2012 Presidential Election Results

270 electoral votes needed to win

  • BarackObama

  •  remaining    independents
  • MittRomney

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Obama expected
to win easily


Margin

Obama expected
to win narrowly


Tossup states

Romney expected
to win narrowly

Romney expected
to win easily

Last updated on Nov. 19.
Full certified AP results
not available until January.

2012 results Votes % won
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Battleground state watch

*A state or county must have at least 10 percent of precincts reporting for a candidate to be considered leading.

† Nebraska and Maine award a portion of their electoral votes by congressional district.

CREDIT: Wilson Andrews, Jason Bartz and Serdar Tumgoren - The Washington Post.

SOURCE: AP. Map powered by Leaflet.

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