Politics | Election 2012 IN THE OBAMA COLUMN... A list of the blue states in this year's election By Newser Editors Posted Nov 6, 2012 6:10 PM CST Updated Nov 6, 2012 10:18 PM CST Copied And this year's blue states are... (Shutterstock) The results are in, and the win goes to President Obama. Here are the states that aligned behind him for an Electoral College tally of 332 to 206: Virginia (13) Vermont (3) Illinois (20) Connecticut (7) Maine (4) District of Columbia (3) Delaware (3) Rhode Island (4) Maryland (10) Massachusetts (11) New York (29) Michigan (16) New Jersey (14) Pennsylvania (20) New Hampshire (4) Minnesota (10) California (55) Washington (12) Hawaii (4) New Mexico (5) Ohio (18) Iowa (6) Oregon (7) Colorado (9) Wisconsin (10) Nevada (6) Florida (29) Click to see which states have gone red. Read These Next See the best BBQ cities in the US. Iraq's national game of deception brings out the best bluffers. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Report an error