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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Michigan

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat Mitt Romney (Republican) in Michigan in 2012, 54.2% to 44.7%, a margin of 9.5 points and 449,313 votes.

Michigan voted 5.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Democratic hold continued from 2008, when Barack Obama also won.

Republicans led in 63 of the 83 counties and Democrats in 20. The largest, Wayne, cast 815,825 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.8 points. The closest was Alger, where 118 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Barack Obama won Democratic 2,564,569 54.2%
Mitt Romney Republican 2,115,256 44.7%
All other candidates 51,136 1.1%
Total4,730,961

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 595,846 73.0% 213,814 26.2% 6,165 815,825 D+46.8
Oakland 349,002 53.6% 296,514 45.5% 6,091 651,607 D+8.1
Macomb 208,016 51.5% 191,913 47.5% 4,157 404,086 D+4.0
Kent 133,408 45.5% 155,925 53.2% 3,652 292,985 R+7.7
Genesee 128,978 63.6% 71,808 35.4% 2,147 202,933 D+28.2
Washtenaw 120,890 67.3% 56,412 31.4% 2,290 179,592 D+35.9
Ottawa 42,737 32.3% 88,166 66.6% 1,409 132,312 R+34.3
Ingham 80,847 63.2% 45,306 35.4% 1,757 127,910 D+27.8
Kalamazoo 69,051 56.1% 52,662 42.8% 1,465 123,178 D+13.3
Livingston 37,216 37.8% 60,083 61.1% 1,038 98,337 R+23.3
Saginaw 54,381 55.5% 42,720 43.6% 961 98,062 D+11.9
Muskegon 44,436 58.3% 30,884 40.5% 843 76,163 D+17.8
St. Clair 33,983 45.8% 39,271 52.9% 927 74,181 R+7.1
Monroe 36,310 49.8% 35,593 48.9% 950 72,853 D+1.0
Berrien 33,465 46.2% 38,209 52.7% 823 72,497 R+6.5
Jackson 32,301 46.5% 36,298 52.3% 847 69,446 R+5.8
Calhoun 29,267 50.2% 28,333 48.6% 727 58,327 D+1.6
Eaton 27,913 50.9% 26,197 47.8% 678 54,788 D+3.1
Bay 27,877 52.2% 24,911 46.7% 593 53,381 D+5.6
Allegan 20,806 39.5% 31,123 59.1% 690 52,619 R+19.6
Grand Traverse 20,875 43.5% 26,534 55.3% 590 47,999 R+11.8
Lenawee 21,776 48.7% 22,351 50.0% 597 44,724 R+1.3
Lapeer 18,796 43.6% 23,734 55.0% 585 43,115 R+11.5
Midland 17,450 41.8% 23,919 57.3% 385 41,754 R+15.5
Clinton 18,191 46.4% 20,650 52.6% 394 39,235 R+6.3
Shiawassee 17,197 51.1% 15,962 47.4% 520 33,679 D+3.7
Van Buren 16,290 49.6% 16,141 49.2% 406 32,837 D+0.5
Marquette 18,115 56.3% 13,606 42.3% 473 32,194 D+14.0
Barry 11,491 40.3% 16,655 58.4% 366 28,512 R+18.1
Tuscola 11,425 43.9% 14,240 54.8% 338 26,003 R+10.8
Ionia 11,018 42.8% 14,315 55.6% 428 25,761 R+12.8
Montcalm 11,430 44.9% 13,621 53.6% 380 25,431 R+8.6
Isabella 13,038 54.1% 10,800 44.8% 281 24,119 D+9.3
St. Joseph 10,112 43.3% 12,978 55.6% 251 23,341 R+12.3
Cass 9,591 42.6% 12,659 56.3% 240 22,490 R+13.6
Newaygo 8,728 40.6% 12,457 58.0% 293 21,478 R+17.4
Hillsdale 7,106 37.2% 11,727 61.4% 267 19,100 R+24.2
Sanilac 7,212 39.3% 10,963 59.7% 194 18,369 R+20.4
Delta 8,330 46.1% 9,534 52.8% 186 18,050 R+6.7
Emmet 7,225 40.8% 10,253 57.9% 231 17,709 R+17.1
Branch 6,913 40.3% 10,035 58.5% 199 17,147 R+18.2
Mecosta 7,515 44.4% 9,176 54.3% 222 16,913 R+9.8
Gratiot 7,610 47.5% 8,241 51.4% 184 16,035 R+3.9
Chippewa 7,100 45.6% 8,278 53.2% 186 15,564 R+7.6
Huron 6,518 42.1% 8,806 56.9% 160 15,484 R+14.8
Houghton 6,801 44.5% 8,196 53.6% 285 15,282 R+9.1
Wexford 6,184 41.6% 8,450 56.9% 219 14,853 R+15.3
Mason 6,856 46.9% 7,580 51.9% 168 14,604 R+5.0
Leelanau 6,576 46.4% 7,483 52.8% 117 14,176 R+6.4
Charlevoix 5,939 42.2% 8,000 56.8% 151 14,090 R+14.6
Alpena 6,549 46.7% 7,298 52.1% 167 14,014 R+5.3
Clare 6,338 46.9% 6,988 51.7% 178 13,504 R+4.8
Iosco 6,242 46.8% 6,909 51.8% 193 13,344 R+5.0
Cheboygan 5,831 43.8% 7,286 54.7% 194 13,311 R+10.9
Antrim 5,107 38.7% 7,917 60.0% 171 13,195 R+21.3
Roscommon 6,198 47.6% 6,701 51.4% 133 13,032 R+3.9
Dickinson 4,952 38.7% 7,688 60.0% 170 12,810 R+21.4
Gladwin 5,760 45.8% 6,661 52.9% 162 12,583 R+7.2
Manistee 6,473 52.2% 5,737 46.3% 192 12,402 D+5.9
Otsego 4,681 39.6% 7,011 59.3% 140 11,832 R+19.7
Oceana 5,063 44.2% 6,239 54.5% 148 11,450 R+10.3
Menominee 5,242 48.0% 5,564 50.9% 117 10,923 R+2.9
Ogemaw 4,791 46.2% 5,437 52.5% 133 10,361 R+6.2
Osceola 3,981 38.7% 6,141 59.7% 156 10,278 R+21.0
Benzie 4,685 47.3% 5,075 51.3% 141 9,901 R+3.9
Kalkaska 3,272 39.4% 4,901 59.1% 126 8,299 R+19.6
Arenac 3,669 46.8% 4,057 51.7% 115 7,841 R+4.9
Gogebic 4,058 53.6% 3,444 45.5% 74 7,576 D+8.1
Presque Isle 3,192 45.1% 3,794 53.6% 94 7,080 R+8.5
Missaukee 2,274 32.4% 4,665 66.4% 88 7,027 R+34.0
Crawford 2,994 43.9% 3,744 54.9% 76 6,814 R+11.0
Alcona 2,472 40.5% 3,571 58.5% 61 6,104 R+18.0
Mackinac 2,652 43.5% 3,397 55.7% 50 6,099 R+12.2
Iron 2,687 44.9% 3,224 53.8% 77 5,988 R+9.0
Lake 2,752 52.1% 2,487 47.0% 48 5,287 D+5.0
Montmorency 2,049 40.6% 2,928 58.0% 74 5,051 R+17.4
Alger 2,212 47.9% 2,330 50.5% 76 4,618 R+2.6
Schoolcraft 1,865 46.1% 2,142 52.9% 41 4,048 R+6.8
Oscoda 1,657 41.0% 2,308 57.1% 77 4,042 R+16.1
Ontonagon 1,586 44.8% 1,906 53.9% 47 3,539 R+9.0
Baraga 1,574 45.1% 1,866 53.5% 50 3,490 R+8.4
Luce 991 38.2% 1,580 60.9% 25 2,596 R+22.7
Keweenaw 582 41.8% 774 55.6% 36 1,392 R+13.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0