2012 U.S. Presidential Election

Nationwide · 4 tickets

Who won the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election?

Barack Obama won the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. Barack Obama received 65,915,795 popular votes (51.1%) and 332 electoral votes. The main challenger was Mitt Romney (47.2%).

See the full head-to-head between Obama and Romney

Popular vote Electoral vote

Obama won the electoral college 332–206

Barack Obama DemocraticWINNER332 EV

51.1% popular · 65,915,795 votes

Running mate: Joe Biden

Mitt Romney Republican206 EV

47.2% popular · 60,933,504 votes

Running mate: Paul Ryan

Gary JohnsonLibertarian0 EV

1% popular · 1,275,971 votes

Running mate: Jim Gray

Jill SteinGreen0 EV

0.4% popular · 469,627 votes

Running mate: Cheri Honkala

Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.