Statewide polls for the

2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-e ...

are as follows. The polls listed here, by state, are from January 1 to August 31, 2012, and provide early data on opinion polling between a possible

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

candidate against

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...

President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

. Note that some states had not conducted polling yet or no updated polls were present from January 1 to August 31, 2012. Leading presidential candidate 2012 by state Obama Romney

Leading presidential candidate 2012 by state Obama Romney

Leading presidential candidate 2012 by state Obama Gingrich

Leading presidential candidate 2012 by state Obama Santorum

Leading presidential candidate 2012 by state Obama Paul

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...

9 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 62%–38%
( Republican in 2008) 60%–38%

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

11 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 55%–44%
( Republican in 2008) 53%–45% Three way race

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

6 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 54%–45%
( Republican in 2008) 59%–39%

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

55 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 54%–45%
( Democratic in 2008) 61%–37%

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

9 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 52%–47%
( Democratic in 2008) 54%–45% Three way race

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

7 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 54%–44%
( Democratic in 2008) 61%–38%

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

29 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 52%–47%
( Democratic in 2008) 51%–48% Three way race

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

16 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 58%–41%
( Republican in 2008) 52%–47%

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

20 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 55%–45%
( Democratic in 2008) 62%–37%

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

11 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 60%–39%
( Democratic in 2008) 50%–49%

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

6 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 50%–49%
( Democratic in 2008) 54%–44%

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

4 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 53%–45%
( Democratic in 2008) 58%–40%

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

10 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 56%–43%
( Democratic in 2008) 61%–38%

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11 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 62%–37%
( Democratic in 2008) 62%–36% Four Way race

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

16 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 51%–48%
( Democratic in 2008) 57%–41%

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

10 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 51%–48%
( Democratic in 2008) 54%–44%

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

10 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 53%–46%
( Republican in 2008) 49%–49% Three way race

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

3 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 59%–39%
( Republican in 2008) 49%–47% Three way race

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

5 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 66%–33%
( Republican in 2008) 57%–42% Second congressional district

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...

6 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 51%–48%
( Democratic in 2008) 55%–43% Three-way race

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

4 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 50%–49%
( Democratic in 2008) 54%–45% Three way race

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

14 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 52%–46%
( Democratic in 2008) 57%–42%

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

5 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 50%–49%
( Democratic in 2008) 57%–42% Three way race

New York

29 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 58%–40%
( Democratic in 2008) 63%–36%

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

15 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 56%–44%
( Democratic in 2008) 50%–49% Three way race

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...

3 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 63%–36%
( Republican in 2008) 53%–45%

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

18 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 51%–49%
( Democratic in 2008) 52%–47%

Oklahoma

7 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 65.6%–34.4%
( Republican in 2008) 65.7%–34.4%

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

7 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 51%–47%
( Democratic in 2008) 57%–40%

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

20 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 51%–48%
( Democratic in 2008) 54%–44%

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

9 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 58%–41%
( Republican in 2008) 54%–45%

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...

3 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 60%–38%
( Republican in 2008) 53%–45%

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

11 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 57%–43%
( Republican in 2008) 57%–42%

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

38 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 61%–38%
( Republican in 2008) 55%–44% Three way race * – Ron Paul was running as a Republican candidate.

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

6 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 72%–26%
( Republican in 2008) 62%–34%

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

3 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 59%–39%
( Democratic in 2008) 67%–30%

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

13 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 54%–46%
( Democratic in 2008) 53%–46% Three way race

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States A metonym for the federal government of the United States Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

12 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 53%–46%
( Democratic in 2008) 57%–40%

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

5 electoral votes
( Republican in 2004) 56%–43%
( Republican in 2008) 56%–43%

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

10 electoral votes
( Democratic in 2004) 50%–49%
( Democratic in 2008) 56%–42% Three way race

Notes

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