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U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012

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Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election
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The 2012 presidential election in the United States pitted incumbent President and Democrat Barack Obama against Republican Mitt Romney. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2012 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. Romney won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned as being won by Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.
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U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012

Class

Rank

US dollars

Jalisco, Mexico

Baja California, Mexico

Tamaulipas, Mexico

Maranhão, Brazil

Piauí, Brazil

Sonora, Mexico

Baja California Sur, Mexico

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Coahuila, Mexico

Ceará, Brazil

Bahia, Brazil

Pará, Brazil

Tabasco, Mexico

Zacatecas, Mexico

Pernambuco, Brazil

Acre, Brazil

Nuevo León, Mexico

Tocantins, Brazil

Amapá, Brazil

Rondônia, Brazil

Roraima, Brazil

Amazonas, Brazil

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Goiás, Brazil

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Mato Grosso, Brazil

Paraná, Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Chiapas, Mexico

São Paulo, Brazil

Oaxaca, Mexico

Guerrero, Mexico

Campeche, Mexico

Puebla, Mexico

Michoacán, Mexico

Nayarit, Mexico

México, Mexico

Hidalgo, Mexico

Veracruz, Mexico

Durango, Mexico

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Sinaloa, Mexico

Guanajuato, Mexico

Yucatán, Mexico

Chihuahua, Mexico

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