Who Won The Popular Vote In 2012? And by how much?

Obama beat Romney with a plurality of 3.9% of the popular vote.
In absolute numbers, Americans gave Obama 4,982,000 more votes than Romney.

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United States presidential election, 2012

2008 ← November 6, 2012 → 2016

538 electoral votes of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Turnout 58.2% (voting eligible)[1]   Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 332 206 States carried 26 + DC 24 Popular vote 65,915,796[2] 60,933,500[2] Percentage 51.1% 47.2%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Obama/Biden. Red denotes those won by Romney/Ryan. Numbers indicateelectoral votes allotted to the winner of each state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012

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List of U.S. Presidential Elections by Popular Vote Margin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin