Idaho presidential election results 2012

Mitt Romney carried Idaho by 31.91 points (208,124 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 4
Votes counted: 652,274
ID result: R+31.9
Compared with the nation: 35.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008: 6.5 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Mitt Romney	Republican	420,911	64.50%	4
Barack Obama	Democratic	212,787	32.60%	—
Total votes		652,274

Sources: ID.xls · 2012

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	77,137	97,554	5,855	180,546	11.3
Adams	577	1,413	70	2,060	40.6
Bannock	13,214	21,010	1,036	35,260	22.1
Bear Lake	302	2,489	31	2,822	77.5
Benewah	1,164	2,596	124	3,884	36.9
Bingham	3,822	13,440	341	17,603	54.6
Blaine	5,992	3,939	263	10,194	20.1
Boise	1,053	2,284	108	3,445	35.7
Bonner	6,500	11,367	669	18,536	26.3
Bonneville	9,903	32,276	1,034	43,213	51.8
Boundary	1,225	3,138	181	4,544	42.1
Butte	258	1,001	27	1,286	57.8
Camas	159	402	17	578	42.0
Canyon	19,866	44,369	1,855	66,090	37.1
Caribou	386	2,608	58	3,052	72.8
Cassia	1,098	7,154	144	8,396	72.1
Clark	66	235	27	328	51.5
Clearwater	1,032	2,541	123	3,696	40.8
Custer	530	1,744	78	2,352	51.6
Elmore	2,513	5,227	261	8,001	33.9
Franklin	325	5,195	80	5,600	87.0
Fremont	810	4,907	85	5,802	70.6
Gem	1,957	5,311	222	7,490	44.8
Gooding	1,287	3,696	135	5,118	47.1
Idaho	1,708	5,921	208	7,837	53.8
Jefferson	1,303	9,895	183	11,381	75.5
Jerome	1,699	4,804	178	6,681	46.5
Kootenai	18,851	39,381	1,596	59,828	34.3
Latah	8,306	7,589	864	16,759	4.3
Lemhi	960	3,029	121	4,110	50.3
Lewis	396	1,173	45	1,614	48.1
Lincoln	469	1,141	52	1,662	40.4
Madison	832	13,445	135	14,412	87.5
Minidoka	1,390	5,442	141	6,973	58.1
Nez Perce	6,451	9,967	430	16,848	20.9
Oneida	217	1,838	34	2,089	77.6
Owyhee	833	2,794	97	3,724	52.7
Payette	2,271	6,004	220	8,495	43.9
Power	982	1,870	51	2,903	30.6
Shoshone	2,277	2,699	172	5,148	8.2
Teton	1,926	2,458	139	4,523	11.8
Twin Falls	7,541	19,773	828	28,142	43.5
Valley	2,095	2,664	160	4,919	11.6
Washington	1,104	3,128	98	4,330	46.7

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Idaho in 2012?

Mitt Romney won Idaho by 31.91 percentage points (208,124 votes).

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 2012?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Idaho in 2012?

652,274 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Idaho in 2012?

Mitt Romney 42, Barack Obama 2 (out of 44 counties with results).

How did Idaho change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 6.5 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 25.4 points to Republican by 31.9 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data