2012 United States presidential election in Georgia Turnout 61.9%[ 1] 10.1 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 Republican
Barack Obama Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
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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