United States presidential election, 2012 ← 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 → All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Turnout 54.9 % 3.4 pp Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 332 206 States carried 26 + DC 24 Popular vote 65,915,795 60,933,504 Percentage 51.1 % 47.2 % Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Obama / Biden, red denotes states won by Romney / Ryan. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic
who won the popular vote in the 2012 presidential race
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