Pennsylvania — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentObamaD+5.4
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Barack Obama ✓Democratic | 52.0% | 2,990,274 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitt RomneyRepublican | 46.6% | 2,680,434 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.5% | 84,912 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 20 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+37.3 |
| Beaver County, PA | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+54.8 |
| Berks County, PA | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Bucks County, PA | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Cambria County, PA | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Carbon County, PA | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Centre County, PA | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Clarion County, PA | Republican | R+35.5 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Columbia County, PA | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Crawford County, PA | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| Delaware County, PA | Democratic | D+21.3 |
| Elk County, PA | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Erie County, PA | Democratic | D+16.0 |
| Fayette County, PA | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Fulton County, PA | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Greene County, PA | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Democratic | D+27.2 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+33.1 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+46.7 |
| Monroe County, PA | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Montour County, PA | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Democratic | D+71.3 |
| Pike County, PA | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Washington County, PA | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+12.8 |
| York County, PA | Republican | R+21.1 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Mitt Romney+11,676 | 15,09135.4% | 26,76762.8% | 7671.8% | 42,625 |
| Allegheny County | Barack Obama+90,648 | 352,68756.5% | 262,03942.0% | 9,1011.5% | 623,827 |
| Armstrong County | Mitt Romney+11,097 | 9,04530.4% | 20,14267.8% | 5341.8% | 29,721 |
| Beaver County | Mitt Romney+5,289 | 37,05545.9% | 42,34452.4% | 1,3941.7% | 80,793 |
| Bedford County | Mitt Romney+11,914 | 4,78822.0% | 16,70276.8% | 2601.2% | 21,750 |
| Berks County | Mitt Romney+1,691 | 83,01148.6% | 84,70249.6% | 2,9631.7% | 170,676 |
| Blair County | Mitt Romney+17,043 | 16,27632.3% | 33,31966.2% | 7701.5% | 50,365 |
| Bradford County | Mitt Romney+5,786 | 8,62436.6% | 14,41061.2% | 5062.1% | 23,540 |
| Bucks County | Barack Obama+3,942 | 160,52150.0% | 156,57948.7% | 4,1661.3% | 321,266 |
| Butler County | Mitt Romney+31,211 | 28,55031.8% | 59,76166.6% | 1,3881.5% | 89,699 |
| Cambria County | Mitt Romney+10,914 | 24,24940.1% | 35,16358.1% | 1,1141.8% | 60,526 |
| Cameron County | Mitt Romney+635 | 72434.1% | 1,35964.0% | 422.0% | 2,125 |
| Carbon County | Mitt Romney+1,924 | 11,58045.1% | 13,50452.6% | 6102.4% | 25,694 |
| Centre County | Barack Obama+175 | 34,17648.9% | 34,00148.7% | 1,7092.4% | 69,886 |
| Chester County | Mitt Romney+529 | 124,31149.2% | 124,84049.4% | 3,4251.4% | 252,576 |
| Clarion County | Mitt Romney+5,772 | 5,05631.1% | 10,82866.6% | 3862.4% | 16,270 |
| Clearfield County | Mitt Romney+9,226 | 11,12134.6% | 20,34763.3% | 6542.0% | 32,122 |
| Clinton County | Mitt Romney+1,569 | 5,73443.1% | 7,30354.9% | 2742.1% | 13,311 |
| Columbia County | Mitt Romney+3,299 | 10,93742.5% | 14,23655.3% | 5712.2% | 25,744 |
| Crawford County | Mitt Romney+7,018 | 13,88339.0% | 20,90158.8% | 7912.2% | 35,575 |
| Cumberland County | Mitt Romney+20,442 | 44,36739.9% | 64,80958.3% | 2,0151.8% | 111,191 |
| Dauphin County | Barack Obama+7,515 | 64,96552.3% | 57,45046.2% | 1,8861.5% | 124,301 |
| Delaware County | Barack Obama+60,939 | 171,79260.2% | 110,85338.8% | 2,9191.0% | 285,564 |
| Elk County | Mitt Romney+2,116 | 5,46341.1% | 7,57957.1% | 2371.8% | 13,279 |
| Erie County | Barack Obama+19,011 | 68,03657.1% | 49,02541.2% | 2,0531.7% | 119,114 |
| Fayette County | Mitt Romney+4,047 | 21,97145.2% | 26,01853.5% | 6601.4% | 48,649 |
| Forest County | Mitt Romney+487 | 89638.6% | 1,38359.5% | 451.9% | 2,324 |
| Franklin County | Mitt Romney+24,265 | 18,99530.0% | 43,26068.3% | 1,0651.7% | 63,320 |
| Fulton County | Mitt Romney+3,504 | 1,31021.1% | 4,81477.4% | 971.6% | 6,221 |
| Greene County | Mitt Romney+2,576 | 5,85240.2% | 8,42857.9% | 2661.8% | 14,546 |
| Huntingdon County | Mitt Romney+6,570 | 5,40930.6% | 11,97967.7% | 3041.7% | 17,692 |
| Indiana County | Mitt Romney+6,784 | 14,47339.7% | 21,25758.3% | 7142.0% | 36,444 |
| Jefferson County | Mitt Romney+8,261 | 4,78726.3% | 13,04871.8% | 3431.9% | 18,178 |
| Juniata County | Mitt Romney+4,315 | 2,54726.5% | 6,86271.5% | 1861.9% | 9,595 |
| Lackawanna County | Barack Obama+26,753 | 61,83862.9% | 35,08535.7% | 1,4281.5% | 98,351 |
| Lancaster County | Mitt Romney+42,188 | 88,48139.6% | 130,66958.5% | 4,2011.9% | 223,351 |
| Lawrence County | Mitt Romney+3,534 | 17,51344.7% | 21,04753.7% | 6291.6% | 39,189 |
| Lebanon County | Mitt Romney+15,972 | 19,90035.0% | 35,87263.2% | 1,0051.8% | 56,777 |
| Lehigh County | Barack Obama+11,409 | 78,28353.2% | 66,87445.4% | 2,0671.4% | 147,224 |
| Luzerne County | Barack Obama+5,982 | 64,30751.5% | 58,32546.7% | 2,2131.8% | 124,845 |
| Lycoming County | Mitt Romney+15,455 | 15,20332.6% | 30,65865.7% | 8081.7% | 46,669 |
| McKean County | Mitt Romney+4,248 | 5,29735.0% | 9,54563.0% | 3122.1% | 15,154 |
| Mercer County | Mitt Romney+1,693 | 24,23247.5% | 25,92550.8% | 8821.7% | 51,039 |
| Mifflin County | Mitt Romney+7,666 | 4,27326.0% | 11,93972.7% | 2041.2% | 16,416 |
| Monroe County | Barack Obama+8,354 | 35,22155.9% | 26,86742.6% | 9351.5% | 63,023 |
| Montgomery County | Barack Obama+58,975 | 233,35656.5% | 174,38142.2% | 5,1321.2% | 412,869 |
| Montour County | Mitt Romney+1,599 | 3,05338.8% | 4,65259.2% | 1542.0% | 7,859 |
| Northampton County | Barack Obama+6,160 | 67,60651.6% | 61,44646.9% | 1,9921.5% | 131,044 |
| Northumberland County | Mitt Romney+6,446 | 13,07239.2% | 19,51858.5% | 7662.3% | 33,356 |
| Perry County | Mitt Romney+7,435 | 5,68529.6% | 13,12068.3% | 4102.1% | 19,215 |
| Philadelphia County | Barack Obama+492,339 | 588,80685.2% | 96,46714.0% | 5,5030.8% | 690,776 |
| Pike County | Mitt Romney+2,576 | 10,21043.9% | 12,78654.9% | 2831.2% | 23,279 |
| Potter County | Mitt Romney+3,334 | 1,89726.1% | 5,23171.9% | 1512.1% | 7,279 |
| Schuylkill County | Mitt Romney+7,732 | 24,54642.3% | 32,27855.6% | 1,2242.1% | 58,048 |
| Snyder County | Mitt Romney+5,386 | 4,68731.1% | 10,07366.9% | 3082.0% | 15,068 |
| Somerset County | Mitt Romney+14,548 | 9,43627.7% | 23,98470.4% | 6581.9% | 34,078 |
| Sullivan County | Mitt Romney+834 | 1,03435.1% | 1,86863.3% | 471.6% | 2,949 |
| Susquehanna County | Mitt Romney+3,865 | 6,93538.3% | 10,80059.6% | 3812.1% | 18,116 |
| Tioga County | Mitt Romney+5,985 | 5,35731.3% | 11,34266.4% | 3952.3% | 17,094 |
| Union County | Mitt Romney+3,787 | 6,10937.4% | 9,89660.6% | 3322.0% | 16,337 |
| Venango County | Mitt Romney+5,870 | 7,94535.7% | 13,81562.1% | 4972.2% | 22,257 |
| Warren County | Mitt Romney+3,015 | 6,99540.4% | 10,01057.9% | 2941.7% | 17,299 |
| Washington County | Mitt Romney+12,885 | 40,34542.5% | 53,23056.0% | 1,4031.5% | 94,978 |
| Wayne County | Mitt Romney+4,500 | 8,39638.7% | 12,89659.5% | 3821.8% | 21,674 |
| Westmoreland County | Mitt Romney+40,210 | 63,72237.6% | 103,93261.3% | 1,9181.1% | 169,572 |
| Wyoming County | Mitt Romney+1,526 | 5,06142.5% | 6,58755.3% | 2732.3% | 11,921 |
| York County | Mitt Romney+40,113 | 73,19138.5% | 113,30459.6% | 3,5101.8% | 190,005 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.