Presidential election · 2012
2012 electoral map
Barack Obama (Democratic) won the 2012 presidential election with 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206. Obama carried 27 of the 51 states that took part (including Washington, D.C.).
Winner
Barack Obama
332
Republican
Mitt Romney
206
270 needed to win · official Electoral College count
RepublicanDemocraticNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 2012
Mitt Romney· Republican
24 statesBarack Obama· Democratic
27 statesCalifornia 55Florida 29New York 29Illinois 20Pennsylvania 20Ohio 18Michigan 16New Jersey 14Virginia 13Washington 12Massachusetts 11Maryland 10Minnesota 10Wisconsin 10Colorado 9Connecticut 7Oregon 7Iowa 6Nevada 6New Mexico 5Hawaii 4Maine 4New Hampshire 4Rhode Island 4Delaware 3District of Columbia 3Vermont 3
Electoral College in 2012
51 states and Washington, D.C. held 538 electoral votes in 2012; a majority was 270. The largest prize was California with 55 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 2012 election article.