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President Obama ran for re-election in 2012. His main opponent was a Republican business executive and former governor of Massachusetts named Mitt Romney. There were also third-party candidates such as Libertarian Gary Johnson on the ballot, but the majority of the votes were divided between Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney.

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