User:DukeOfDelTaco/sandbox/Results of the 2012 United States presidential election

This workpage details the results of the 2012 United States presidential election, which was the 57th quadrennial presidential election held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama won re-election to a second term against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.

Obama won a majority of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Obama was the first incumbent since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win reelection with fewer electoral votes and a smaller popular vote margin than had been won in the previous election, and was also the first two-term president since Ronald Reagan to win both his presidential bids with a majority of the nationwide popular vote, and the first Democrat to do so since Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was also the first presidential election since 1944 in which neither the Republican nor the Democratic nominee had military experience.

Obama did not hold onto Indiana, North Carolina, or NE's 2nd congressional district, but crucially won the "blue wall" states and defeated Romney in other swing states the Republicans had won in 2000 and 2004, most notably Colorado, Florida, Ohio, and Virginia. Ultimately, of the nine swing states identified by The Washington Post in the 2012 election, Obama won eight, losing only North Carolina. This is the most recent presidential election when the Democratic candidate won the states of Iowa, Ohio, and Florida, along with ME's 2nd congressional district.

This was the first election in which a major party nominee lost his home state since Al Gore lost Tennessee in 2000, as Mitt Romney lost his home state of Massachusetts.

Close states
States where the margin of victory was under 1% (29 electoral votes):
 * 1)  Florida, 0.88% (74,309 votes) 

States where the margin of victory was under 5% (46 electoral votes):
 * 1)  North Carolina, 2.04% (92,004 votes) 
 * 2)  Ohio, 2.98% (166,272 votes) 
 * 3)  Virginia, 3.87% (149,298 votes) 

States where the margin of victory was under 10% (117 electoral votes):
 * 1)  Colorado, 5.36% (137,859 votes) 
 * 2)  Pennsylvania, 5.38% (309,840 votes) 
 * 3)  New Hampshire, 5.58% (39,643 votes) 
 * 4)  Iowa, 5.81% (91,927 votes) 
 * 5)  Nevada, 6.68% (67,806 votes) 
 * 6)  Wisconsin, 6.94% (213,019 votes) 
 * 7)  Minnesota, 7.69% (225,942 votes) 
 * 8)  Georgia, 7.82% (304,861 votes) 
 * 9)  Arizona, 9.06% (208,422 votes) 
 * 10)  Missouri, 9.38% (258,644 votes) 
 * 11)  Michigan, 9.50% (449,313 votes) 

Alabama
[[File:Alabama Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Alabama results by county Map legend

Romney:

Obama: Flipped counties

Democratic: Barbour, Conecuh]]

Arizona
[[File:Arizona Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Arizona results by county Map legend

Romney:

Obama:]]

Colorado
[[File:Colorado Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Colorado results by county Map legend

Obama:

Romney: Flipped counties

Democratic: Chaffee]]

Delaware
[[File:Delaware Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Delaware results by county Map legend

Obama:

Romney:]]

Hawaii
[[File:Hawaii Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Hawaii results by county Map legend

Obama:]]

Illinois
[[File:Illinois Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Illinois results by county Map legend

Obama:

Romney: Flipped counties

Republican: Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Coles, Gallatin, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Montgomery, Pulaski, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stephenson, Vermilion]]

Kansas
[[File:Kansas Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Kansas results by county Map legend

Romney:

Obama: Flipped counties

Republican: Crawford]]

Louisiana
[[File:Louisiana Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Louisiana results by parish Map legend

Romney:

Obama:]]

Massachusetts
[[File:Massachusetts Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Massachusetts results by county Map legend

Obama:]]

Montana
[[File:Montana Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Montana results by county Map legend

Romney:

Obama: Flipped counties

Republican: Cascade, Gallatin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Rosebud]]

Nevada
[[File:Nevada Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Nevada results by county Map legend

Obama: {{legend|#86b6f2|50–60%}}

Romney: {{legend|#e27f90|50–60%}} {{legend|#cc2f4a|60–70%}} {{legend|#d40000|70–80%}} {{legend|#aa0000|80–90%}} Flipped counties

Republican: Carson City]]

New Mexico
[[File:New Mexico Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|New Mexico results by county Map legend

Obama:

Romney: Flipped counties

Republican: Luna]]

Oklahoma
[[File:Oklahoma Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Oklahoma results by county Map legend

Romney:]]

South Dakota
[[File:South Dakota Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|South Dakota results by county Map legend

Romney:

Obama: Flipped counties

Republican: Brookings, Brown, Lake, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody]]

Virginia
[[File:Virginia Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|250x250px|Virginia results by county and independent city Map legend

Obama: {{legend|#b9d7ff|40–50%}} {{legend|#86b6f2|50–60%}} {{legend|#4389e3|60–70%}} {{legend|#1666cb|70–80%}} {{legend|#0645b4|80–90%}}

Romney: {{legend|#f2b3be|40–50%}} {{legend|#e27f90|50–60%}} {{legend|#cc2f4a|60–70%}} {{legend|#d40000|70–80%}} Flipped counties

Republican: King and Queen, Montgomery]]