Barack Obama received the most popular votes in the 2012 election; his final totals were 65,899,660 (51%) to Romney's 60,932,152 (47%).
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Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
Mitt Romney won the state decisively, receiving 59.5% of the vote to Mr. Obama's 39%. Gov. Romney had 1,453,097 votes and President Obama had 953,043 votes in the final totals.
Obama:29,000,000 Romney:26,000,000
Obama: 65,899,660 (51%) Romney: 60,932,152 (47.2%)
Barack Obama got more votes than Mitt Romney did. President Obama received 65,899,660 (51%) popular votes; his challenger Mitt Romney received 60,932,152 (47.2%). So, Barack Obama won the 2012 election by 4,967,508 votes. In the electoral college, Mr. Obama received 332 and Mitt Romney received 206, so there was a margin of 106 votes there.
The Popular Vote is the vote of the sum of all votes cast by registered voters in every state & D.C. Since the U.S. does not hold National Elections, the popular vote DOES NOT determine the out come of the election. Rhianna Berriman
In the 2012 election, Mitt Romney won a convincing victory: Mr. Romney had 1,065,548 votes or 60 percent, to 669,036 votes for Barack Obama, or 38 percent.
Although there are still a few votes that have not been counted yet, the total we have is 62,615,406 votes (51%) for President Obama, with 332 electoral votes; and 59,142,004 (48%) votes for Mitt Romney, with 206 electoral votes.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.