Presidential Election 2012 | US Presidential Elections | West Virginia Races
2012 West Virginia Presidential Election Results
Mitt Romney
Percent: 62.30%
Votes: 417,655
Barack Obama
Percent: 35.54%
Votes: 238,269
Race Summary
In the 2012 Presidential Election in West Virginia, Republican Mitt Romney received 62.30% of the vote, while Democratic incumbent Barack Obama earned 35.54%. Romney’s margin of approximately 26.76 percentage points underscored the state’s strong shift toward Republicans in that cycle.
Full Results
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.30%
Votes: 417,655
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 35.54%
Votes: 238,269
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.94%
Votes: 6,302
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 4,406
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.57%
Votes: 3,806
Total Votes: 670,438
State Map
Results by County
Barbour County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 66.38%
Votes: 3,824
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.69%
Votes: 1,768
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.23%
Votes: 71
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 53
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 45
Total votes: 5,761
Brooke County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 54.44%
Votes: 5,060
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.09%
Votes: 4,005
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.19%
Votes: 111
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 57
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 61
Total votes: 9,294
Doddridge County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 76.92%
Votes: 2,130
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 20.77%
Votes: 575
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 22
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.90%
Votes: 25
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 17
Total votes: 2,769
Greenbrier County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 61.17%
Votes: 7,930
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.33%
Votes: 4,710
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.09%
Votes: 141
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 106
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 76
Total votes: 12,963
Harrison County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 60.72%
Votes: 15,876
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.22%
Votes: 9,732
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 209
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 153
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.68%
Votes: 177
Total votes: 26,147
Lewis County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.59%
Votes: 4,375
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.61%
Votes: 1,736
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.08%
Votes: 68
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.83%
Votes: 52
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.89%
Votes: 56
Total votes: 6,287
Marshall County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.98%
Votes: 8,135
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.72%
Votes: 4,484
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 93
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 118
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 86
Total votes: 12,916
Mineral County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 71.35%
Votes: 7,833
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 26.28%
Votes: 2,885
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.00%
Votes: 110
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.58%
Votes: 64
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 87
Total votes: 10,979
Morgan County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.07%
Votes: 4,513
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.55%
Votes: 2,363
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.85%
Votes: 60
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.85%
Votes: 60
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.68%
Votes: 48
Total votes: 7,044
Pleasants County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.26%
Votes: 1,825
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.63%
Votes: 955
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 26
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 17
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 17
Total votes: 2,840
Raleigh County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 71.50%
Votes: 20,614
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 26.84%
Votes: 7,739
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.75%
Votes: 217
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 141
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.41%
Votes: 118
Total votes: 28,829
Summers County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.96%
Votes: 2,981
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.23%
Votes: 1,621
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.18%
Votes: 56
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 1.01%
Votes: 48
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 29
Total votes: 4,735
Upshur County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 71.79%
Votes: 5,939
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 26.08%
Votes: 2,158
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 76
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 49
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.62%
Votes: 51
Total votes: 8,273
Wirt County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 65.73%
Votes: 1,427
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 31.14%
Votes: 676
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.24%
Votes: 27
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.55%
Votes: 12
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.34%
Votes: 29
Total votes: 2,171
Berkeley County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.60%
Votes: 22,156
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.40%
Votes: 14,275
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.15%
Votes: 426
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 207
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 108
Total votes: 37,172
Cabell County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.95%
Votes: 17,985
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.21%
Votes: 13,568
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.98%
Votes: 315
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 190
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 86
Total votes: 32,144
Fayette County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.35%
Votes: 8,350
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.51%
Votes: 5,419
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.84%
Votes: 118
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 98
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 85
Total votes: 14,070
Hampshire County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.16%
Votes: 5,523
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 28.79%
Votes: 2,299
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 53
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.58%
Votes: 46
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.81%
Votes: 65
Total votes: 7,986
Jackson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.17%
Votes: 7,408
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.39%
Votes: 3,854
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.87%
Votes: 101
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.87%
Votes: 100
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 81
Total votes: 11,544
Lincoln County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.29%
Votes: 4,383
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.66%
Votes: 2,227
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.04%
Votes: 71
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 50
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.28%
Votes: 87
Total votes: 6,818
Mason County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 58.65%
Votes: 5,741
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.59%
Votes: 3,778
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.01%
Votes: 99
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 77
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.96%
Votes: 94
Total votes: 9,789
Mingo County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.11%
Votes: 6,191
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.50%
Votes: 2,428
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 80
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.75%
Votes: 66
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.74%
Votes: 65
Total votes: 8,830
Nicholas County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.14%
Votes: 5,898
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.32%
Votes: 2,664
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.05%
Votes: 92
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.68%
Votes: 60
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.81%
Votes: 71
Total votes: 8,785
Pocahontas County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 61.02%
Votes: 2,182
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.44%
Votes: 1,303
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 33
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 33
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 25
Total votes: 3,576
Randolph County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.15%
Votes: 6,160
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.26%
Votes: 3,342
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.01%
Votes: 99
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.96%
Votes: 94
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 59
Total votes: 9,754
Taylor County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 65.00%
Votes: 3,840
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.85%
Votes: 1,941
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.74%
Votes: 44
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.81%
Votes: 48
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 35
Total votes: 5,908
Wayne County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.26%
Votes: 8,688
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 35.34%
Votes: 4,931
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.02%
Votes: 143
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 85
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 108
Total votes: 13,955
Wood County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 65.29%
Votes: 22,183
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.05%
Votes: 11,230
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 264
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 160
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.41%
Votes: 140
Total votes: 33,977
Boone County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.32%
Votes: 5,467
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.82%
Votes: 2,790
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 77
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 66
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.18%
Votes: 100
Total votes: 8,500
Calhoun County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.76%
Votes: 1,319
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.06%
Votes: 818
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.36%
Votes: 30
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 1.09%
Votes: 24
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 16
Total votes: 2,207
Gilmer County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.57%
Votes: 1,595
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.48%
Votes: 840
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.08%
Votes: 27
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 1.00%
Votes: 25
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.88%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 2,509
Hancock County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.63%
Votes: 7,226
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.18%
Votes: 4,627
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.92%
Votes: 111
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 65
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 89
Total votes: 12,118
Jefferson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 50.85%
Votes: 11,258
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 46.97%
Votes: 10,398
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.22%
Votes: 271
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 144
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 67
Total votes: 22,138
Logan County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 68.83%
Votes: 8,222
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 29.04%
Votes: 3,469
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 86
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 77
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 92
Total votes: 11,946
McDowell County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.98%
Votes: 3,959
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.08%
Votes: 2,109
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.52%
Votes: 32
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 37
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 51
Total votes: 6,188
Monongalia County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 53.47%
Votes: 16,831
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.93%
Votes: 13,826
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.50%
Votes: 472
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.76%
Votes: 240
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 106
Total votes: 31,475
Ohio County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 60.12%
Votes: 10,768
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.89%
Votes: 6,786
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.07%
Votes: 191
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 107
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 59
Total votes: 17,911
Preston County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.72%
Votes: 7,889
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 26.28%
Votes: 2,931
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.15%
Votes: 128
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.95%
Votes: 106
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 101
Total votes: 11,155
Ritchie County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 77.11%
Votes: 2,921
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 20.27%
Votes: 768
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.95%
Votes: 36
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.84%
Votes: 32
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 31
Total votes: 3,788
Tucker County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.34%
Votes: 2,176
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 28.04%
Votes: 880
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.96%
Votes: 30
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 20
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.02%
Votes: 32
Total votes: 3,138
Webster County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.07%
Votes: 1,710
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.37%
Votes: 947
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.76%
Votes: 21
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 1.05%
Votes: 29
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.74%
Votes: 48
Total votes: 2,755
Wyoming County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 76.68%
Votes: 5,769
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 21.04%
Votes: 1,583
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.69%
Votes: 52
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 53
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.88%
Votes: 66
Total votes: 7,523
Braxton County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 56.72%
Votes: 2,725
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.59%
Votes: 1,998
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.52%
Votes: 25
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 26
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.62%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 4,804
Clay County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 65.44%
Votes: 1,971
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.91%
Votes: 931
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 24
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 1.26%
Votes: 38
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.59%
Votes: 48
Total votes: 3,012
Grant County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 82.49%
Votes: 3,783
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 15.66%
Votes: 718
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.52%
Votes: 24
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.55%
Votes: 25
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 36
Total votes: 4,586
Hardy County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 68.42%
Votes: 3,536
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 28.68%
Votes: 1,482
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 47
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.83%
Votes: 43
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 1.16%
Votes: 60
Total votes: 5,168
Kanawha County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.10%
Votes: 41,364
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.26%
Votes: 32,480
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 587
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.53%
Votes: 400
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 246
Total votes: 75,077
Marion County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.96%
Votes: 12,054
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.59%
Votes: 8,959
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.12%
Votes: 241
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 158
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 130
Total votes: 21,542
Mercer County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 72.62%
Votes: 15,450
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 25.53%
Votes: 5,432
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 174
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.51%
Votes: 109
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.52%
Votes: 111
Total votes: 21,276
Monroe County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.38%
Votes: 3,616
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.92%
Votes: 1,455
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.02%
Votes: 53
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.86%
Votes: 45
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.83%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 5,212
Pendleton County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.68%
Votes: 2,095
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.16%
Votes: 1,074
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.46%
Votes: 15
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.93%
Votes: 30
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 25
Total votes: 3,239
Putnam County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.72%
Votes: 16,032
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.65%
Votes: 7,256
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 190
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 113
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 82
Total votes: 23,673
Roane County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.08%
Votes: 2,982
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.42%
Votes: 1,939
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 39
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.87%
Votes: 44
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.85%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 5,047
Tyler County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.57%
Votes: 2,314
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.14%
Votes: 890
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.88%
Votes: 29
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 24
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 3,279
Wetzel County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.31%
Votes: 3,473
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.86%
Votes: 2,217
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.11%
Votes: 65
Jill Stein (GRN)
Percent: 0.97%
Votes: 57
Randall Terry (IND)
Percent: 0.75%
Votes: 44
Total votes: 5,856