The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in the state of West Virginia by a landslide 26.69-point margin. The Republican ticket took 62.14% of the vote to the Democratic ticket's 35.45%, sweeping every county in the state. Romney became the first presidential candidate from any party since West Virginia's admission to the Union in 1863 to sweep every single county in the state and the first since Richard Nixon in 1972 to carry over 60% of the state's votes.
This represented a historic loss for the Democrats in West Virginia, which had been a Democratic stronghold from the New Deal up through the 1990s. Obama became the first Democrat since statehood to win the presidency without carrying Webster County, Jefferson County, or Braxton County. Obama is the only Democrat to ever win two terms without carrying the state at least once. With 62.14% of the popular vote, West Virginia would prove to be Romney's fifth strongest state in the 2012 election after Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Idaho. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic nominee has received more than 30% of the vote in West Virginia.
Barack Obama defeated Keith Judd, a convicted felon serving a federal prison sentence in Texarkana, TX, by a surprisingly narrow 59% to 41%.{{Infobox election
Republican primary
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The Republican primary took place on May 8, 2012.
Results
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Projected delegate count
CNN
GP
[[File:America Symbol.svg
14px]] Mitt Romney
78,197
69.56%
24
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
13,590
12.09%
2
Ron Paul
12,412
11.04%
0
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn)
7,076
6.29%
0
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn)
1,141
1.01%
0
**Unprojected delegates**
31
5
**Total:**
**112,416**
**100%**
**31**
**31**
Results by county
County
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum
(withdrawn)
Newt Gingrich
(withdrawn)
Buddy Roemer
(withdrawn)
Barbour
**66.96%** (983)
**9.20%** (135)
**15.94%** (234)
**7.49%** (110)
**0.41%** (6)
Berkeley
**69.31%** (4366)
**14.92%** (940)
**10.29%** (648)
**4.84%** (305)
**0.64%** (40)
Boone
**70.28%** (454)
**10.68%** (69)
**14.55%** (94)
**3.41%** (22)
**1.08%** (7)
Braxton
**68.44%** (399)
**13.89%** (81)
**12.35%** (72)
**4.12%** (24)
**1.20%** (7)
Brooke
**69.46%** (778)
**10.36%** (116)
**15.09%** (169)
**4.64%** (52)
**0.45%** (5)
Cabell
**69.09%** (3351)
**12.60%** (611)
**11.34%** (550)
**5.77%** (280)
**1.20%** (58)
Calhoun
**66.78%** (191)
**11.89%** (34)
**12.24%** (35)
**5.59%** (16)
**3.50%** (10)
Clay
**67.01%** (262)
**10.49%** (41)
**13.30%** (52)
**7.42%** (29)
**1.79%** (7)
Doddridge
**67.36%** (997)
**10.61%** (157)
**12.23%** (181)
**8.31%** (123)
**1.49%** (22)
Fayette
**66.54%** (891)
**12.02%** (161)
**12.70%** (170)
**7.17%** (96)
**1.57%** (21)
Gilmer
**70.44%** (255)
**7.73%** (28)
**11.05%** (40)
**9.94%** (36)
**0.83%** (3)
Grant
**78.16%** (1403)
**6.07%** (109)
**8.30%** (149)
**6.35%** (114)
**1.11%** (20)
Greenbrier
**68.13%** (1366)
**11.12%** (223)
**13.12%** (263)
**6.43%** (129)
**1.20%** (24)
Hampshire
**72.70%** (1270)
**8.59%** (150)
**12.08%** (211)
**5.72%** (100)
**0.92%** (16)
Hancock
**70.04%** (1302)
**11.62%** (216)
**13.07%** (243)
**3.98%** (74)
**1.29%** (24)
Hardy
**69.75%** (611)
**8.22%** (72)
**13.93%** (122)
**6.62%** (58)
**1.48%** (13)
Harrison
**67.88%** (2715)
**10.95%** (438)
**12.03%** (481)
**8.25%** (330)
**0.90%** (36)
Jackson
**65.87%** (2030)
**11.36%** (350)
**13.98%** (431)
**7.66%** (236)
**1.14%** (35)
Jefferson
**67.98%** (1771)
**16.08%** (419)
**10.13%** (264)
**4.99%** (130)
**0.81%** (21)
Kanawha
**71.73%** (7295)
**11.62%** (1182)
**10.55%** (1073)
**5.18%** (527)
**0.91%** (93)
Lewis
**73.98%** (1288)
**7.41%** (129)
**10.17%** (177)
**7.35%** (128)
**1.09%** (19)
Lincoln
**71.69%** (504)
**8.53%** (60)
**10.38%** (73)
**7.54%** (53)
**1.85%** (13)
Logan
**67.71%** (388)
**9.77%** (56)
**15.01%** (86)
**6.46%** (37)
**1.05%** (6)
Marion
**64.57%** (1775)
**11.13%** (306)
**15.61%** (429)
**6.91%** (190)
**1.78%** (49)
Marshall
**71.67%** (1687)
**8.54%** (201)
**13.04%** (307)
**5.82%** (137)
**0.93%** (22)
Mason
**66.04%** (1641)
**11.11%** (276)
**13.48%** (335)
**7.69%** (191)
**1.69%** (42)
McDowell
**62.81%** (152)
**12.81%** (31)
**15.70%** (38)
**8.26%** (20)
**0.41%** (1)
Mercer
**72.24%** (1884)
**8.51%** (222)
**12.08%** (315)
**6.40%** (167)
**0.77%** (20)
Mineral
**70.54%** (1722)
**10.00%** (244)
**12.04%** (294)
**6.72%** (164)
**0.70%** (17)
Mingo
**69.21%** (272)
**7.63%** (30)
**12.21%** (48)
**8.91%** (35)
**2.04%** (8)
Monongalia
**66.40%** (2826)
**14.14%** (602)
**11.63%** (495)
**6.72%** (286)
**1.10%** (47)
Monroe
**65.27%** (671)
**12.55%** (129)
**12.16%** (125)
**8.46%** (87)
**1.56%** (16)
Morgan
**68.77%** (1240)
**13.09%** (236)
**11.09%** (200)
**5.60%** (101)
**1.44%** (26)
Nicholas
**69.78%** (875)
**9.81%** (123)
**12.28%** (154)
**7.10%** (89)
**1.04%** (13)
Ohio
**76.43%** (2775)
**8.84%** (321)
**10.52%** (382)
**3.58%** (130)
**0.63%** (23)
Pendleton
**75.64%** (354)
**7.26%** (34)
**11.54%** (54)
**4.70%** (22)
**0.85%** (4)
Pleasants
**66.26%** (381)
**10.78%** (62)
**16.70%** (96)
**5.57%** (32)
**0.70%** (4)
Pocahontas
**63.05%** (558)
**14.01%** (124)
**13.56%** (120)
**8.47%** (75)
**0.90%** (8)
Preston
**66.95%** (2032)
**10.48%** (318)
**15.32%** (465)
**6.39%** (194)
**0.86%** (26)
Putnam
**70.34%** (3891)
**11.26%** (623)
**12.26%** (678)
**5.28%** (292)
**0.87%** (48)
Raleigh
**73.23%** (2992)
**7.73%** (316)
**11.75%** (480)
**6.78%** (277)
**0.51%** (21)
Randolph
**68.43%** (969)
**9.25%** (131)
**13.14%** (186)
**7.84%** (111)
**1.34%** (19)
Ritchie
**65.27%** (1000)
**13.97%** (214)
**12.01%** (184)
**7.18%** (110)
**1.57%** (24)
Roane
**69.95%** (866)
**9.94%** (123)
**11.31%** (140)
**7.43%** (92)
**1.37%** (17)
Summers
**67.24%** (388)
**10.40%** (60)
**11.96%** (69)
**9.01%** (52)
**1.39%** (8)
Taylor
**67.82%** (784)
**11.76%** (136)
**12.63%** (146)
**7.44%** (86)
**0.35%** (4)
Tucker
**69.29%** (422)
**11.33%** (69)
**9.85%** (60)
**9.03%** (55)
**0.49%** (3)
Tyler
**68.46%** (675)
**11.76%** (116)
**11.97%** (118)
**6.39%** (63)
**1.42%** (14)
Upshur
**69.12%** (2344)
**9.20%** (312)
**13.65%** (463)
**6.69%** (227)
**1.33%** (45)
Wayne
**66.79%** (1076)
**10.12%** (163)
**14.65%** (236)
**7.76%** (125)
**0.68%** (11)
Webster
**64.65%** (139)
**10.70%** (23)
**15.35%** (33)
**6.98%** (15)
**2.33%** (5)
Wetzel
**69.53%** (566)
**8.35%** (68)
**16.46%** (134)
**5.28%** (43)
**0.37%** (3)
Wirt
**63.00%** (332)
**11.57%** (61)
**16.32%** (86)
**8.92%** (47)
**0.19%** (1)
Wood
**70.20%** (5422)
**11.64%** (899)
**10.72%** (828)
**6.42%** (496)
**1.02%** (79)
Wyoming
**75.58%** (616)
**7.61%** (62)
**9.08%** (74)
**6.87%** (56)
**0.86%** (7)
General election
Predictions
Source
Ranking
As of
Huffington Post
November 6, 2012
CNN
November 6, 2012
New York Times
November 6, 2012
Washington Post
November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics
November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball
November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight
November 6, 2012
Results
By county
County
Mitt Romney
Republican
Barack Obama
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Totals
417,655
62.14%
238,269
35.45%
16,195
2.41%
179,386
26.69%
672,119
Barbour
3,824
66.19%
1,768
30.60%
185
3.21%
2,056
35.59%
5,777
Berkeley
22,156
59.39%
14,275
38.26%
876
2.35%
7,881
21.13%
37,307
Boone
5,467
64.30%
2,790
32.82%
245
2.88%
2,677
31.48%
8,502
Braxton
2,725
56.65%
1,998
41.54%
87
1.81%
727
15.11%
4,810
Brooke
5,060
54.25%
4,005
42.94%
263
2.81%
1,055
11.31%
9,328
Cabell
17,985
55.93%
13,568
42.19%
605
1.88%
4,417
13.74%
32,158
Calhoun
1,319
59.68%
818
37.01%
73
3.31%
501
22.67%
2,210
Clay
1,971
65.31%
931
30.85%
116
3.84%
1,040
34.46%
3,018
Doddridge
2,130
76.78%
575
20.73%
69
2.49%
1,555
56.05%
2,774
Fayette
8,350
59.35%
5,419
38.51%
301
2.14%
2,931
20.84%
14,070
Gilmer
1,595
63.24%
840
33.31%
87
3.45%
755
29.93%
2,522
Grant
3,783
82.45%
718
15.65%
87
1.90%
3,065
66.80%
4,588
Greenbrier
7,930
60.98%
4,710
36.22%
365
2.80%
3,220
24.76%
13,005
Hampshire
5,523
68.87%
2,299
28.67%
197
2.46%
3,224
40.20%
8,019
Hancock
7,226
59.47%
4,627
38.08%
297
2.45%
2,599
21.39%
12,150
Hardy
3,536
68.25%
1,482
28.60%
163
3.15%
2,054
39.65%
5,181
Harrison
15,876
60.43%
9,732
37.04%
663
2.53%
6,144
23.39%
26,271
Jackson
7,408
63.90%
3,854
33.24%
332
2.86%
3,554
30.66%
11,594
Jefferson
11,258
50.63%
10,398
46.76%
580
2.61%
860
3.87%
22,236
Kanawha
41,364
54.92%
32,480
43.13%
1,468
1.95%
8,884
11.79%
75,312
Lewis
4,375
69.51%
1,736
27.58%
183
2.91%
2,639
41.93%
6,294
Lincoln
4,383
64.29%
2,227
32.66%
208
3.05%
2,156
31.63%
6,818
Logan
8,222
68.68%
3,469
28.98%
281
2.34%
4,753
39.70%
11,972
Marion
12,054
55.93%
8,959
41.57%
540
2.50%
3,095
14.36%
21,553
Marshall
8,135
62.77%
4,484
34.60%
341
2.63%
3,651
28.17%
12,960
Mason
5,741
58.64%
3,778
38.59%
271
2.77%
1,963
20.05%
9,790
McDowell
3,959
63.98%
2,109
34.08%
120
1.94%
1,850
29.90%
6,188
Mercer
15,450
72.49%
5,432
25.49%
431
2.02%
10,018
47.00%
21,313
Mineral
7,833
71.29%
2,885
26.26%
270
2.45%
4,948
45.03%
10,988
Mingo
6,191
69.92%
2,428
27.42%
236
2.66%
3,763
42.50%
8,855
Monongalia
16,831
53.28%
13,826
43.77%
934
2.95%
3,005
9.51%
31,591
Monroe
3,616
69.11%
1,455
27.81%
161
3.08%
2,161
41.30%
5,232
Morgan
4,513
63.82%
2,363
33.42%
195
2.76%
2,150
30.40%
7,071
Nicholas
5,898
67.09%
2,664
30.30%
229
2.61%
3,234
36.79%
8,791
Ohio
10,768
59.96%
6,786
37.79%
405
2.25%
3,982
22.17%
17,959
Pendleton
2,095
64.34%
1,074
32.99%
87
2.67%
1,021
31.35%
3,256
Pleasants
1,825
64.24%
955
33.61%
61
2.15%
870
30.63%
2,841
Pocahontas
2,182
60.76%
1,303
36.29%
106
2.95%
879
24.47%
3,591
Preston
7,889
70.54%
2,931
26.21%
363
3.25%
4,958
44.33%
11,183
Putnam
16,032
67.47%
7,256
30.54%
472
1.99%
8,776
36.93%
23,760
Raleigh
20,614
71.48%
7,739
26.84%
484
1.68%
12,875
44.64%
28,837
Randolph
6,160
63.00%
3,342
34.18%
276
2.82%
2,818
28.82%
9,778
Ritchie
2,921
77.07%
768
20.26%
101
2.67%
2,153
56.81%
3,790
Roane
2,982
58.93%
1,939
38.32%
139
2.75%
1,043
20.61%
5,060
Summers
2,981
62.84%
1,621
34.17%
142
2.99%
1,360
28.67%
4,744
Taylor
3,840
64.85%
1,941
32.78%
140
2.37%
1,899
32.07%
5,921
Tucker
2,176
69.34%
880
28.04%
82
2.62%
1,296
41.30%
3,138
Tyler
2,314
70.44%
890
27.09%
81
2.47%
1,424
43.35%
3,285
Upshur
5,939
71.57%
2,158
26.01%
201
2.42%
3,781
45.56%
8,298
Wayne
8,688
62.02%
4,931
35.20%
390
2.78%
3,757
26.82%
14,009
Webster
1,710
61.67%
947
34.15%
116
4.18%
763
27.52%
2,773
Wetzel
3,473
59.11%
2,217
37.74%
185
3.15%
1,256
21.37%
5,875
Wirt
1,427
65.73%
676
31.14%
68
3.13%
751
34.59%
2,171
Wood
22,183
65.10%
11,230
32.96%
663
1.94%
10,953
32.14%
34,076
Wyoming
5,769
76.65%
1,583
21.03%
174
2.32%
4,186
55.62%
7,526
County Flips: {{col-begin}}
Republican
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;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Boone (largest city: Madison)
Braxton (largest town: Sutton)
Jefferson (largest city: Charles Town)
Marion (largest city: Fairmont)
McDowell (largest city: Welch)
Monongalia (largest city: Morgantown)
Webster (largest town: Webster Springs)
By congressional district
Romney won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
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