Who won Alabama in the 2012 presidential election?

Romney (Republican) carried Alabama in 2012, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 2012?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 2012?

No. Alabama backed Romney, while Barack Obama won the presidency nationally.

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2012

Alabama: Romney carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Romney (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Alabama voted against the national winner this cycle.

Alabama in 2012

The 2012 contest saw Alabama line up behind Romney, delivering 9 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Alabama among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1996. The region divided — Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia joined Alabama for the Republican ticket, while Florida did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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