Ohio presidential election results 2012

Barack Obama carried Ohio by 2.98 points (166,214 votes), winning 18 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 18
Votes counted: 5,580,822
OH result: D+3.0
Compared with the nation: 0.9 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008: 1.6 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	2,827,621	50.70%	18
Mitt Romney	Republican	2,661,407	47.70%	—
Total votes		5,580,822

Sources: OH.xlsx · 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
Adams	3,976	6,865	248	11,089	26.1
Allen	17,913	29,502	820	48,235	24.0
Ashland	8,281	15,519	530	24,330	29.7
Ashtabula	23,803	18,298	963	43,064	12.8
Athens	18,307	8,543	788	27,638	35.3
Auglaize	5,831	17,169	405	23,405	48.4
Belmont	14,156	16,758	650	31,564	8.2
Brown	7,107	11,916	369	19,392	24.8
Butler	62,388	105,176	2,627	170,191	25.1
Carroll	5,543	7,315	404	13,262	13.4
Champaign	7,044	11,045	332	18,421	21.7
Clark	31,298	31,816	1,030	64,144	0.8
Clermont	30,458	64,208	1,607	96,273	35.1
Clinton	5,791	12,009	344	18,144	34.3
Columbiana	19,821	25,251	979	46,051	11.8
Coshocton	6,940	8,390	409	15,739	9.2
Crawford	7,507	11,852	444	19,803	21.9
Cuyahoga	447,232	190,651	6,398	644,281	39.8
Darke	6,826	18,108	467	25,401	44.4
Defiance	7,732	10,176	380	18,288	13.4
Delaware	37,292	60,194	1,275	98,761	23.2
Erie	21,793	16,952	660	39,405	12.3
Fairfield	29,890	41,034	1,144	72,068	15.5
Fayette	4,249	6,620	151	11,020	21.5
Franklin	346,336	215,987	8,660	570,983	22.8
Fulton	9,073	11,738	457	21,268	12.5
Gallia	4,557	7,750	288	12,595	25.4
Geauga	19,659	30,589	749	50,997	21.4
Greene	32,256	49,819	1,415	83,490	21.0
Guernsey	7,450	8,993	371	16,814	9.2
Hamilton	219,927	193,326	5,641	418,894	6.4
Hancock	12,564	22,443	687	35,694	27.7
Hardin	4,619	7,489	341	12,449	23.1
Harrison	2,950	4,019	172	7,141	15.0
Henry	5,658	8,257	321	14,236	18.3
Highland	6,049	11,410	380	17,839	30.1
Hocking	6,157	6,285	286	12,728	1.0
Holmes	2,608	8,702	226	11,536	52.8
Huron	11,006	13,060	597	24,663	8.3
Jackson	5,166	7,904	311	13,381	20.5
Jefferson	15,385	17,034	650	33,069	5.0
Knox	10,470	17,266	652	28,388	23.9
Lake	57,680	58,744	1,980	118,404	0.9
Lawrence	10,744	14,651	438	25,833	15.1
Licking	34,201	45,503	1,686	81,390	13.9
Logan	7,062	13,633	442	21,137	31.1
Lorain	81,464	59,405	2,384	143,253	15.4
Lucas	136,616	69,940	3,662	210,218	31.7
Madison	6,845	10,342	330	17,517	20.0
Mahoning	77,059	42,641	1,610	121,310	28.4
Marion	12,504	14,265	583	27,352	6.4
Medina	38,785	50,418	1,580	90,783	12.8
Meigs	4,027	5,895	296	10,218	18.3
Mercer	4,745	16,561	355	21,661	54.5
Miami	16,383	34,606	947	51,936	35.1
Monroe	3,035	3,548	199	6,782	7.6
Montgomery	137,139	124,841	4,298	266,278	4.6
Morgan	2,814	3,179	136	6,129	6.0
Morrow	5,933	9,865	386	16,184	24.3
Muskingum	17,001	19,264	820	37,085	6.1
Noble	2,131	3,563	178	5,872	24.4
Ottawa	11,503	10,538	415	22,456	4.3
Paulding	3,538	5,354	236	9,128	19.9
Perry	7,033	7,627	324	14,984	4.0
Pickaway	9,684	14,037	402	24,123	18.0
Pike	5,684	5,685	212	11,581	0.0
Portage	39,453	35,242	1,544	76,239	5.5
Preble	6,211	13,535	423	20,169	36.3
Putnam	4,318	13,721	333	18,372	51.2
Richland	22,687	33,867	1,161	57,715	19.4
Ross	14,569	15,008	506	30,083	1.5
Sandusky	14,541	13,755	698	28,994	2.7
Scioto	15,077	15,492	592	31,161	1.3
Seneca	11,353	13,243	666	25,262	7.5
Shelby	6,343	17,142	381	23,866	45.2
Stark	89,432	88,581	3,464	181,477	0.5
Summit	153,037	111,000	3,674	267,711	15.7
Trumbull	61,672	38,279	1,768	101,719	23.0
Tuscarawas	18,407	22,242	964	41,613	9.2
Union	8,805	16,289	473	25,567	29.3
Van Wert	4,029	9,585	252	13,866	40.1
Vinton	2,436	2,856	175	5,467	7.7
Warren	32,909	76,561	1,534	111,004	39.3
Washington	11,651	17,284	564	29,499	19.1
Wayne	19,808	30,251	1,005	51,064	20.5
Williams	7,266	10,047	393	17,706	15.7
Wood	32,802	29,704	1,442	63,948	4.8
Wyandot	4,137	6,180	255	10,572	19.3

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 Ohio in 2012?

Barack Obama won Ohio by 2.98 percentage points (166,214 votes).

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 2012?

Ohio cast 18 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Ohio in 2012?

5,580,822 votes were counted for president.

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

Mitt Romney 71, Barack Obama 17 (out of 88 counties with results).

How did Ohio change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 1.6 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 4.5 points to Democratic by 3.0 points.

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