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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Ohio

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat Mitt Romney (Republican) in Ohio in 2012, 50.7% to 47.7%, a margin of 3.0 points and 166,272 votes.

Ohio voted 0.9 points more Republican 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 71 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 644,281 votes and went to the Democrat by 39.8 points. The closest was Pike, where 1 vote 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 2,827,709 50.7%
Mitt Romney Republican 2,661,437 47.7%
All other candidates 91,701 1.6%
Total5,580,847

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 447,232 69.4% 190,651 29.6% 6,398 644,281 D+39.8
Franklin 346,336 60.7% 215,987 37.8% 8,660 570,983 D+22.8
Hamilton 219,927 52.5% 193,326 46.2% 5,641 418,894 D+6.4
Summit 153,037 57.2% 111,000 41.5% 3,674 267,711 D+15.7
Montgomery 137,139 51.5% 124,841 46.9% 4,298 266,278 D+4.6
Lucas 136,616 65.0% 69,940 33.3% 3,662 210,218 D+31.7
Stark 89,432 49.3% 88,581 48.8% 3,464 181,477 D+0.5
Butler 62,388 36.7% 105,176 61.8% 2,627 170,191 R+25.1
Lorain 81,464 56.9% 59,405 41.5% 2,384 143,253 D+15.4
Mahoning 77,059 63.5% 42,641 35.2% 1,610 121,310 D+28.4
Lake 57,680 48.7% 58,744 49.6% 1,980 118,404 R+0.9
Warren 32,909 29.6% 76,561 69.0% 1,534 111,004 R+39.3
Trumbull 61,672 60.6% 38,279 37.6% 1,768 101,719 D+23.0
Delaware 37,292 37.8% 60,194 60.9% 1,275 98,761 R+23.2
Clermont 30,458 31.6% 64,208 66.7% 1,607 96,273 R+35.1
Medina 38,785 42.7% 50,418 55.5% 1,580 90,783 R+12.8
Greene 32,256 38.6% 49,819 59.7% 1,415 83,490 R+21.0
Licking 34,201 42.0% 45,503 55.9% 1,686 81,390 R+13.9
Portage 39,453 51.7% 35,242 46.2% 1,544 76,239 D+5.5
Fairfield 29,890 41.5% 41,034 56.9% 1,144 72,068 R+15.5
Clark 31,298 48.8% 31,816 49.6% 1,030 64,144 R+0.8
Wood 32,802 51.3% 29,704 46.5% 1,442 63,948 D+4.8
Richland 22,687 39.3% 33,867 58.7% 1,161 57,715 R+19.4
Miami 16,383 31.5% 34,606 66.6% 947 51,936 R+35.1
Wayne 19,808 38.8% 30,251 59.2% 1,005 51,064 R+20.5
Geauga 19,659 38.5% 30,589 60.0% 749 50,997 R+21.4
Allen 17,913 37.1% 29,502 61.2% 820 48,235 R+24.0
Columbiana 19,821 43.0% 25,251 54.8% 979 46,051 R+11.8
Ashtabula 23,803 55.3% 18,298 42.5% 963 43,064 D+12.8
Tuscarawas 18,407 44.2% 22,242 53.4% 964 41,613 R+9.2
Erie 21,793 55.3% 16,952 43.0% 660 39,405 D+12.3
Muskingum 17,001 45.8% 19,264 51.9% 820 37,085 R+6.1
Hancock 12,564 35.2% 22,443 62.9% 687 35,694 R+27.7
Jefferson 15,385 46.5% 17,034 51.5% 650 33,069 R+5.0
Belmont 14,156 44.8% 16,758 53.1% 650 31,564 R+8.2
Scioto 15,077 48.4% 15,492 49.7% 592 31,161 R+1.3
Ross 14,569 48.4% 15,008 49.9% 506 30,083 R+1.5
Washington 11,651 39.5% 17,284 58.6% 564 29,499 R+19.1
Sandusky 14,541 50.2% 13,755 47.4% 698 28,994 D+2.7
Knox 10,470 36.9% 17,266 60.8% 652 28,388 R+23.9
Athens 18,307 66.2% 8,543 30.9% 788 27,638 D+35.3
Marion 12,504 45.7% 14,265 52.2% 583 27,352 R+6.4
Lawrence 10,744 41.6% 14,651 56.7% 438 25,833 R+15.1
Union 8,805 34.4% 16,289 63.7% 473 25,567 R+29.3
Darke 6,826 26.9% 18,108 71.3% 467 25,401 R+44.4
Seneca 11,353 44.9% 13,243 52.4% 666 25,262 R+7.5
Huron 11,006 44.6% 13,060 53.0% 597 24,663 R+8.3
Ashland 8,281 34.0% 15,519 63.8% 530 24,330 R+29.7
Pickaway 9,684 40.1% 14,037 58.2% 402 24,123 R+18.0
Shelby 6,343 26.6% 17,142 71.8% 381 23,866 R+45.2
Auglaize 5,831 24.9% 17,169 73.4% 405 23,405 R+48.4
Ottawa 11,503 51.2% 10,538 46.9% 415 22,456 D+4.3
Mercer 4,745 21.9% 16,561 76.5% 355 21,661 R+54.5
Fulton 9,073 42.7% 11,738 55.2% 457 21,268 R+12.5
Logan 7,062 33.4% 13,633 64.5% 442 21,137 R+31.1
Preble 6,211 30.8% 13,535 67.1% 423 20,169 R+36.3
Crawford 7,507 37.9% 11,852 59.8% 444 19,803 R+21.9
Brown 7,107 36.6% 11,916 61.4% 369 19,392 R+24.8
Champaign 7,044 38.2% 11,045 60.0% 332 18,421 R+21.7
Putnam 4,318 23.5% 13,721 74.7% 333 18,372 R+51.2
Defiance 7,732 42.3% 10,176 55.6% 380 18,288 R+13.4
Clinton 5,791 31.9% 12,009 66.2% 344 18,144 R+34.3
Highland 6,049 33.9% 11,410 64.0% 380 17,839 R+30.1
Williams 7,266 41.0% 10,047 56.7% 393 17,706 R+15.7
Madison 6,845 39.1% 10,342 59.0% 330 17,517 R+20.0
Guernsey 7,450 44.3% 8,993 53.5% 371 16,814 R+9.2
Morrow 5,933 36.7% 9,865 61.0% 386 16,184 R+24.3
Coshocton 6,940 44.1% 8,390 53.3% 409 15,739 R+9.2
Perry 7,033 46.9% 7,627 50.9% 324 14,984 R+4.0
Henry 5,658 39.7% 8,257 58.0% 321 14,236 R+18.3
Van Wert 4,029 29.1% 9,585 69.1% 252 13,866 R+40.1
Jackson 5,166 38.6% 7,904 59.1% 311 13,381 R+20.5
Carroll 5,543 41.8% 7,315 55.2% 404 13,262 R+13.4
Hocking 6,157 48.4% 6,285 49.4% 286 12,728 R+1.0
Gallia 4,557 36.2% 7,750 61.5% 288 12,595 R+25.4
Hardin 4,619 37.1% 7,489 60.2% 341 12,449 R+23.1
Pike 5,684 49.1% 5,685 49.1% 212 11,581 level
Holmes 2,608 22.6% 8,702 75.4% 226 11,536 R+52.8
Adams 3,976 35.9% 6,865 61.9% 248 11,089 R+26.1
Fayette 4,249 38.6% 6,620 60.1% 151 11,020 R+21.5
Wyandot 4,137 39.1% 6,180 58.5% 255 10,572 R+19.3
Meigs 4,027 39.4% 5,895 57.7% 296 10,218 R+18.3
Paulding 3,538 38.8% 5,354 58.7% 236 9,128 R+19.9
Harrison 2,950 41.3% 4,019 56.3% 172 7,141 R+15.0
Monroe 3,035 44.8% 3,548 52.3% 199 6,782 R+7.6
Morgan 2,814 45.9% 3,179 51.9% 136 6,129 R+6.0
Noble 2,131 36.3% 3,563 60.7% 178 5,872 R+24.4
Vinton 2,436 44.6% 2,856 52.2% 175 5,467 R+7.7

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

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0