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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in North Dakota

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in North Dakota in 2012, 58.3% to 38.7%, a margin of 19.6 points and 63,336 votes.

North Dakota voted 23.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 47 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 6. The largest, Cass, cast 73,855 votes and went to the Republican by 2.9 points. The closest was Steele, where 20 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 188,163 58.3%
Barack Obama Democratic 124,827 38.7%
All other candidates 9,637 3.0%
Total322,627

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 34,712 47.0% 36,855 49.9% 2,288 73,855 R+2.9
Burleigh 14,122 32.5% 27,951 64.4% 1,314 43,387 R+31.9
Grand Forks 14,032 46.7% 15,060 50.2% 937 30,029 R+3.4
Ward 8,441 33.2% 16,230 63.7% 792 25,463 R+30.6
Morton 4,469 32.8% 8,680 63.8% 464 13,613 R+30.9
Stark 2,812 24.2% 8,521 73.2% 300 11,633 R+49.1
Williams 2,322 23.7% 7,184 73.2% 302 9,808 R+49.6
Stutsman 3,585 37.5% 5,685 59.5% 288 9,558 R+22.0
Richland 3,198 42.0% 4,229 55.5% 186 7,613 R+13.5
Barnes 2,394 43.4% 2,964 53.7% 164 5,522 R+10.3
Walsh 2,124 41.7% 2,813 55.2% 159 5,096 R+13.5
Ramsey 2,164 43.3% 2,665 53.3% 170 4,999 R+10.0
McLean 1,670 33.8% 3,141 63.6% 127 4,938 R+29.8
Rolette 3,353 73.7% 1,092 24.0% 107 4,552 D+49.7
Mercer 1,166 26.2% 3,152 70.8% 137 4,455 R+44.6
Traill 1,811 46.2% 1,996 50.9% 114 3,921 R+4.7
Bottineau 1,183 33.3% 2,280 64.1% 92 3,555 R+30.9
Mountrail 1,403 40.6% 1,962 56.8% 92 3,457 R+16.2
McKenzie 927 26.9% 2,458 71.2% 66 3,451 R+44.4
Pembina 1,253 38.5% 1,899 58.3% 103 3,255 R+19.8
McHenry 943 34.8% 1,678 61.9% 91 2,712 R+27.1
Dickey 853 33.6% 1,610 63.5% 72 2,535 R+29.9
Ransom 1,343 55.4% 1,009 41.6% 73 2,425 D+13.8
Wells 673 28.3% 1,654 69.5% 52 2,379 R+41.2
LaMoure 740 33.7% 1,377 62.8% 77 2,194 R+29.0
Pierce 660 30.3% 1,465 67.3% 53 2,178 R+37.0
Benson 1,235 57.3% 868 40.2% 54 2,157 D+17.0
Cavalier 818 39.5% 1,195 57.8% 56 2,069 R+18.2
Dunn 508 25.0% 1,506 74.0% 20 2,034 R+49.1
Sargent 1,075 53.6% 879 43.8% 53 2,007 D+9.8
Emmons 383 20.3% 1,435 76.2% 66 1,884 R+55.8
Bowman 414 23.8% 1,280 73.7% 43 1,737 R+49.9
Foster 607 36.1% 1,030 61.2% 45 1,682 R+25.1
Nelson 767 45.7% 865 51.5% 46 1,678 R+5.8
McIntosh 459 30.0% 1,035 67.6% 36 1,530 R+37.6
Grant 334 23.6% 1,025 72.5% 54 1,413 R+48.9
Hettinger 313 23.0% 1,000 73.4% 49 1,362 R+50.4
Griggs 536 39.9% 771 57.4% 36 1,343 R+17.5
Kidder 393 29.6% 870 65.5% 65 1,328 R+35.9
Adams 328 25.5% 918 71.4% 40 1,286 R+45.9
Renville 398 31.1% 851 66.6% 29 1,278 R+35.4
Towner 516 43.7% 623 52.7% 43 1,182 R+9.1
Divide 385 33.1% 733 63.1% 44 1,162 R+29.9
Eddy 486 42.0% 634 54.8% 37 1,157 R+12.8
Sioux 900 78.7% 225 19.7% 19 1,144 D+59.0
Logan 232 21.6% 810 75.5% 31 1,073 R+53.9
Steele 518 49.7% 498 47.8% 26 1,042 D+1.9
Burke 230 22.5% 769 75.2% 24 1,023 R+52.7
Oliver 281 27.7% 693 68.4% 39 1,013 R+40.7
Golden Valley 162 17.5% 742 80.0% 24 928 R+62.5
Sheridan 163 19.8% 642 78.1% 17 822 R+58.3
Billings 89 15.4% 472 81.7% 17 578 R+66.3
Slope 83 19.0% 341 78.0% 13 437 R+59.0

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

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)