Washington · 2012 presidential election
Washington presidential election results 2012
Barack Obama carried Washington by 14.87 points (464,726 votes), winning 12 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 12
- Votes counted
- 3,125,516
- WA result
- D+14.9
- Compared with the nation
- 11.0 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2008
- 2.3 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,755,396 | 56.20% | 12 | |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,290,670 | 41.30% | — | |
| Total votes | 3,125,516 | ||||
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 1,540 | 3,171 | 82 | 4,793 | 34.0 |
| Asotin | 4,003 | 5,654 | 244 | 9,901 | 16.7 |
| Benton | 28,145 | 49,461 | 1,953 | 79,559 | 26.8 |
| Chelan | 13,112 | 18,402 | 736 | 32,250 | 16.4 |
| Clallam | 18,580 | 18,437 | 1,049 | 38,066 | 0.4 |
| Clark | 93,382 | 92,951 | 4,472 | 190,805 | 0.2 |
| Columbia | 645 | 1,568 | 46 | 2,259 | 40.9 |
| Cowlitz | 22,726 | 20,746 | 1,148 | 44,620 | 4.4 |
| Douglas | 5,166 | 9,425 | 351 | 14,942 | 28.5 |
| Ferry | 1,294 | 1,995 | 151 | 3,440 | 20.4 |
| Franklin | 8,398 | 13,748 | 497 | 22,643 | 23.6 |
| Garfield | 336 | 913 | 29 | 1,278 | 45.1 |
| Grant | 8,950 | 17,852 | 756 | 27,558 | 32.3 |
| Grays Harbor | 15,960 | 11,914 | 810 | 28,684 | 14.1 |
| Island | 21,478 | 19,605 | 1,016 | 42,099 | 4.4 |
| Jefferson | 12,739 | 6,405 | 685 | 19,829 | 31.9 |
| King | 668,004 | 275,700 | 23,450 | 967,154 | 40.6 |
| Kitsap | 67,277 | 52,846 | 3,244 | 123,367 | 11.7 |
| Kittitas | 7,949 | 9,782 | 440 | 18,171 | 10.1 |
| Klickitat | 4,598 | 5,316 | 360 | 10,274 | 7.0 |
| Lewis | 12,664 | 20,452 | 928 | 34,044 | 22.9 |
| Lincoln | 1,673 | 4,063 | 136 | 5,872 | 40.7 |
| Mason | 14,764 | 12,761 | 710 | 28,235 | 7.1 |
| Okanogan | 7,108 | 9,221 | 517 | 16,846 | 12.5 |
| Pacific | 5,711 | 4,499 | 314 | 10,524 | 11.5 |
| Pend Oreille | 2,508 | 3,952 | 208 | 6,668 | 21.7 |
| Pierce | 186,430 | 148,467 | 8,013 | 342,910 | 11.1 |
| San Juan | 7,125 | 3,111 | 358 | 10,594 | 37.9 |
| Skagit | 28,688 | 25,071 | 1,510 | 55,269 | 6.5 |
| Skamania | 2,628 | 2,687 | 151 | 5,466 | 1.1 |
| Snohomish | 188,516 | 133,016 | 8,285 | 329,817 | 16.8 |
| Spokane | 102,295 | 115,285 | 6,250 | 223,830 | 5.8 |
| Stevens | 7,762 | 13,691 | 708 | 22,161 | 26.8 |
| Thurston | 74,037 | 49,287 | 3,739 | 127,063 | 19.5 |
| Wahkiakum | 1,094 | 1,119 | 81 | 2,294 | 1.1 |
| Walla Walla | 9,768 | 14,648 | 692 | 25,108 | 19.4 |
| Whatcom | 57,089 | 42,703 | 3,237 | 103,029 | 14.0 |
| Whitman | 8,037 | 8,507 | 577 | 17,121 | 2.7 |
| Yakima | 33,217 | 42,239 | 1,517 | 76,973 | 11.7 |
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).
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 8 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama / Joe Biden (Democratic Party Nominees) | Democratic Party Nominees | 1,755,396 | 56.16% |
| Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan (Republican Party Nominees) | Republican Party Nominees | 1,290,670 | 41.29% |
| Gary Johnson / James P. Gray (Libertarian Party Nominees) | Libertarian Party Nominees | 42,202 | 1.35% |
| Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala Green Party Nominees | — | 20,928 | 0.67% |
| Virgil Goode / James N. Clymer (Constitution Party Nominees) | Constitution Party Nominees | 8,851 | 0.28% |
| Ross C. (Rocky) Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez (Justice Party Nominees) | Justice Party Nominees | 4,946 | 0.16% |
| Peta Lindsay / Yari Osorio (Socialism & Liberation Party Nominees) | — | 1,318 | 0.04% |
| James Harris / Alyson Kennedy (Socialist Workers Party Nominees) | — | 1,205 | 0.04% |
| Total as printed | 3,125,516 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- Each ticket prints the names on one line and the party line with the figures on the next; the label joins both.
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 Washington in 2012?
Barack Obama won Washington by 14.87 percentage points (464,726 votes).
How many electoral votes did Washington have in 2012?
Washington cast 12 electoral votes in 2012.
How many people voted for president in Washington in 2012?
3,125,516 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Washington in 2012?
Mitt Romney 23, Barack Obama 16 (out of 39 counties with results).
How did Washington change from 2008 to 2012?
The margin moved 2.3 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 17.2 points to Democratic by 14.9 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data