Montana · 2012 presidential election
Montana presidential election results 2012
Mitt Romney carried Montana by 13.65 points (66,089 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 3
- Votes counted
- 484,048
- MT result
- R+13.7
- Compared with the nation
- 17.6 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2008
- 11.4 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney | Republican | 267,928 | 55.40% | 3 | |
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 201,839 | 41.70% | — | |
| Total votes | 484,048 | ||||
County resultsCertified
Download CSVAll 34 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITT ROMNEY & PAUL RYAN (Republican) | Republican | 267,928 | 55.35% |
| BARACK OBAMA & JOE BIDEN (Democrat) | Democrat | 201,839 | 41.70% |
| GARY JOHNSON & JAMES P. GRAY (Libertarian) | Libertarian | 14,165 | 2.93% |
| ROSS C. "ROCKY" ANDERSON & LUIS J. (write-in) | write-in | 59 | 0.01% |
| VIRGIL GOODE & JIM CLYMER (write-in) | write-in | 39 | 0.01% |
| ROSEANNE BARR & CINDY SHEEHAN (write-in) | write-in | 6 | 0.00% |
| TOM HOEFLING & JONATHAN ELLIS (write-in) | write-in | 5 | 0.00% |
| STEWART ALEXANDER (write-in) | write-in | 4 | 0.00% |
| ANDRE BARNETT & KENNETH CROSS (write-in) | write-in | 2 | 0.00% |
| ALEXIS LOGSDON (write-in) | write-in | 1 | 0.00% |
| AVERY AYERS & ALEJANDRINA CABRERA (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| BONNY LYNN DAVIS GRACE & STEVEN REID MERRITT (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| BARBARA A. PROKOPICH & ALLEN R. FARNHAM (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| DENNIS ANDREW BALL (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| DARRELL HYKES (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| DENNIS KNILL & DAVE GILDER (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| ERIN KENT MAGEE & WILLIAM THOMAS (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| DEAN MORSTAD & JOSH FRANKE-HYLAN (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| JERRY LEON CARROLL (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| LEAH LAX (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| KIP LEE (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| JOE SCHRINER (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| GERALD LEGARDE WARNER (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| RICHARD DUNCAN & RICKY JOHNSON (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| NELSON KEYTON & JAY JENNELLE (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| PLATT ROBERTSON & SCOTT FALLS (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| RICK L. ROGERS (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| MICHAEL A. SIMONEAUX JR. (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| SANTA CLAUS (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| STEPHEN DURHAM & CHRISTINA LOPEZ (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| SHEILA "SAMM" TITTLE & MATTHEW ALLEN TURNER (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| VAL KITTINGTON (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| TERRANCE JAMES O'HARA (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| WILL CHRISTENSEN & KEN GIBBS (write-in) | write-in | 0 | 0.00% |
| County | Barack Obama | GARY JOHNSON & JAMES P. GRAY | Mitt Romney | AVERY AYERS & ALEJANDRINA CABRERA | ANDRE BARNETT & KENNETH CROSS | BONNY LYNN DAVIS GRACE & STEVEN REID MERRITT | ALEXIS LOGSDON | BARBARA A. PROKOPICH & ALLEN R. FARNHAM | DENNIS ANDREW BALL | DARRELL HYKES | DENNIS KNILL & DAVE GILDER | ERIN KENT MAGEE & WILLIAM THOMAS | DEAN MORSTAD & JOSH FRANKE-HYLAN | JERRY LEON CARROLL | LEAH LAX | KIP LEE | JOE SCHRINER | GERALD LEGARDE WARNER | RICHARD DUNCAN & RICKY JOHNSON | NELSON KEYTON & JAY JENNELLE | PLATT ROBERTSON & SCOTT FALLS | RICK L. ROGERS | MICHAEL A. SIMONEAUX JR. | ROSS C. "ROCKY" ANDERSON & LUIS J. | ROSEANNE BARR & CINDY SHEEHAN | SANTA CLAUS | STEPHEN DURHAM & CHRISTINA LOPEZ | SHEILA "SAMM" TITTLE & MATTHEW ALLEN TURNER | STEWART ALEXANDER | VIRGIL GOODE & JIM CLYMER | TOM HOEFLING & JONATHAN ELLIS | VAL KITTINGTON | TERRANCE JAMES O'HARA | WILL CHRISTENSEN & KEN GIBBS | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead | 1,371 | 152 | 3,289 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,812 | 39.9 |
| Big Horn | 2,882 | 77 | 1,667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,626 | 26.3 |
| Blaine | 1,616 | 65 | 1,178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,859 | 15.3 |
| Broadwater | 764 | 95 | 2,152 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,011 | 46.1 |
| Carbon | 2,146 | 167 | 3,533 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,847 | 23.7 |
| Carter | 96 | 20 | 678 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 796 | 73.1 |
| Cascade | 15,232 | 987 | 18,345 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 34,576 | 9.0 |
| Chouteau | 978 | 85 | 1,758 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,821 | 27.6 |
| Custer | 1,833 | 159 | 3,373 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,365 | 28.7 |
| Daniels | 237 | 30 | 740 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,007 | 50.0 |
| Dawson | 1,219 | 175 | 3,029 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,423 | 40.9 |
| Deer Lodge | 2,860 | 152 | 1,448 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,460 | 31.7 |
| Fallon | 237 | 40 | 1,128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1,406 | 63.4 |
| Fergus | 1,640 | 174 | 4,257 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,071 | 43.1 |
| Flathead | 13,892 | 1,275 | 28,309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,476 | 33.2 |
| Gallatin | 21,961 | 1,563 | 24,358 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 47,908 | 5.0 |
| Garfield | 66 | 12 | 622 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 701 | 79.3 |
| Glacier | 2,924 | 113 | 1,415 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,452 | 33.9 |
| Golden Valley | 110 | 18 | 351 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 479 | 50.3 |
| Granite | 533 | 65 | 1,107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,705 | 33.7 |
| Hill | 3,403 | 253 | 3,164 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,825 | 3.5 |
| Jefferson | 2,272 | 193 | 4,055 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6,521 | 27.3 |
| Judith Basin | 337 | 24 | 854 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,215 | 42.6 |
| Lake | 5,805 | 364 | 7,135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13,304 | 10.0 |
| Lewis & Clark | 15,620 | 895 | 16,803 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33,318 | 3.6 |
| Liberty | 257 | 29 | 702 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 998 | 44.6 |
| Lincoln | 2,552 | 280 | 6,057 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8,890 | 39.4 |
| Madison | 1,289 | 111 | 3,130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4,532 | 40.6 |
| McCone | 223 | 25 | 745 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 993 | 52.6 |
| Meagher | 269 | 33 | 670 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 972 | 41.3 |
| Mineral | 700 | 101 | 1,216 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2,021 | 25.5 |
| Missoula | 32,824 | 1,716 | 22,652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 57,232 | 17.8 |
| Musselshell | 492 | 82 | 1,833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,407 | 55.7 |
| Park | 3,783 | 276 | 4,709 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8,768 | 10.6 |
| Petroleum | 49 | 9 | 240 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 298 | 64.1 |
| Phillips | 471 | 69 | 1,688 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,228 | 54.6 |
| Pondera | 975 | 71 | 1,673 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,719 | 25.7 |
| Powder River | 170 | 24 | 833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,027 | 64.6 |
| Powell | 888 | 82 | 1,806 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,777 | 33.1 |
| Prairie | 167 | 16 | 520 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 703 | 50.2 |
| Ravalli | 7,285 | 614 | 14,307 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22,212 | 31.6 |
| Richland | 1,002 | 133 | 3,510 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4,648 | 54.0 |
| Roosevelt | 2,086 | 72 | 1,514 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,672 | 15.6 |
| Rosebud | 1,422 | 97 | 2,004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,523 | 16.5 |
| Sanders | 1,720 | 201 | 3,980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,901 | 38.3 |
| Sheridan | 665 | 56 | 1,207 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,928 | 28.1 |
| Silver Bow | 10,857 | 469 | 5,430 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16,756 | 32.4 |
| Stillwater | 1,248 | 117 | 3,337 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,702 | 44.4 |
| Sweet Grass | 475 | 48 | 1,594 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,117 | 52.9 |
| Teton | 1,082 | 86 | 2,113 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,281 | 31.4 |
| Toole | 582 | 80 | 1,440 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,102 | 40.8 |
| Treasure | 114 | 22 | 319 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 455 | 45.1 |
| Valley | 1,385 | 137 | 2,337 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,859 | 24.7 |
| Wheatland | 272 | 27 | 693 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 992 | 42.4 |
| Wibaux | 98 | 25 | 421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 544 | 59.4 |
| Yellowstone | 26,403 | 1,904 | 40,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68,807 | 20.5 |
| State | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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
- Write-in column headings are printed stacked over several lines; spelled out from the page image. Counties absent from a write-in block had no such votes (null in that column).
- The 'STATE' line of each write-in block is kept as a row named STATE (as printed; all zeros).
Method: text layer: words grouped by baseline (pdfplumber), numeric tokens taken as the row's values under the spec's column labels; each row's digits matched against PyMuPDF's words (second extraction)
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Questions and answers
Who won Montana in 2012?
Mitt Romney won Montana by 13.65 percentage points (66,089 votes).
How many electoral votes did Montana have in 2012?
Montana cast 3 electoral votes in 2012.
How many people voted for president in Montana in 2012?
484,048 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Montana in 2012?
Mitt Romney 48, Barack Obama 8 (out of 56 counties with results).
How did Montana change from 2008 to 2012?
The margin moved 11.4 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 2.3 points to Republican by 13.7 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data