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2012 presidential election in Minnesota

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat Mitt Romney (Republican) in Minnesota in 2012, 52.7% to 45.0%, a margin of 7.7 points and 225,942 votes.

Minnesota voted 3.8 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 59 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Hennepin, cast 680,065 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.0 points. The closest was Watonwan, where 23 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Barack Obama won	Democratic	1,546,167	52.7%
Mitt Romney	Republican	1,320,225	45.0%
All other candidates		70,169	2.4%
Total		2,936,561

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	423,982 62.3%	240,073 35.3%	16,010	680,065	D+27.0
Ramsey	184,938 66.3%	86,800 31.1%	7,084	278,822	D+35.2
Dakota	116,255 50.4%	109,516 47.4%	5,050	230,821	D+2.9
Anoka	88,614 47.5%	93,430 50.1%	4,421	186,465	R+2.6
Washington	70,203 49.4%	69,137 48.6%	2,793	142,133	D+0.8
Saint Louis	73,378 63.5%	39,131 33.9%	3,085	115,594	D+29.6
Stearns	33,551 42.8%	43,015 54.8%	1,911	78,477	R+12.1
Olmsted	39,338 50.2%	36,832 47.0%	2,146	78,316	D+3.2
Scott	29,712 41.5%	40,323 56.3%	1,612	71,647	R+14.8
Wright	25,741 38.0%	40,466 59.7%	1,609	67,816	R+21.7
Carver	20,745 39.2%	31,155 58.9%	999	52,899	R+19.7
Sherburne	17,597 37.8%	27,848 59.9%	1,064	46,509	R+22.0
Crow Wing	14,760 42.3%	19,415 55.6%	745	34,920	R+13.3
Blue Earth	18,164 53.0%	14,916 43.5%	1,194	34,274	D+9.5
Rice	17,054 52.9%	14,384 44.6%	829	32,267	D+8.3
Otter Tail	12,165 38.4%	18,860 59.6%	645	31,670	R+21.1
Chisago	12,524 42.5%	16,227 55.1%	690	29,441	R+12.6
Clay	15,208 52.6%	12,920 44.7%	758	28,886	D+7.9
Winona	14,980 55.0%	11,480 42.2%	772	27,232	D+12.9
Goodhue	12,212 47.3%	12,986 50.3%	603	25,801	R+3.0
Itasca	12,852 53.7%	10,501 43.9%	566	23,919	D+9.8
Beltrami	11,818 53.6%	9,637 43.7%	596	22,051	D+9.9
Kandiyohi	9,805 45.7%	11,240 52.4%	420	21,465	R+6.7
Douglas	8,653 41.3%	11,884 56.7%	416	20,953	R+15.4
Isanti	8,024 39.7%	11,675 57.7%	518	20,217	R+18.1
Benton	8,173 41.7%	10,849 55.3%	597	19,619	R+13.6
Steele	8,706 45.5%	9,903 51.8%	515	19,124	R+6.3
McLeod	6,968 37.6%	11,069 59.7%	516	18,553	R+22.1
Mower	11,129 60.0%	6,938 37.4%	472	18,539	D+22.6
Carlton	11,389 61.8%	6,586 35.7%	461	18,436	D+26.1
Nicollet	9,652 52.6%	8,214 44.7%	491	18,357	D+7.8
Morrison	6,153 36.8%	10,159 60.8%	402	16,714	R+24.0
Freeborn	9,326 55.8%	6,969 41.7%	411	16,706	D+14.1
Becker	6,829 41.7%	9,204 56.2%	349	16,382	R+14.5
Cass	6,858 42.5%	8,957 55.5%	326	16,141	R+13.0
Le Sueur	6,753 45.6%	7,715 52.1%	327	14,795	R+6.5
Polk	6,773 46.1%	7,615 51.8%	305	14,693	R+5.7
Pine	6,750 48.3%	6,845 49.0%	370	13,965	R+0.7
Brown	5,630 40.4%	7,938 57.0%	361	13,929	R+16.6
Mille Lacs	5,829 44.5%	6,951 53.1%	311	13,091	R+8.6
Lyon	5,465 44.1%	6,594 53.2%	329	12,388	R+9.1
Meeker	4,969 40.7%	6,913 56.6%	332	12,214	R+15.9
Todd	4,819 40.8%	6,719 56.9%	265	11,803	R+16.1
Wabasha	5,415 46.0%	6,049 51.4%	299	11,763	R+5.4
Hubbard	4,676 40.6%	6,622 57.5%	222	11,520	R+16.9
Martin	4,054 37.0%	6,657 60.7%	257	10,968	R+23.7
Fillmore	5,713 52.5%	4,913 45.1%	266	10,892	D+7.3
Houston	5,281 50.6%	4,951 47.4%	214	10,446	D+3.2
Dodge	4,487 43.4%	5,522 53.5%	318	10,327	R+10.0
Waseca	4,370 44.8%	5,116 52.5%	261	9,747	R+7.7
Aitkin	4,412 48.3%	4,533 49.6%	197	9,142	R+1.3
Nobles	3,793 44.5%	4,581 53.8%	146	8,520	R+9.2
Kanabec	3,593 44.1%	4,328 53.1%	229	8,150	R+9.0
Sibley	2,916 37.3%	4,693 60.1%	206	7,815	R+22.7
Redwood	3,008 38.6%	4,570 58.7%	212	7,790	R+20.1
Faribault	3,407 44.2%	4,104 53.2%	202	7,713	R+9.0
Renville	3,394 44.0%	4,149 53.8%	167	7,710	R+9.8
Roseau	2,772 37.7%	4,409 60.0%	171	7,352	R+22.3
Lake	4,043 59.3%	2,610 38.3%	167	6,820	D+21.0
Wadena	2,492 36.7%	4,143 61.0%	156	6,791	R+24.3
Pennington	3,024 46.4%	3,305 50.7%	188	6,517	R+4.3
Koochiching	3,451 53.4%	2,841 44.0%	166	6,458	D+9.4
Pope	2,981 47.7%	3,142 50.3%	123	6,246	R+2.6
Chippewa	3,083 49.7%	2,967 47.8%	151	6,201	D+1.9
Cottonwood	2,433 41.5%	3,316 56.6%	113	5,862	R+15.1
Stevens	2,742 48.5%	2,766 48.9%	144	5,652	R+0.4
Jackson	2,268 41.8%	3,044 56.1%	118	5,430	R+14.3
Yellow Medicine	2,465 45.5%	2,806 51.8%	143	5,414	R+6.3
Watonwan	2,494 48.5%	2,517 48.9%	133	5,144	R+0.4
Swift	2,751 53.7%	2,248 43.9%	120	5,119	D+9.8
Rock	1,946 40.2%	2,810 58.0%	90	4,846	R+17.8
Murray	2,160 45.3%	2,504 52.5%	103	4,767	R+7.2
Marshall	1,998 42.5%	2,569 54.7%	131	4,698	R+12.2
Pipestone	1,725 37.1%	2,826 60.8%	95	4,646	R+23.7
Clearwater	1,753 41.8%	2,359 56.2%	85	4,197	R+14.4
Lac Qui Parle	1,974 49.5%	1,938 48.6%	72	3,984	D+0.9
Grant	1,647 47.2%	1,748 50.1%	92	3,487	R+2.9
Cook	1,993 60.0%	1,221 36.8%	108	3,322	D+23.2
Wilkin	1,258 39.0%	1,884 58.5%	80	3,222	R+19.4
Norman	1,730 53.9%	1,384 43.2%	93	3,207	D+10.8
Lincoln	1,429 45.8%	1,595 51.1%	96	3,120	R+5.3
Big Stone	1,345 48.2%	1,385 49.7%	59	2,789	R+1.4
Kittson	1,241 51.3%	1,095 45.2%	84	2,420	D+6.0
Lake of the Woods	859 38.5%	1,306 58.5%	69	2,234	R+20.0
Mahnomen	1,276 58.5%	871 39.9%	35	2,182	D+18.6
Red Lake	928 47.0%	978 49.5%	69	1,975	R+2.5
Traverse	943 51.1%	861 46.6%	43	1,847	D+4.4

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

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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