2012 United States presidential election in Ohio

The 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012. President Obama won the popular vote with 50. 67% of the vote over Mitt Romney in second place at 47. 69%. Obama’s performance was a decline from 2008 when he won the state by a 4. 57% margin over U.S. Senator John McCain. This election continued Ohio’s bellwether streak, as the state voted for the winner of the presidential election every time after it voted for Richard Nixon in 1960 until 2020.

About 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio in brief

The 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012. President Obama won the popular vote in Ohio with 50. 67% of the vote over Mitt Romney in second place at 47. 69%. Obama’s performance was a decline from 2008 when he won the state by a 4. 57% margin over U.S. Senator John McCain. This election continued Ohio’s bellwether streak, as the state voted for the winner of the presidential election every time after it voted for Richard Nixon in 1960 until 2020. As of 2020, this is the last time the Democratic presidential nominee won Ohio. Ohio has 66 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Forty-eight delegates are generally awarded winner-take-all by Congressional district.

Another 15 delegates are awarded to the candidate who gets an outright majority statewide, or are allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of. the vote if no candidate wins a majority. The Democratic primary was held on March 6,2012, the same day as the Republican primary. Incumbent President Barack Obama ran unopposed, and thus won all 151 of the state’s delegates. Despite an early lead in the vote count and having won most counties, Santorum’s lead was reduced and overcome by Romney as Hamilton and Cuyahoga County results came in.

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