• Outlook on electoral votes for Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama, by state as of June 2012

This survey shows a forecast of the distribution of electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election, if Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will battle each other for the White House, by state. As of June 12, Barack Obama would receive 221 electoral votes, while Romney would get 170. 270 electoral votes are needed to win the election. The remaining 147 electoral votes are situated in the so called swing states, states in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing that state's electoral college votes.

Outlook on the number of electoral votes for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the 2012 election, by state, as of June 12

	Likely Obama	Leans Obama	Undecided	Leans Romney	Likely Romney
California	55	-	-	-	-
Texas	-	-	-	-	38
Florida	-	-	29	-	-
New York	29	-	-	-	-
Illinois	20	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania	-	20	-	-	-
Ohio	-	-	18	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	16	-
Michigan	-	-	16	-	-
North Carolina	-	-	15	-	-
New Jersey	-	14	-	-	-
Virginia	-	-	13	-	-
Washington	12	-	-	-	-
Arizona	-	-	11	-	-
Indiana	-	-	-	11	-
Massachusetts	11	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	11
Maryland	10	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	10	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	10	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	10	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	9
Colorado	-	-	9	-	-
South Carolina	-	-	-	9	-
Kentucky	-	-	-	-	8
Louisiana	-	-	-	-	8
Connecticut	7	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	7
Oregon	-	7	-	-	-
Arkansas	-	-	-	-	6
Iowa	-	-	6	-	-
Kansas	-	-	-	-	6
Mississippi	-	-	-	-	6
Nevada	-	-	6	-	-
Utah	-	-	-	-	6
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	5
New Mexico	-	5	-	-	-
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	5
Hawaii	4	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	-	-	4
Maine	-	4	-	-	-
New Hampshire	-	-	4	-	-
Rhode Island	4	-	-	-	-
Alaska	-	-	-	-	3
District of Columbia	3	-	-	-	-
Delaware	3	-	-	-	-
Montana	-	-	-	3	-
North Dakota	-	-	-	-	3
South Dakota	-	-	-	-	3
Vermont	3	-	-	-	-
Wyoming	-	-	-	-	3

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