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There are 538 electoral college votes in the US presidential election, and the number of electoral college votes to win the presidential election is 270 or more.
In 2012, Barack Obama (Democratic Party) won 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney (Republican Party) won 206 electoral votes.
Barack Obama won the election for his second term as the 44th president of the United States.
| # | State | Abb. | Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | AK | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | Alabama | AL | 9 | 9 | |
| 3 | Arkansas | AR | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Arizona | AZ | 11 | 11 | |
| 5 | California | CA | 55 | 55 | |
| 6 | Colorado | CO | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | Connecticut | CT | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | District of Columbia | DC | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Delaware | DE | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Florida | FL | 29 | 29 | |
| 11 | Georgia | GA | 16 | 16 | |
| 12 | Hawaii | HI | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | Iowa | IA | 6 | 6 | |
| 14 | Idaho | ID | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | Illinois | IL | 20 | 20 | |
| 16 | Indiana | IN | 11 | 11 | |
| 17 | Kansas | KS | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | Kentucky | KY | 8 | 8 | |
| 19 | Louisiana | LA | 8 | 8 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts | MA | 11 | 11 | |
| 21 | Maryland | MD | 10 | 10 | |
| 22 | Maine | ME | 4 | 4 | |
| 23 | Michigan | MI | 16 | 16 | |
| 24 | Minnesota | MN | 10 | 10 | |
| 25 | Missouri | MO | 10 | 10 | |
| 26 | Mississippi | MS | 6 | 6 | |
| 27 | Montana | MT | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 | North Carolina | NC | 15 | 15 | |
| 29 | North Dakota | ND | 3 | 3 | |
| 30 | Nebraska | NE | 5 | 5 | |
| 31 | New Hampshire | NH | 4 | 4 | |
| 32 | New Jersey | NJ | 14 | 14 | |
| 33 | New Mexico | NM | 5 | 5 | |
| 34 | Nevada | NV | 6 | 6 | |
| 35 | New York | NY | 29 | 29 | |
| 36 | Ohio | OH | 18 | 18 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma | OK | 7 | 7 | |
| 38 | Oregon | OR | 7 | 7 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | PA | 20 | 20 | |
| 40 | Rhode Island | RI | 4 | 4 | |
| 41 | South Carolina | SC | 9 | 9 | |
| 42 | South Dakota | SD | 3 | 3 | |
| 43 | Tennessee | TN | 11 | 11 | |
| 44 | Texas | TX | 38 | 38 | |
| 45 | Utah | UT | 6 | 6 | |
| 46 | Virginia | VA | 13 | 13 | |
| 47 | Vermont | VT | 3 | 3 | |
| 48 | Washington | WA | 12 | 12 | |
| 49 | Wisconsin | WI | 10 | 10 | |
| 50 | West Virginia | WV | 5 | 5 | |
| 51 | Wyoming | WY | 3 | 3 | |
| 332 | 206 | 538 | |||