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In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney to win a second term, taking 51.1 percent of the popular vote and 332 of the 538 electoral votes. Romney defeated Rick Santorum , Newt Gingrich , and several other candidates to win his party's nomination in the 2012 Republican primaries .
Gary Johnson's popular vote total set a Libertarian Party record, and his popular vote percentage was the second-best showing for a Libertarian in a presidential election, trailing only Ed Clark's in 1980. [163] Johnson would go on to beat this record in the 2016 presidential election, winning the most votes for the Libertarian ticket in history.
Live election results from The Huffington Post. Romney vs. Obama, Senate, House and ballot measures.
Discounting New York City's votes, Obama still would have carried New York State, albeit by a closer margin. Excluding New York City, Obama's vote total in the state was 2,490,636 to Romney's 2,053,607, giving Obama a 54.03%–44.54% win outside of NYC. In terms of exit polls, Obama performed roughly as expected.
Popular vote % Delegates Barack Obama (incumbent) 2,075,905 100% ... 169 delegates were chosen, for a total of 172 delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Michigan was won by Democrat Barack Obama with 54.04% of the vote to Romney's 44.58%, a victory margin of 9.46%. [2] It was the sixth presidential election in a row where Michigan voted in favor of the Democratic candidate, with Republicans last carrying the state in 1988 .
Despite the limited opposition and ultimately receiving 100% of the pledged delegates, Obama's total percentage of the national popular primary vote was the lowest of any incumbent since the contested 1992 election when George H. W. Bush was challenged by Pat Buchanan.