2012 United States presidential election in Missouri
Results
Table:
2012 United States presidential election in Missouri[1]

Party

Candidate

Running mate

Votes

Percentage

Electoral votes

Republican

Mitt Romney

Paul Ryan

1,482,440

53.76%

10

Democratic

Barack Obama

Joe Biden

1,223,796

44.38%

0

Libertarian

Gary Johnson

Jim Gray

43,151

1.57%

0

Constitution

Virgil Goode

Jim Clymer

7,936

0.29%

0

Totals

2,757,323

100.00%

10

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