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Presidential Election 2012 -  Final Results Nationwide

Electoral Vote
Barack Obama (D) 332 electoral votes
Mitt Romney (R)   206 electoral votes

Popular Vote
Barack Obama (D) 62,611,250 popular votes
Mitt Romney (R)   59,134,475 popular votes

Presidential Election In The District Of Columbia, 2012

The District of Columbia is allotted 3 Electoral Votes in the Electoral College.

As  the District of Columbia is not a U.S.State, the residents of Washington, D.C. were unable to vote for President or Vice President  prior to the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment was proposed in 1960 and ratified by the states in 1961. The amendment restricts the district to the number of Electors of the least populous state. As of now, that state is Wyoming which has three Electors.

In every presidential election since the passage of the amendment  the electoral votes of the District of Columbia  have gone to the Democratic Party candidates.

In Presidential election 2012, President Obama received 91.4% of the vote to Gov. Mitt Romney's 7.1%.

In Presidential election 2008, Senator Obama received 92.46% of the vote to Senator McCain's 6.58%.

U.S. House of Representatives Election in the District of Columbia, 2012 - Election of a Delegate

At the general election on November 6, 2012 the voters in the District of Columbia elected a non-voting Delegate to the House of Representatives.
The Delegate is not allowed to vote on the floor of the House, but can vote on procedural matters and in House committees.

ELEANOR HOMES NORTON, Democrat was elected

Eleanor Homes Norton [D]  89.41%
Bruce Majors [L]                  5.82%
Natale Lino Stracuzzi [G]      4.76%

Ms. Norton was the incumbent delegate.

Election of Two Shadow U.S. Senators from the District of Columbia in 2012

At the general election on November 6, 2012 the voters in the District of Columbia will elect two Shadow Senators who are not recognized by the U.S. Government. They will not be officially sworn in or seated by the Senate.

Election of a Shadow U.S. Representative from the District of Columbia in 2012

At the general election on November 6, 2012 the voters in the District of Columbia will elect a Shadow U.S. Representative who is not recognized by the U.S. Government as an actual member of the House of Representatives.

[CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, 2012 AND WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2012 FOR PARTS OF THE INFORMATION STATED ABOVE]