Election 2012: official results of popular vote

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 17, 2013
This graph shows the official results of the popular vote of the 2012 presidential elections in the United States. President Obama has won the election with about 65.9 million votes from the population. His opponent Mitt Romney could gather about 60.9 million votes.

Official results of the popular vote of the 2012 presidential elections in the United States

CharacteristicNumber of votes
Barack Obama 65,899,660
Mitt Romney 60,932,152
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of votes65,899,66065,899,66060,932,15260,932,152Barack ObamaMitt Romney
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January 2013

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November 6, 2012

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