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Utah presidential election results 2012

Mitt Romney carried Utah by 48.04 points (488,787 votes), winning 6 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
6
Votes counted
1,017,440
UT result
R+48.0
Compared with the nation
51.9 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008
19.9 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Mitt RomneyRepublican740,60072.80%6
Barack ObamaDemocratic251,81324.70%—
Total votes1,017,440

Sources: UT.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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Davis County: Mitt Romney +61.9Morgan County: Mitt Romney +80.7Piute County: Mitt Romney +79.7Salt Lake County: Mitt Romney +20.3Wasatch County: Mitt Romney +52.4Beaver County: Mitt Romney +71.4Carbon County: Mitt Romney +37.2Daggett County: Mitt Romney +60.0Duchesne County: Mitt Romney +80.2Grand County: Mitt Romney +6.8Juab County: Mitt Romney +75.5Sanpete County: Mitt Romney +77.8Summit County: Mitt Romney +4.6Tooele County: Mitt Romney +50.6Utah County: Mitt Romney +78.6Weber County: Mitt Romney +45.3San Juan County: Mitt Romney +17.6Millard County: Mitt Romney +80.5Rich County: Mitt Romney +82.6Sevier County: Mitt Romney +80.2Wayne County: Mitt Romney +65.9Cache County: Mitt Romney +68.1Garfield County: Mitt Romney +69.8Emery County: Mitt Romney +72.1Iron County: Mitt Romney +72.2Kane County: Mitt Romney +52.7Box Elder County: Mitt Romney +77.9Uintah County: Mitt Romney +81.4Washington County: Mitt Romney +67.3
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaMitt RomneyOthers TotalMargin
Beaver 3462,17440 2,560 71.4
Box Elder 1,98417,101323 19,408 77.9
Cache 6,24435,0391,010 42,293 68.1
Carbon 2,2755,090202 7,567 37.2
Daggett 9440620 520 60.0
Davis 21,88996,8612,319 121,069 61.9
Duchesne 5815,698100 6,379 80.2
Emery 5693,777103 4,449 72.1
Garfield 3081,83242 2,182 69.8
Grand 1,7271,996227 3,950 6.8
Iron 2,14814,200353 16,701 72.2
Juab 4513,44873 3,972 75.5
Kane 7442,522105 3,371 52.7
Millard 4314,478117 5,026 80.5
Morgan 4034,11480 4,597 80.7
Piute 7469711 782 79.7
Rich 839159 1,007 82.6
Salt Lake 146,147223,81111,841 381,799 20.3
San Juan 2,1393,07494 5,307 17.6
Sanpete 9808,406161 9,547 77.8
Sevier 7387,207124 8,069 80.2
Summit 8,0728,884532 17,488 4.6
Tooele 4,52414,268469 19,261 50.6
Uintah 99710,421165 11,583 81.4
Utah 17,281156,9503,482 177,713 78.6
Wasatch 2,1917,220178 9,589 52.4
Washington 8,33744,698977 54,012 67.3
Wayne 2151,08923 1,327 65.9
Weber 19,84154,2241,847 75,912 45.3

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 Utah in 2012?

Mitt Romney won Utah by 48.04 percentage points (488,787 votes).

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 2012?

Utah cast 6 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Utah in 2012?

1,017,440 votes were counted for president.

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

Mitt Romney 29 (out of 29 counties with results).

How did Utah change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 19.9 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 28.2 points to Republican by 48.0 points.

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