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

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, 100 counties changed parties—93 flipped Republican and 7 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
2012	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	329-209	D+3.9%	DEM
2008	Barack Obama	John McCain	356-182	D+7.3%	DEM
2004	John Kerry	George W. Bush	242-296	R+2.5%	GOP
2000	Al Gore	George W. Bush	249-289	D+0.5%	GOP
1996	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	364-174	D+8.5%	DEM

State-by-State Results

27 Dem24 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	2012	2008	2004	2000	1996
District of Columbia	3	D+83.6	D+85.9	D+79.8	D+76.2	D+75.8
Hawaii	4	D+42.7	D+45.2	D+8.7	D+18.3	D+25.3
Vermont	3	D+35.6	D+37.0	D+20.1	D+9.9	D+22.3
New York	28	D+28.2	D+26.9	D+18.3	D+25.0	D+28.9
Rhode Island	4	D+27.4	D+28.0	D+20.8	D+29.1	D+32.9
Maryland	10	D+26.1	D+25.4	D+13.0	D+16.4	D+16.0
Massachusetts	11	D+23.1	D+25.8	D+25.2	D+27.3	D+33.4
California	54	D+23.1	D+24.0	D+9.9	D+11.8	D+12.9
Delaware	3	D+18.6	D+25.0	D+7.6	D+13.1	D+15.3
New Jersey	14	D+17.7	D+15.6	D+6.7	D+15.8	D+17.9
Connecticut	7	D+17.3	D+22.4	D+10.4	D+17.5	D+18.1
Illinois	19	D+16.8	D+25.1	D+10.3	D+12.0	D+17.5
Maine	4	D+15.2	D+17.3	D+9.0	D+5.1	D+20.9
Washington	12	D+14.8	D+17.2	D+7.2	D+5.6	D+12.5
Oregon	8	D+12.1	D+16.4	D+4.2	D+0.4	D+8.1
New Mexico	5	D+10.2	D+15.1	R+0.8	D+0.1	D+7.3
Michigan	15	D+9.5	D+16.5	D+3.4	D+5.1	D+13.2
Minnesota	10	D+7.7	D+10.2	D+3.5	D+2.4	D+16.1
Wisconsin	10	D+6.9	D+13.9	D+0.4	D+0.2	D+10.3
Nevada	6	D+6.7	D+12.6	R+2.6	R+3.5	D+1.0
Iowa	6	D+5.8	D+9.5	R+0.7	D+0.3	D+10.3
New Hampshire	4	D+5.6	D+9.7	D+1.4	R+1.3	D+10.3
Pennsylvania	19	D+5.4	D+10.3	D+2.5	D+4.2	D+9.2
Colorado	10	D+5.4	D+8.9	R+4.7	R+8.4	R+1.4
Virginia	13	D+3.9	D+6.3	R+8.2	R+8.1	R+2.0
Ohio	17	D+3.0	D+4.6	R+2.1	R+3.5	D+6.4
Florida	30	D+0.9	D+2.8	R+5.0	R+0.0	D+5.7
North Carolina	16	R+2.0	D+0.3	R+12.4	R+12.8	R+4.7
Georgia	16	R+7.8	R+5.2	R+16.6	R+11.7	R+1.2
Arizona	11	R+9.0	R+8.5	R+10.4	R+6.3	D+2.2
Missouri	10	R+9.4	R+0.1	R+7.2	R+3.3	D+6.3
Indiana	11	R+10.2	D+1.0	R+20.7	R+15.6	R+5.6
South Carolina	9	R+10.5	R+9.0	R+17.1	R+15.9	R+6.0
Mississippi	6	R+11.5	R+13.2	R+19.7	R+16.9	R+5.1
Montana	4	R+13.6	R+2.4	R+20.5	R+25.1	R+2.9
Alaska	3	R+14.0	R+21.5	R+25.9	R+30.9	R+17.5
Texas	40	R+15.8	R+11.8	R+22.9	R+21.3	R+4.9
Louisiana	8	R+17.2	R+18.6	R+14.5	R+7.7	D+12.1
South Dakota	3	R+18.0	R+8.4	R+21.3	R+22.7	R+3.5
North Dakota	3	R+19.6	R+8.6	R+27.4	R+27.6	R+6.8
Tennessee	11	R+20.4	R+15.0	R+14.3	R+3.9	D+2.4
Kansas	6	R+21.6	R+15.0	R+25.4	R+20.8	R+18.2
Nebraska	5	R+21.8	R+14.9	R+33.2	R+29.0	R+18.7
Alabama	9	R+22.2	R+21.6	R+25.6	R+14.9	R+7.0
Kentucky	8	R+22.7	R+16.2	R+19.9	R+15.1	D+1.0
Arkansas	6	R+23.7	R+19.9	R+9.8	R+5.4	D+16.9
West Virginia	4	R+26.7	R+13.1	R+12.9	R+6.3	D+14.8
Idaho	4	R+31.9	R+25.4	R+38.1	R+39.5	R+18.5
Oklahoma	7	R+33.5	R+31.3	R+31.1	R+21.9	R+7.8
Wyoming	3	R+40.8	R+32.2	R+39.8	R+40.1	R+13.0
Utah	6	R+47.9	R+28.2	R+45.5	R+40.5	R+21.1

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

93 total

Boone County, West Virginia, WVR+42.2%McDowell County, West Virginia, WVR+38.4%Webster County, West Virginia, WVR+33.0%Gallatin County, Illinois, ILR+31.1%Wolfe County, Kentucky, KYR+25.0%

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Flipped Democratic

7 total

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, AKD+50.9%Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, AKD+40.2%North Slope Borough, Alaska, AKD+38.9%Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, AKD+35.9%Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, AKD+34.0%

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