Who won Idaho in the 2012 presidential election?

Romney (Republican) carried Idaho in 2012, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 2012?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 2012?

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

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2012

Idaho: Romney carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Romney (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Idaho voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Idaho, 2012

In 2012, Idaho awarded its 4 electoral votes to Romney of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Idaho among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 12th consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Utah, Wyoming, and Montana joined Idaho for the Republican ticket, while Washington, Oregon, and Nevada did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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