United States elections, 2012

2012 United States elections

Presidential election year
Election day	November 6
Presidential election
Electoral vote
Barack Obama (D)	332
Mitt Romney (R)	206
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state.
Senate elections
Seats contested	33 seats of Class I
Net change	Democrats +2 (Democrats retain control)
2012 Senate election results map
House elections
Seats contested	All 435 seats
Net change	Democrats +8 (Republicans retain control)
2012 House election results map
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	14 (12 states, 2 territories) (including a recall election in Wisconsin)
Net change	Republican +1
2012 Gubernatorial election results map
Legend
Democratic hold   Democratic pickup   Republican pickup   Recall Against Republican (Republican Hold)   Republican hold   Independent hold   Independent pickup

The 2012 United States elections included many federal elections on Election Day, November 6, 2012, most prominently the 57th presidential election, Senate elections (where 33 seats were decided), and House of Representatives elections (to elect all 435 members of the House for the 113th United States Congress). It also featured 13 state and territorial governors' races; state and territorial legislature races, special elections, and various other state, territorial, and local races and referenda on votes held in November as well as throughout the year.

Little overall change occurred on the Federal level. Incumbent President Barack Obama was elected to a second term, with the national popular vote percentage being 51.1% to 47.2%, and the Electoral College vote being 332 to 206, for Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, respectively. The Democratic Party held control of the Senate and the Republican Party maintained a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans also held on to a majority of governorships.

The election resulted in New Hampshire being the first state with an entirely female congressional delegation and with Wisconsin electing the first openly LGBT member of the Senate. Three state referenda passed legalizing same-sex marriage, while Minnesota became the first state in history to reject a proposed state-level constitutional ban of same sex marriage. Two states approved and one rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, and one more state voted to approve allowing marijuana for medical use. A referendum was also held in Puerto Rico regarding the future political status of the U.S. unincorporated territory, with voters agreeing towards acquiring statehood.