Washington County	R+43.2	R+43.2	R+53.3	25,632	R+10.5%
Bedford County	R+44.0	R+44.0	R+49.1	37,425	R+6.6%
Lee County	R+44.4	R+44.4	R+62.9	9,598	R+16.2%
Powhatan County	R+45.8	R+45.8	R+46.3	15,525	R+5.3%
Bland County	R+47.8	R+47.8	R+67.5	2,948	R+8.4%
Wise County	R+48.7	R+48.7	R+61.9	15,018	R+21.0%
Scott County	R+50.5	R+50.5	R+66.0	9,992	R+7.4%
Poquoson city	R+51.1	R+51.1	R+48.6	7,106	R+1.9%
Tazewell County	R+57.4	R+57.4	R+66.1	17,732	R+24.6%

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