2012 United States presidential election in California
Final results

2012 United States presidential election in California

Section Title: Final results
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United States presidential election in California, 2012

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Hussein Obama (Incumbent)	Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Incumbent)	7,854,285	60.24%	55

Republican	Willard Mitt Romney	Paul Davis Ryan	4,839,958	37.12%	0

Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	143,221	1.10%	0

Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	85,638	0.66%	0

Peace and Freedom	Roseanne Barr	Cindy Sheehan	53,824	0.41%	0

American Independent	Thomas Hoefling	Robert Ornelas	38,372	0.29%	0

Independent	Ron Paul (write-in)	Andrew Napolitano	21,461	0.16%	0

Independent	Rocky Anderson (write-in)	Luis Rodriguez	992	0.01%	0

Independent	Virgil Goode (write-in)	Jim Clymer	503	0.00%	0

Independent	Stewart Alexander (write-in)	Alejandro Mendoza	82	0.00%	0

Independent	Jerry White (write-in)	Phyllis Scherrer	79	0.00%	0

Independent	James Harris (write-in)	Maura DeLuca	72	0.00%	0

Independent	Stephen Durham (write-in)	Christina López	54	0.00%	0

Independent	Sheila Tittle (write-in)	Matthew Turner	6	0.00%	0

Valid votes	13,038,547	98.76%	—

Invalid or blank votes	163,611	1.24%	—

Totals	13,202,158	100.00%	55

Voter turnout	72.35%	—

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Barack Hussein Obama won the vote with a 60.24% vote share, with Mitt Romney coming in second place at 37.12%, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in third place at 1.10%.

final_sentence: Barack Hussein Obama won the vote with a 60.24% vote share, with Mitt Romney coming in second place at 37.12%, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in third place at 1.10%.