2012 United States presidential election in Georgia Turnout 61.9%[ 1] pp County Results Congressional District Results State Senate District Results Precinct Results Romney
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90-100%
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90-100%
Tie/No Data
The 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose 16 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 .
Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin, an improvement from 2008 when John McCain won by 5.20%. Romney received 53.19% of the vote to Obama's 45.39%. Early County flipped from supporting the Republican candidate to the Democratic candidate, while Chattahoochee County flipped from the Democratic column to the Republican column.
Obama remains the only Democrat to ever win two terms in office without carrying Georgia either time. Georgia is also one of only two states that voted against Obama in both 2008 and 2012 that his vice president Joe Biden would go on to win in 2020, the other being Arizona.
As of 2024 , this is the last time a Democratic presidential nominee won the rural Black Belt counties of Baker , Dooly , Early , Peach , Quitman , and Twiggs , and the last time that the suburban Atlanta counties of Gwinnett , Henry , and Cobb would vote Republican in a presidential race. This is also the last time that Georgia has backed the losing candidate in a presidential election and the last time a Democrat won the presidency without winning Georgia. Obama became the first Democratic president since Martin Van Buren to never win Georgia in two elections.
Incumbent president Barack Obama was unopposed in the Georgia primary, therefore winning all of the state's delegates.
Georgia Republican primary, 2012 Gingrich
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Romney
30–40%
40–50%
The 2012 Georgia Republican primary took place on March 6, 2012.[ 2] [ 3]
Georgia has 76 delegates to the Republic National Convention. The three super delegates are awarded winner-take-all to the statewide winner. Thirty-one delegates are awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide. Another 42 delegates are allocated by congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in a district, he wins all 3 delegates. If no one get majority, the delegates are split 2 and 1 between the top two candidates respectively.[ 4]
Georgia Republican primary, 2012[ 5] Candidate Votes Percentage Estimated national delegates [ 6] Newt Gingrich 425,395 47.2% 54 Mitt Romney 233,611 25.9% 19 Rick Santorum 176,259 19.6% 3 Ron Paul 59,100 6.6% 0 Jon Huntsman Jr. 1,813 0.2% 0 Michele Bachmann 1,714 0.2% 0 Rick Perry 1,696 0.2% 0 Buddy Roemer 1,142 0.13% 0 Gary Johnson 740 0.08% 0 Undecided or Other 0 Totals 901,470 100.0% 76
Key: Withdrew prior to contest.
Candidate ballot access [ edit ] Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian Write-in candidate access:
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice Out of a total of 6,066,961 registered voters at the time of the presidential election, turnout for the general election was 3,908,369, or 64.42% of registered voters.
County Mitt Romney Barack Obama Various candidates Margin Total # % # % # % # % Appling 5,233 73.78% 1,758 24.78% 102 1.44% 3,475 49.00% 7,093 Atkinson 1,938 66.67% 930 31.99% 39 1.34% 1,008 34.68% 2,907 Bacon 3,093 78.58% 791 20.10% 52 1.32% 2,302 58.48% 3,936 Baker 785 49.34% 794 49.91% 12 0.75% -9 -0.57% 1,591 Baldwin 7,589 46.64% 8,483 52.14% 198 1.22% -894 -5.50% 16,270 Banks 5,354 86.30% 780 12.57% 70 1.13% 4,574 73.73% 6,204 Barrow 18,725 74.10% 6,028 23.85% 517 2.05% 12,697 50.25% 25,270 Bartow 26,876 74.87% 8,396 23.39% 625 1.74% 18,480 51.48% 35,897 Ben Hill 3,396 56.88% 2,512 42.08% 62 1.04% 884 14.80% 5,970 Berrien 4,843 77.81% 1,273 20.45% 108 1.74% 3,570 57.36% 6,224 Bibb 25,623 39.54% 38,585 59.54% 595 0.92% -12,962 -20.00% 64,803 Bleckley 3,587 72.91% 1,269 25.79% 64 1.30% 2,318 47.12% 4,920 Brantley 4,964 82.46% 939 15.60% 117 1.94% 4,025 66.86% 6,020 Brooks 3,554 52.62% 3,138 46.46% 62 0.92% 416 6.16% 6,754 Bryan 9,560 70.94% 3,707 27.51% 209 1.55% 5,853 43.43% 13,476 Bulloch 14,174 58.73% 9,593 39.75% 366 1.52% 4,581 18.98% 24,133 Burke 4,301 43.92% 5,405 55.19% 87 0.89% -1,104 -11.27% 9,793 Butts 6,306 67.09% 2,968 31.57% 126 1.34% 3,338 35.52% 9,400 Calhoun 883 40.34% 1,298 59.30% 8 0.36% -415 -18.96% 2,189 Camden 11,343 62.84% 6,377 35.33% 330 1.83% 4,966 27.51% 18,050 Candler 2,344 66.38% 1,157 32.77% 30 0.85% 1,187 33.61% 3,531 Carroll 28,280 67.86% 12,688 30.45% 704 1.69% 15,592 37.41% 41,672 Catoosa 17,858 75.06% 5,365 22.55% 568 2.39% 12,493 52.51% 23,791 Charlton 2,527 67.12% 1,197 31.79% 41 1.09% 1,330 35.33% 3,765 Chatham 47,204 43.38% 60,246 55.36% 1,371 1.26% -13,042 -11.98% 108,821 Chattahoochee 735 49.23% 729 48.83% 29 1.94% 6 0.40% 1,493 Chattooga 5,452 69.28% 2,232 28.36% 185 2.36% 3,220 40.92% 7,869 Cherokee 76,514 77.73% 19,841 20.16% 2,084 2.11% 56,673 57.57% 98,439 Clarke 13,815 34.10% 25,431 62.77% 1,269 3.13% -11,616 -28.67% 40,515 Clay 537 38.28% 862 61.44% 4 0.28% -325 -23.16% 1,403 Clayton 14,164 14.72% 81,479 84.67% 587 0.61% -67,315 -69.95% 96,230 Clinch 1,598 64.57% 852 34.42% 25 1.01% 746 30.15% 2,475 Cobb 171,722 55.25% 133,124 42.83% 5,989 1.92% 38,598 12.42% 310,835 Coffee 9,248 63.89% 5,057 34.94% 169 1.17% 4,191 28.95% 14,474 Colquitt 9,243 69.25% 3,973 29.77% 131 0.98% 5,270 39.48% 13,347 Columbia 41,765 70.70% 16,451 27.85% 855 1.45% 25,314 42.85% 59,071 Cook 3,935 65.14% 2,042 33.80% 64 1.06% 1,893 31.34% 6,041 Coweta 39,653 71.17% 15,168 27.22% 897 1.61% 24,485 43.95% 55,718 Crawford 3,368 65.47% 1,706 33.16% 70 1.37% 1,662 32.31% 5,144 Crisp 4,182 56.51% 3,167 42.80% 51 0.69% 1,015 13.71% 7,400 Dade 4,471 73.94% 1,411 23.33% 165 2.73% 3,060 50.61% 6,047 Dawson 8,847 86.19% 1,241 12.09% 176 1.72% 7,606 74.10% 10,264 Decatur 5,824 55.47% 4,591 43.72% 85 0.81% 1,233 11.75% 10,500 DeKalb 64,392 20.98% 238,224 77.63% 4,242 1.39% -173,832 -56.65% 306,858 Dodge 5,214 67.24% 2,442 31.49% 98 1.27% 2,772 35.75% 7,754 Dooly 1,985 46.14% 2,285 53.11% 32 0.75% -300 -6.97% 4,302 Dougherty 11,449 30.15% 26,295 69.24% 231 0.61% -14,846 -39.09% 37,975 Douglas 26,241 47.38% 28,441 51.36% 697 1.26% -2,200 -3.98% 55,379 Early 2,557 47.71% 2,765 51.60% 37 0.69% -208 -3.89% 5,359 Echols 917 82.99% 173 15.66% 15 1.35% 744 67.33% 1,105 Effingham 15,596 74.79% 4,947 23.72% 311 1.49% 10,649 51.07% 20,854 Elbert 4,859 59.58% 3,181 39.00% 116 1.42% 1,678 20.58% 8,156 Emanuel 5,100 63.05% 2,927 36.18% 62 0.77% 2,173 26.87% 8,089 Evans 2,268 63.62% 1,268 35.57% 29 0.81% 1,000 28.05% 3,565 Fannin 7,857 78.10% 2,028 20.16% 175 1.74% 5,829 57.94% 10,060 Fayette 38,075 64.83% 19,736 33.61% 917 1.56% 18,339 31.22% 58,728 Floyd 22,733 69.04% 9,640 29.28% 554 1.68% 13,093 39.76% 32,927 Forsyth 65,908 80.47% 14,571 17.79% 1,421 1.74% 51,337 62.68% 81,900 Franklin 6,114 78.62% 1,499 19.27% 164 2.11% 4,615 59.35% 7,777 Fulton 137,124 34.42% 255,470 64.13% 5,752 1.45% -118,346 -29.71% 398,346 Gilmer 8,926 80.76% 1,958 17.71% 169 1.53% 6,968 63.05% 11,053 Glascock 1,135 84.96% 176 13.17% 25 1.87% 959 71.79% 1,336 Glynn 20,893 62.95% 11,950 36.00% 348 1.05% 8,943 26.95% 33,191 Gordon 13,197 77.91% 3,440 20.31% 302 1.78% 9,757 57.60% 16,939 Grady 5,924 62.93% 3,419 36.32% 70 0.75% 2,505 26.61% 9,413 Greene 5,071 60.90% 3,201 38.44% 55 0.66% 1,870 22.46% 8,327 Gwinnett 159,855 53.76% 132,509 44.56% 4,992 1.68% 27,346 9.20% 297,356 Habersham 12,166 82.90% 2,301 15.68% 209 1.42% 9,865 67.22% 14,676 Hall 47,481 77.19% 12,999 21.13% 1,032 1.68% 34,482 56.06% 61,512 Hancock 769 18.80% 3,308 80.88% 13 0.32% -2,539 -62.08% 4,090 Haralson 8,446 81.16% 1,789 17.19% 172 1.65% 6,657 63.97% 10,407 Harris 11,197 72.14% 4,145 26.71% 179 1.15% 7,052 45.43% 15,521 Hart 6,517 68.39% 2,870 30.12% 142 1.49% 3,647 38.27% 9,529 Heard 3,160 75.63% 948 22.69% 70 1.68% 2,212 52.94% 4,178 Henry 46,774 51.10% 43,761 47.81% 996 1.09% 3,013 3.29% 91,531 Houston 34,662 59.58% 22,702 39.02% 811 1.40% 11,960 20.56% 58,175 Irwin 2,538 68.34% 1,141 30.72% 35 0.94% 1,397 37.62% 3,714 Jackson 19,135 80.59% 4,238 17.85% 372 1.56% 14,897 62.74% 23,745 Jasper 4,136 68.45% 1,845 30.54% 61 1.01% 2,291 37.91% 6,042 Jeff Davis 3,996 74.85% 1,275 23.88% 68 1.27% 2,721 50.97% 5,339 Jefferson 2,999 41.08% 4,261 58.36% 41 0.56% -1,262 -17.28% 7,301 Jenkins 1,887 55.60% 1,488 43.84% 19 0.56% 399 11.76% 3,394 Johnson 2,440 64.62% 1,305 34.56% 31 0.82% 1,135 30.06% 3,776 Jones 7,744 63.90% 4,274 35.27% 101 0.83% 3,470 28.63% 12,119 Lamar 4,899 64.36% 2,602 34.18% 111 1.46% 2,297 30.18% 7,612 Lanier 1,820 61.11% 1,114 37.41% 44 1.48% 706 23.70% 2,978 Laurens 11,950 60.85% 7,513 38.26% 176 0.89% 4,437 22.59% 19,639 Lee 10,314 75.58% 3,196 23.42% 136 1.00% 7,118 52.16% 13,646 Liberty 5,565 34.36% 10,457 64.57% 173 1.07% -4,892 -30.21% 16,195 Lincoln 2,807 63.36% 1,586 35.80% 37 0.84% 1,221 27.56% 4,430 Long 2,306 60.45% 1,442 37.80% 67 1.75% 864 22.65% 3,815 Lowndes 21,327 54.38% 17,470 44.54% 424 1.08% 3,857 9.84% 39,221 Lumpkin 8,647 78.98% 2,055 18.77% 246 2.25% 6,592 60.21% 10,948 Macon 1,545 32.28% 3,211 67.09% 30 0.63% -1,666 -34.81% 4,786 Madison 8,443 75.84% 2,494 22.40% 196 1.76% 5,949 53.44% 11,133 Marion 1,733 54.51% 1,412 44.42% 34 1.07% 321 10.09% 3,179 McDuffie 5,475 57.00% 4,044 42.10% 86 0.90% 1,431 14.90% 9,605 McIntosh 3,409 53.65% 2,864 45.07% 81 1.28% 545 8.58% 6,354 Meriwether 4,856 52.36% 4,331 46.70% 87 0.94% 525 5.66% 9,274 Miller 1,905 68.53% 852 30.65% 23 0.82% 1,053 37.88% 2,780 Mitchell 4,155 50.18% 4,081 49.28% 45 0.54% 74 0.90% 8,281 Monroe 8,361 68.00% 3,785 30.78% 149 1.22% 4,576 37.22% 12,295 Montgomery 2,662 69.41% 1,135 29.60% 38 0.99% 1,527 39.81% 3,835 Morgan 6,186 68.42% 2,753 30.45% 102 1.13% 3,433 37.97% 9,041 Murray 8,443 75.02% 2,542 22.59% 270 2.39% 5,901 52.43% 11,255 Muscogee 27,510 38.90% 42,573 60.20% 632 0.90% -15,063 -21.30% 70,715 Newton 20,982 48.45% 21,851 50.45% 476 1.10% -869 -2.00% 43,309 Oconee 13,098 73.34% 4,421 24.76% 340 1.90% 8,677 48.58% 17,859 Oglethorpe 4,251 67.64% 1,914 30.45% 120 1.91% 2,337 37.19% 6,285 Paulding 40,846 70.98% 15,825 27.50% 872 1.52% 25,021 43.48% 57,543 Peach 5,287 45.83% 6,148 53.29% 102 0.88% -861 -7.46% 11,537 Pickens 10,547 83.03% 1,975 15.55% 180 1.42% 8,572 67.48% 12,702 Pierce 5,667 82.67% 1,124 16.40% 64 0.93% 4,543 66.27% 6,855 Pike 6,668 81.93% 1,356 16.66% 115 1.41% 5,312 65.27% 8,139 Polk 9,811 71.89% 3,615 26.49% 222 1.62% 6,196 45.40% 13,648 Pulaski 2,444 66.32% 1,219 33.08% 22 0.60% 1,225 33.24% 3,685 Putnam 6,215 67.34% 2,926 31.70% 88 0.96% 3,289 35.64% 9,229 Quitman 510 45.21% 612 54.26% 6 0.53% -102 -9.05% 1,128 Rabun 5,754 77.08% 1,559 20.88% 152 2.04% 4,195 56.20% 7,465 Randolph 1,271 41.54% 1,770 57.84% 19 0.62% -499 -16.30% 3,060 Richmond 25,845 32.64% 52,560 66.39% 769 0.97% -26,715 -33.75% 79,174 Rockdale 15,716 41.19% 22,023 57.72% 417 1.09% -6,307 -16.53% 38,156 Schley 1,286 73.40% 448 25.57% 18 1.03% 838 47.83% 1,752 Screven 3,287 53.79% 2,774 45.39% 50 0.82% 513 8.40% 6,111 Seminole 2,245 59.44% 1,478 39.13% 54 1.43% 767 20.31% 3,777 Spalding 14,911 59.31% 9,898 39.37% 330 1.32% 5,013 19.94% 25,139 Stephens 7,221 75.74% 2,131 22.35% 182 1.91% 5,090 53.39% 9,534 Stewart 745 35.89% 1,323 63.73% 8 0.38% -578 -27.84% 2,076 Sumter 5,378 45.36% 6,375 53.77% 103 0.87% -997 -8.41% 11,856 Talbot 1,202 34.41% 2,265 64.84% 26 0.75% -1,063 -30.43% 3,493 Taliaferro 323 33.54% 636 66.04% 4 0.42% -313 -32.50% 963 Tattnall 4,706 70.48% 1,897 28.41% 74 1.11% 2,809 42.07% 6,677 Taylor 1,948 55.03% 1,572 44.41% 20 0.56% 376 10.62% 3,540 Telfair 2,480 57.17% 1,805 41.61% 53 1.22% 675 15.56% 4,338 Terrell 1,834 41.62% 2,544 57.73% 29 0.65% -710 -16.11% 4,407 Thomas 11,156 58.74% 7,653 40.30% 183 0.96% 3,503 18.44% 18,992 Tift 9,185 65.88% 4,660 33.42% 97 0.70% 4,525 32.46% 13,942 Toombs 6,524 69.72% 2,746 29.35% 87 0.93% 3,778 40.37% 9,357 Towns 4,876 78.09% 1,273 20.39% 95 1.52% 3,603 57.70% 6,244 Treutlen 1,652 60.05% 1,074 39.04% 25 0.91% 578 21.01% 2,751 Troup 15,179 58.30% 10,547 40.51% 309 1.19% 4,632 17.79% 26,035 Turner 2,028 56.85% 1,510 42.33% 29 0.82% 518 14.52% 3,567 Twiggs 1,907 45.35% 2,270 53.98% 28 0.67% -363 -8.63% 4,205 Union 8,773 78.97% 2,139 19.25% 197 1.78% 6,634 59.72% 11,109 Upson 7,230 64.10% 3,959 35.10% 90 0.80% 3,271 29.00% 11,279 Walker 16,247 73.86% 5,274 23.98% 475 2.16% 10,973 49.88% 21,996 Walton 29,036 77.07% 8,148 21.63% 493 1.30% 20,888 55.44% 37,677 Ware 7,941 66.44% 3,900 32.63% 112 0.93% 4,041 33.81% 11,953 Warren 990 39.18% 1,529 60.51% 8 0.31% -539 -21.33% 2,527 Washington 4,035 45.76% 4,714 53.46% 68 0.78% -679 -7.70% 8,817 Wayne 7,557 73.45% 2,596 25.23% 135 1.32% 4,961 48.22% 10,288 Webster 601 50.59% 582 48.99% 5 0.42% 19 1.60% 1,188 Wheeler 1,366 63.09% 772 35.66% 27 1.25% 594 27.43% 2,165 White 8,651 82.21% 1,671 15.88% 201 1.91% 6,980 66.33% 10,523 Whitfield 19,305 71.58% 7,210 26.74% 453 1.68% 12,095 44.84% 26,968 Wilcox 2,053 65.55% 1,060 33.84% 19 0.61% 993 31.71% 3,132 Wilkes 2,635 55.30% 2,087 43.80% 43 0.90% 548 11.50% 4,765 Wilkinson 2,246 50.40% 2,181 48.95% 29 0.65% 65 1.45% 4,456 Worth 5,869 69.57% 2,487 29.48% 80 0.95% 3,382 40.09% 8,436 Totals 2,078,688 53.19% 1,773,827 45.39% 55,854 1.43% 304,861 7.80% 3,908,369
County Flips: Democratic Hold
Gain from Republican
Republican Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic By congressional district [ edit ] Romney won 10 of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[ 15]
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