Ohio Republican primary, 2012

United States presidential election in Ohio, 2012

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Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 18 0 Popular vote 2,827,709 2,661,437 Percentage 50.67% 47.69%
County Results   Obama—40-50%   Obama—50-60%   Obama—60-70%   Romney—40-50%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%   Romney—70-80%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Ohio Republican primary, 2012

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Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 38 25 Popular vote 456,513 446,255 Percentage 37.9% 37.1%   Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Home state Georgia Texas Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 175,556 111,238 Percentage 14.6% 9.2%
Ohio results by county   Mitt Romney   Rick Santorum

Barack Obama
Democratic

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Ohio voters chose 18 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. This continued the streak of having the winner of the overall election winning Ohio as the state has not voted for a losing candidate since Richard Nixon in 1960.

President Obama won the popular vote in Ohio with 50.67% of the vote over Mitt Romney in second place at 47.69%, a Democratic victory margin of 2.98%.

Throughout the general election campaign Ohio was considered a key battleground state and Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigned extensively in the state. Some experts believe that the popularity of the auto industry bailout put in place under President Obama helped him take the state. As of February 2013, there are nineteen cases of voter fraud being investigated in Hamilton County; in March 2013, three individuals were charged with voter fraud, with one individual alleged to have voted six times. However, minus these questionable votes, assuming they went to Obama, the outcome of the Ohio race is not affected as President Obama still wins Ohio by over 166,000 votes.