Final 2012 Presidential Election Results compared with Final 2008 Results - Metrics and More:

Via Dave Leip's Atlas of US Politics.

2012 Final Presidential Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	65,909,451	51.02%	332
	Willard Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	Republican	60,932,176	47.16%	206
	Gary Johnson	James P. Gray	Libertarian	1,275,950	0.99%	0	0.0%
	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	Green	469,572	0.36%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	605,373	0.47%	0	0.0%

Final 2008 Presidential Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	69,499,428	52.87%	365
	John S. McCain, III	Sarah H. Palin	Republican	59,950,323	45.60%	173
	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	Green	739,278	0.56%	0	0.0%
	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	Libertarian	523,433	0.40%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	750,660	0.57%	0	0.0%

Delta:  2012 Results Compared with 2008 Election Results:

	Presidential Candidate '12	Presidential Candidate '08	Political Party	2012 - 2008 Popular Vote Delta		Electoral Vote
	Barack H. Obama	Barack H. Obama	Democratic	(-3,589,977)	(-5.16%)	(-33)
	Mitt Romney	John McCain	Republican	+981,853	+1.64%	+33
	Jill Stein	Ralph Nader	Green/Ind	(-269,706)	(-36.4%)
	Gary Johnson	Bob Barr	Libertarian	+752,517	+143%