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It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Democratic nominee, President Barack Obama, and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, were elected to a second term. They defeated the Republican ticket of former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Live 2012 Presidential, Senate and House Election Results.
For complete and up-to-date results and coverage of Presidential elections from all 50 states, visit Decision 2012 from NBC News.
This publication has been prepared by the Federal Election Commission to provide the public with the results of elections held in the fifty states during 2012 for the offices of United States President, United States Senator and United States Representative.
The following four sections present the primary, runoff and general election results for the U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections held in 2012. The November 2012 general election (along with Louisiana’s December 2012 runoff election) resulted in the election of
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In-depth results and maps of the 2012 presidential election, Senate races and more.
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.
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.