New Jersey · 2012 presidential election
New Jersey presidential election results 2012
Barack Obama carried New Jersey by 17.72 points (644,698 votes), winning 14 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 14
- Votes counted
- 3,638,499
- NJ result
- D+17.7
- Compared with the nation
- 13.8 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2008
- 2.2 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 2,122,786 | 58.30% | 14 | |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,478,088 | 40.60% | — | |
| Total votes | 3,638,499 | ||||
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 65,600 | 46,522 | 1,057 | 113,179 | 16.9 |
| Bergen | 212,754 | 169,070 | 3,583 | 385,407 | 11.3 |
| Burlington | 126,377 | 87,401 | 2,158 | 215,936 | 18.0 |
| Camden | 153,682 | 69,476 | 2,270 | 225,428 | 37.4 |
| Cape May | 21,657 | 25,781 | 493 | 47,931 | 8.6 |
| Cumberland | 34,055 | 20,658 | 579 | 55,292 | 24.2 |
| Essex | 236,618 | 64,406 | 1,995 | 303,019 | 56.8 |
| Gloucester | 74,013 | 59,456 | 1,717 | 135,186 | 10.8 |
| Hudson | 153,108 | 42,369 | 2,027 | 197,504 | 56.1 |
| Hunterdon | 26,876 | 38,687 | 931 | 66,494 | 17.8 |
| Mercer | 104,377 | 47,355 | 1,779 | 153,511 | 37.1 |
| Middlesex | 190,555 | 107,310 | 3,450 | 301,315 | 27.6 |
| Monmouth | 133,145 | 147,513 | 3,320 | 283,978 | 5.1 |
| Morris | 100,146 | 124,947 | 2,299 | 227,392 | 10.9 |
| Ocean | 102,300 | 146,474 | 2,501 | 251,275 | 17.6 |
| Passaic | 115,926 | 64,523 | 1,539 | 181,988 | 28.2 |
| Salem | 14,719 | 14,334 | 448 | 29,501 | 1.3 |
| Somerset | 74,592 | 66,603 | 1,727 | 142,922 | 5.6 |
| Sussex | 26,104 | 40,625 | 1,204 | 67,933 | 21.4 |
| Union | 139,752 | 68,314 | 1,765 | 209,831 | 34.0 |
| Warren | 18,745 | 25,744 | 781 | 45,270 | 15.5 |
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 New Jersey in 2012?
Barack Obama won New Jersey by 17.72 percentage points (644,698 votes).
How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 2012?
New Jersey cast 14 electoral votes in 2012.
How many people voted for president in New Jersey in 2012?
3,638,499 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in New Jersey in 2012?
Barack Obama 14, Mitt Romney 7 (out of 21 counties with results).
How did New Jersey change from 2008 to 2012?
The margin moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 15.6 points to Democratic by 17.7 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data