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Live 2012 Presidential, Senate and House Election Results
See the results of the 2012 US presidential election, where Barack Obama won a second term with 332 electoral votes. Learn about the candidates, the issues, the states, and the electoral vote changes based on the 2010 census.
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress , retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives .
On election day, Obama finished ahead of his Republican rival. He obtained 332 electoral votes (62 votes more than the 270 needed to win), while Romney received 206 electoral votes. Obama won the popular vote as well, although by a relatively small margin.
270 electoral votes to win. Change history with the 2012 presidential election interactive map. Update a state winner by clicking it to rotate through candidates. Alternately, select a candidate color in the Map Color Palette, then select states to apply.
16 wrz 2020 · For complete and up-to-date results and coverage of Presidential elections from all 50 states, visit Decision 2012 from NBC News.
2012. Click on state name for access to source used for this data. The difference between the sum of popular votes for Obama and Romney & the total state votes cast is the vote total for all other minor candidates. Final certified update at 15:15 PST, January 3, 2013.
