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The2012 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Ohio voters chose 18 electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote pittingincumbentDemocraticPresidentBarack Obama and his running mate,Vice PresidentJoe Biden, againstRepublican challenger and formerMassachusetts GovernorMitt Romney and his running mate,CongressmanPaul Ryan. This election continued Ohio's bellwether streak, as the state voted for the winner of the presidency in every election from1964 to2016.
President Obama won the popular vote in Ohio with 50.67% of the vote over Mitt Romney in second place at 47.69%, a Democratic victory margin of 2.98%. A number of media outlets called Ohio for Obama, declared him re-elected for a second term.[2][3] Obama's performance was a decline from 2008 when he won the state by a 4.59% margin over U.S. SenatorJohn McCain, and he narrowly lost five counties that he won in 2008.[4] However, he narrowly improved his margins inCuyahoga County andFranklin County, home to the second largest city,Cleveland, and the state's capital and largest city,Columbus, respectively, allowing him to carry the state. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House withoutBelmont County sinceGrover Cleveland in1892, as well as the first to win without neighboringJefferson County sinceWoodrow Wilson in1916 and the first to win withoutMonroe orTuscarawas Counties sinceJohn F. Kennedy in1960. Ohio is also one of only three states that backed Obama twice that would go on to vote against his vice president Joe Biden in2020, the other two beingFlorida andIowa.
As of the2024 United States presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic presidential nominee won Ohio, as well as the last timeAshtabula County,Erie County,Ottawa County,Portage County,Sandusky County,Stark County,Trumbull County, andWood County, have voted Democratic in a presidential election. This was also the last time the state voted for the winner of the national popular vote until2024.
The Democratic primary was held on March 6, 2012, the same day as the Republican primary. Incumbent President Barack Obama ran unopposed, and thus won all 151 of the state's delegates.
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The 2012 Ohio Republican presidential primary took place on March 6, 2012.[5]
Ohio has 66 delegates to theRepublican National Convention. Three party officials (also known as "superdelegates") are not bound by the primary result. Forty-eight delegates are generally awarded winner-take-all by Congressional district. Another 15 delegates are awarded to the candidate who gets an outright majority statewide, or are allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote if no candidate wins a majority.[6]
| 2012 Ohio Republican presidential primary[7] | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Estimated national delegates |
| Mitt Romney | 460,831 | 37.9% | 38 |
| Rick Santorum | 448,580 | 37.1% | 25 |
| Newt Gingrich | 177,183 | 14.6% | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 113,256 | 9.3% | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 7,539 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. | 6,490 | 0.5% | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates | 7 | ||
| Totals | 1,213,879 | 100.0% | 66 |
Despite an early lead in the vote count and having won most counties, Santorum's lead was reduced and overcome by Romney asHamilton andCuyahoga County results came in.[8] Romney also won areas such asAkron,Youngstown,Dayton andColumbus. These and other highly populated counties would eventually go to Obama in November.
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
Notes:
1. In the six congressional districts where Rick Santorum submitted only a partial slate of district delegates and district alternates by the late December 2011 deadline, he will be automatically awarded only the number of delegates he submitted, assuming he wins the particular district. The Ohio Republican Party said on March 2, 2012, that the remaining delegates in such districts will be "considered unbound" until a panel composed of three members of the Ohio GOP's central committee decides which campaign (if any) is permitted to appoint such delegates.[9]
2. In three congressional districts (OH-6,OH-9 andOH-13), Rick Santorum did not make the district-specific portion of the ballot.
3. In every district, each of the 6 candidates listed above appears on the "at-large" portion of the ballot. The results of the at-large ballot will determine the allocation of fifteen national convention delegates.
Ohio was considered a key battleground state throughout the general election campaign, and both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigned extensively in the state.[10] Romney visited the state 51 times, while Obama visited 22 times.[11] Ohio had the most political ads run during the election, with 41,162 ads run by the Romney campaign and 100,674 by the Obama campaign.[11]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Huffington Post[12] | Lean D | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN[13] | Tossup | November 6, 2012 |
| New York Times[14] | Tossup | November 6, 2012 |
| Washington Post[15] | Tossup | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics[16] | Tossup | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] | Lean D | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight[18] | Solid D | November 6, 2012 |
| 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio[19] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama(incumbent) | Joe Biden(incumbent) | 2,827,709 | 50.58% | 18 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 2,661,437 | 47.60% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 49,493 | 0.89% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 18,573 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Independent | Richard Duncan | Ricky Johnson | 12,502 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 8,152 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Stewart Alexander | Alex Mendoza | 2,967 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Others | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 5,590,934 | 100.00% | 18 | |||
| Voter turnout (registered voters) | 70.54% | |||||
| County[20] | Barack Obama Democratic | Mitt Romney Republican | Gary Johnson[21] Libertarian | Jill Stein[21] Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| Adams | 3,976 | 35.76% | 6,865 | 61.75% | 98 | 0.87% | 55 | 0.49% | 124 | 1.11% | -2,889 | -25.99% | 11,118 |
| Allen | 17,914 | 37.06% | 29,502 | 61.03% | 464 | 0.96% | 164 | 0.34% | 297 | 0.61% | -11,588 | -23.97% | 48,341 |
| Ashland | 8,281 | 34.02% | 15,519 | 63.76% | 221 | 0.91% | 115 | 0.47% | 204 | 0.84% | -7,238 | -29.74% | 24,340 |
| Ashtabula | 23,803 | 55.10% | 18,298 | 42.36% | 433 | 1.00% | 224 | 0.52% | 442 | 1.03% | 5,505 | 12.74% | 43,200 |
| Athens | 18,307 | 66.02% | 8,543 | 30.81% | 434 | 1.57% | 188 | 0.68% | 256 | 0.92% | 9,764 | 35.21% | 27,728 |
| Auglaize | 5,831 | 24.87% | 17,169 | 73.22% | 209 | 0.89% | 83 | 0.35% | 157 | 0.67% | -11,338 | -48.35% | 23,449 |
| Belmont | 14,156 | 44.67% | 16,758 | 52.88% | 232 | 0.73% | 178 | 0.56% | 364 | 1.15% | -2,602 | -8.21% | 31,688 |
| Brown | 7,107 | 36.65% | 11,916 | 61.45% | 191 | 0.98% | 68 | 0.35% | 110 | 0.57% | -4,809 | -24.80% | 19,392 |
| Butler | 62,388 | 36.58% | 105,176 | 61.68% | 1,654 | 0.97% | 413 | 0.24% | 899 | 0.52% | -42,788 | -25.10% | 170,530 |
| Carroll | 5,543 | 41.73% | 7,315 | 55.07% | 173 | 1.30% | 71 | 0.53% | 182 | 1.37% | -1,772 | -13.34% | 13,284 |
| Champaign | 7,044 | 38.14% | 11,045 | 59.81% | 159 | 0.86% | 66 | 0.36% | 154 | 0.83% | -4,001 | -21.67% | 18,468 |
| Clark | 31,297 | 48.67% | 31,820 | 49.49% | 509 | 0.79% | 214 | 0.33% | 461 | 0.72% | -523 | -0.82% | 64,301 |
| Clermont | 30,458 | 31.55% | 64,208 | 66.52% | 1,069 | 1.11% | 248 | 0.26% | 542 | 0.56% | -33,750 | -34.97% | 96,525 |
| Clinton | 5,791 | 31.85% | 12,009 | 66.05% | 195 | 1.07% | 56 | 0.31% | 132 | 0.73% | -6,218 | -34.20% | 18,183 |
| Columbiana | 19,821 | 42.90% | 25,251 | 54.66% | 434 | 0.94% | 216 | 0.47% | 477 | 1.03% | -5,430 | -11.76% | 46,199 |
| Coshocton | 6,940 | 43.97% | 8,390 | 53.16% | 157 | 0.99% | 96 | 0.61% | 201 | 1.28% | -1,450 | -9.19% | 15,784 |
| Crawford | 7,507 | 37.82% | 11,852 | 59.72% | 186 | 0.94% | 108 | 0.54% | 194 | 0.98% | -4,345 | -21.90% | 19,847 |
| Cuyahoga | 447,273 | 69.32% | 190,660 | 29.55% | 3,448 | 0.53% | 1,564 | 0.24% | 2,317 | 0.36% | 256,613 | 39.77% | 645,262 |
| Darke | 6,826 | 26.84% | 18,108 | 71.21% | 212 | 0.83% | 86 | 0.34% | 198 | 0.78% | -11,282 | -44.37% | 25,430 |
| Defiance | 7,732 | 42.16% | 10,176 | 55.49% | 187 | 1.02% | 64 | 0.35% | 180 | 0.99% | -2,444 | -13.33% | 18,339 |
| Delaware | 37,292 | 37.71% | 60,194 | 60.86% | 851 | 0.86% | 205 | 0.21% | 357 | 0.36% | -22,902 | -23.15% | 98,899 |
| Erie | 21,793 | 55.17% | 16,952 | 42.92% | 300 | 0.76% | 158 | 0.40% | 297 | 0.75% | 4,841 | 12.25% | 39,500 |
| Fairfield | 29,890 | 41.39% | 41,034 | 56.82% | 624 | 0.86% | 210 | 0.29% | 462 | 0.64% | -11,144 | -15.43% | 72,220 |
| Fayette | 4,249 | 38.49% | 6,620 | 59.97% | 87 | 0.79% | 18 | 0.16% | 64 | 0.58% | -2,371 | -21.48% | 11,038 |
| Franklin | 346,373 | 60.53% | 215,997 | 37.75% | 5,535 | 0.97% | 1,659 | 0.29% | 2,624 | 0.46% | 130,376 | 22.78% | 572,188 |
| Fulton | 9,073 | 42.58% | 11,738 | 55.08% | 248 | 1.16% | 82 | 0.38% | 169 | 0.80% | -2,665 | -12.50% | 21,310 |
| Gallia | 4,557 | 36.10% | 7,750 | 61.40% | 79 | 0.63% | 69 | 0.55% | 167 | 1.32% | -3,193 | -25.30% | 12,622 |
| Geauga | 19,659 | 38.46% | 30,589 | 59.85% | 386 | 0.76% | 182 | 0.36% | 297 | 0.58% | -10,930 | -21.39% | 51,113 |
| Greene | 32,256 | 38.57% | 49,819 | 59.57% | 933 | 1.12% | 245 | 0.29% | 373 | 0.45% | -17,563 | -21.00% | 83,626 |
| Guernsey | 7,450 | 44.22% | 8,993 | 53.37% | 174 | 1.03% | 70 | 0.42% | 162 | 0.96% | -1,543 | -9.15% | 16,849 |
| Hamilton | 219,927 | 52.50% | 193,326 | 46.15% | 3,756 | 0.90% | 1,012 | 0.24% | 873 | 0.21% | 26,601 | 6.35% | 418,894 |
| Hancock | 12,564 | 35.11% | 22,443 | 62.72% | 352 | 0.98% | 130 | 0.36% | 294 | 0.82% | -9,879 | -27.61% | 35,783 |
| Hardin | 4,619 | 37.04% | 7,489 | 60.06% | 172 | 1.38% | 68 | 0.55% | 122 | 0.98% | -2,870 | -23.02% | 12,470 |
| Harrison | 2,950 | 41.24% | 4,019 | 56.19% | 62 | 0.87% | 47 | 0.66% | 75 | 1.05% | -1,069 | -14.95% | 7,153 |
| Henry | 5,658 | 39.69% | 8,257 | 57.92% | 169 | 1.19% | 55 | 0.39% | 118 | 0.83% | -2,599 | -18.23% | 14,257 |
| Highland | 6,054 | 33.86% | 11,413 | 63.83% | 176 | 0.98% | 67 | 0.37% | 169 | 0.95% | -5,359 | -29.97% | 17,879 |
| Hocking | 6,157 | 48.22% | 6,285 | 49.22% | 133 | 1.04% | 57 | 0.45% | 136 | 1.06% | -128 | -1.00% | 12,768 |
| Holmes | 2,608 | 22.55% | 8,702 | 75.23% | 93 | 0.80% | 43 | 0.37% | 121 | 1.05% | -6,094 | -52.68% | 11,567 |
| Huron | 11,006 | 44.54% | 13,060 | 52.85% | 260 | 1.05% | 115 | 0.47% | 270 | 1.10% | -2,054 | -8.31% | 24,711 |
| Jackson | 5,166 | 38.54% | 7,904 | 58.97% | 94 | 0.70% | 101 | 0.75% | 139 | 1.04% | -2,738 | -20.43% | 13,404 |
| Jefferson | 15,385 | 46.37% | 17,034 | 51.34% | 248 | 0.75% | 157 | 0.47% | 353 | 1.06% | -1,649 | -4.97% | 33,177 |
| Knox | 10,470 | 36.78% | 17,266 | 60.66% | 306 | 1.08% | 114 | 0.40% | 307 | 1.07% | -6,796 | -23.88% | 28,463 |
| Lake | 57,680 | 48.61% | 58,744 | 49.50% | 1,073 | 0.90% | 436 | 0.37% | 732 | 0.62% | -1,064 | -0.89% | 118,665 |
| Lawrence | 10,744 | 41.43% | 14,651 | 56.50% | 171 | 0.66% | 93 | 0.36% | 273 | 1.05% | -3,907 | -15.07% | 25,932 |
| Licking | 34,201 | 41.94% | 45,503 | 55.80% | 817 | 1.00% | 311 | 0.38% | 718 | 0.88% | -11,302 | -13.86% | 81,550 |
| Logan | 7,062 | 33.31% | 13,633 | 64.31% | 214 | 1.01% | 80 | 0.38% | 210 | 0.99% | -6,571 | -31.00% | 21,199 |
| Lorain | 81,464 | 56.87% | 59,405 | 41.47% | 1,275 | 0.89% | 554 | 0.39% | 555 | 0.39% | 22,059 | 15.40% | 143,253 |
| Lucas | 136,616 | 64.86% | 69,940 | 33.21% | 2,318 | 1.10% | 652 | 0.31% | 1,095 | 0.52% | 66,676 | 31.65% | 210,621 |
| Madison | 6,845 | 38.99% | 10,342 | 58.91% | 167 | 0.95% | 67 | 0.38% | 136 | 0.77% | -3,497 | -19.92% | 17,557 |
| Mahoning | 77,059 | 63.38% | 42,641 | 35.07% | 744 | 0.61% | 370 | 0.30% | 770 | 0.63% | 34,418 | 28.31% | 121,584 |
| Marion | 12,504 | 45.61% | 14,265 | 52.03% | 285 | 1.04% | 132 | 0.48% | 232 | 0.85% | -1,761 | -6.42% | 27,418 |
| Medina | 38,785 | 42.65% | 50,418 | 55.45% | 838 | 0.92% | 326 | 0.36% | 564 | 0.62% | -11,633 | -12.80% | 90,931 |
| Meigs | 4,027 | 39.41% | 5,895 | 57.69% | 111 | 1.09% | 70 | 0.69% | 115 | 1.13% | -1,868 | -18.28% | 10,218 |
| Mercer | 4,745 | 21.89% | 16,561 | 76.40% | 142 | 0.66% | 83 | 0.38% | 145 | 0.67% | -11,816 | -54.51% | 21,676 |
| Miami | 16,383 | 31.50% | 34,606 | 66.53% | 554 | 1.07% | 144 | 0.28% | 327 | 0.63% | -18,223 | -35.03% | 52,014 |
| Monroe | 3,035 | 44.75% | 3,548 | 52.31% | 48 | 0.71% | 47 | 0.69% | 104 | 1.54% | -513 | -7.56% | 6,782 |
| Montgomery | 137,139 | 51.42% | 124,841 | 46.81% | 2,548 | 0.96% | 775 | 0.29% | 1,404 | 0.53% | 12,298 | 4.61% | 266,707 |
| Morgan | 2,814 | 45.86% | 3,179 | 51.81% | 42 | 0.68% | 27 | 0.44% | 74 | 1.21% | -365 | -5.95% | 6,136 |
| Morrow | 5,933 | 36.59% | 9,865 | 60.83% | 174 | 1.07% | 79 | 0.49% | 166 | 1.02% | -3,932 | -24.24% | 16,217 |
| Muskingum | 17,002 | 45.73% | 19,264 | 51.81% | 352 | 0.95% | 185 | 0.50% | 376 | 1.00% | -2,262 | -6.08% | 37,179 |
| Noble | 2,131 | 36.17% | 3,563 | 60.48% | 62 | 1.05% | 44 | 0.75% | 91 | 1.54% | -1,432 | -24.31% | 5,891 |
| Ottawa | 11,503 | 51.11% | 10,538 | 46.83% | 220 | 0.98% | 97 | 0.43% | 147 | 0.65% | 965 | 4.28% | 22,505 |
| Paulding | 3,538 | 38.67% | 5,354 | 58.51% | 101 | 1.10% | 48 | 0.52% | 109 | 1.19% | -1,816 | -19.84% | 9,150 |
| Perry | 7,033 | 46.82% | 7,627 | 50.78% | 120 | 0.80% | 76 | 0.51% | 164 | 1.10% | -594 | -3.96% | 15,020 |
| Pickaway | 9,684 | 40.09% | 14,037 | 58.11% | 206 | 0.85% | 74 | 0.31% | 153 | 0.63% | -4,353 | -18.02% | 24,154 |
| Pike | 5,684 | 49.02% | 5,685 | 49.03% | 77 | 0.66% | 44 | 0.38% | 106 | 0.91% | -1 | -0.01% | 11,596 |
| Portage | 39,453 | 51.65% | 35,242 | 46.14% | 844 | 1.10% | 316 | 0.41% | 529 | 0.70% | 4,211 | 5.51% | 76,384 |
| Preble | 6,211 | 30.71% | 13,535 | 66.92% | 230 | 1.14% | 82 | 0.41% | 167 | 0.83% | -7,324 | -36.21% | 20,225 |
| Putnam | 4,318 | 23.47% | 13,721 | 74.57% | 160 | 0.87% | 71 | 0.39% | 130 | 0.71% | -9,403 | -51.10% | 18,400 |
| Richland | 22,687 | 39.25% | 33,867 | 58.59% | 503 | 0.87% | 245 | 0.42% | 504 | 0.87% | -11,180 | -19.34% | 57,806 |
| Ross | 14,569 | 48.31% | 15,008 | 49.76% | 223 | 0.74% | 105 | 0.35% | 255 | 0.85% | -439 | -1.45% | 30,160 |
| Sandusky | 14,541 | 49.98% | 13,755 | 47.28% | 324 | 1.11% | 162 | 0.56% | 313 | 1.07% | 786 | 2.70% | 29,095 |
| Scioto | 15,077 | 48.23% | 15,492 | 49.56% | 211 | 0.67% | 154 | 0.49% | 328 | 1.04% | -415 | -1.33% | 31,262 |
| Seneca | 11,353 | 44.80% | 13,243 | 52.26% | 316 | 1.25% | 136 | 0.54% | 295 | 1.17% | -1,890 | -7.46% | 25,343 |
| Shelby | 6,343 | 26.54% | 17,142 | 71.71% | 178 | 0.74% | 75 | 0.31% | 165 | 0.69% | -10,799 | -45.17% | 23,903 |
| Stark | 89,432 | 49.21% | 88,581 | 48.74% | 1,588 | 0.87% | 732 | 0.40% | 1,413 | 0.78% | 851 | 0.47% | 181,746 |
| Summit | 153,041 | 57.03% | 111,001 | 41.36% | 2,059 | 0.77% | 764 | 0.28% | 1,493 | 0.56% | 42,040 | 15.67% | 268,358 |
| Trumbull | 61,672 | 60.48% | 38,279 | 37.54% | 739 | 0.72% | 432 | 0.42% | 841 | 0.83% | 23,393 | 22.94% | 101,963 |
| Tuscarawas | 18,407 | 44.15% | 22,242 | 53.35% | 435 | 1.04% | 175 | 0.42% | 434 | 1.03% | -3,835 | -9.20% | 41,693 |
| Union | 8,805 | 34.36% | 16,289 | 63.57% | 280 | 1.09% | 83 | 0.32% | 166 | 0.65% | -7,484 | -29.21% | 25,623 |
| Van Wert | 4,029 | 28.99% | 9,585 | 68.97% | 95 | 0.68% | 65 | 0.47% | 124 | 0.89% | -5,556 | -39.98% | 13,898 |
| Vinton | 2,436 | 44.37% | 2,856 | 52.02% | 62 | 1.13% | 41 | 0.75% | 95 | 1.72% | -420 | -7.65% | 5,490 |
| Warren | 32,909 | 29.60% | 76,564 | 68.85% | 1,011 | 0.91% | 220 | 0.20% | 493 | 0.44% | -43,655 | -39.25% | 111,197 |
| Washington | 11,651 | 39.36% | 17,284 | 58.39% | 235 | 0.79% | 134 | 0.45% | 298 | 1.01% | -5,633 | -19.03% | 29,602 |
| Wayne | 19,808 | 38.71% | 30,251 | 59.12% | 451 | 0.88% | 184 | 0.36% | 471 | 0.93% | -10,443 | -20.41% | 51,165 |
| Williams | 7,266 | 41.04% | 10,047 | 56.74% | 148 | 0.84% | 95 | 0.54% | 150 | 0.84% | -2,781 | -15.70% | 17,706 |
| Wood | 32,802 | 51.21% | 29,704 | 46.37% | 940 | 1.47% | 279 | 0.44% | 334 | 0.52% | 3,098 | 4.84% | 64,059 |
| Wyandot | 4,137 | 39.02% | 6,180 | 58.29% | 99 | 0.93% | 68 | 0.64% | 118 | 1.11% | -2,043 | -19.27% | 10,602 |
| Totals | 2,827,709 | 50.58% | 2,661,437 | 47.60% | 49,493 | 0.89% | 18,573 | 0.33% | 33,722 | 0.60% | 166,272 | 2.98% | 5,590,934 |
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Despite losing the state, Romney won 12 of 16 congressional districts.[22]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
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| 1st | 52.4% | 46.26% | Steve Chabot |
| 2nd | 54.75% | 43.66% | Brad Wenstrup |
| 3rd | 28.9% | 69.65% | Joyce Beatty |
| 4th | 55.98% | 42% | Jim Jordan |
| 5th | 53.88% | 44.1% | Bob Latta |
| 6th | 55.2% | 42.67% | Bill Johnson |
| 7th | 53.71% | 44.23% | Bob Gibbs |
| 8th | 61.9% | 36.45% | John Boehner |
| 9th | 30.87% | 67.55% | Marcy Kaptur |
| 10th | 50.14% | 48.23% | Mike Turner |
| 11th | 16.55% | 82.74% | Marcia Fudge |
| 12th | 54.37% | 43.9% | Pat Tiberi |
| 13th | 35.42% | 62.95% | Tim Ryan |
| 14th | 50.89% | 47.58% | David Joyce |
| 15th | 51.86% | 46.34% | Steve Stivers |
| 16th | 53.35% | 45.19% | Jim Renacci |
Obama's victory in Ohio was enough to push him over the 270 electoral vote line allowing him to win the election. At first the Romney campaign contested the call, but conceded at about 1:00 A.M. President Obama's victory in the state can be attributed to several factors; he only won 17 out of Ohio's 88 counties. However, those 17 counties combined account for 56.56% of its total population.[23] Romney did do well in most rural areas of the state, particularly in western Ohio. Romney also won all but one county in theAppalachia region, becoming the first Republican sinceRichard Nixon’s 2,900-plus-county landslide in1972 to carryBelmont,Jefferson andMonroe Counties, and losing onlyAthens County, home ofOhio University. He also managed to flip the swing counties ofLake andTuscarawas. Romney also did well in the northern Columbus suburbs. For Romney, most of his wins came from smaller populated counties. Obama won by comfortable margins inFranklin,Hamilton, andLucas counties, home to the cities ofColumbus,Cincinnati, andToledo, respectively. Obama's greatest support came from northeast Ohio, centered inCuyahoga andSummit counties, home to the cities ofCleveland andAkron, respectively, the second and fourth largest cities in the state. The surrounding Cleveland–Akron–Canton metropolitan area and the Lake Erie shore went mostly to Obama, allowing him to carry the state as a whole by a modest 2.98% margin.
In February 2013, nineteen cases ofvoter fraud were investigated inHamilton County.[24] Three individuals were charged with voter fraud the following month, with one individual alleged to have voted six times.[25] These incidents would not have affected the outcome of the Ohio race as President Obama ultimately carried the state by 166,272 votes. Some experts believe that the popularity of theauto industry bailout put in place under President Obama helped him take the state.[10][26]
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