Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waApril 4, 2011, Obama akazivisa kuti aizotsvaka kusarudzwazve muna 2012. Haana kutarisana nevanokwikwidza vakakosha nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic. Mukwikwidzi wake weRepublican akanga ari Mitt Romney, aimbova gavhuna weMassachusetts. Romney akadaidzira kuti mitero ideredzwe, kuderedza mari inoshandiswa, kuwedzera mari inoshandiswa pakudzivirira, uye kubviswa kweObamacare (kunyange zvazvo yakanga yakavakirwa pachirongwa chehutano cheMassachusetts chakagadzirwa pasi paRomney). Mushandirapamwe waObama wakanga wakavakirwa muChicago uye wakanga uchitungamirirwa nevakawanda vaimbova nhengo dzevashandi veWhite House uye nhengo dzeboka rakabudirira
nhimbe ya2008. Obama akakunda kusarudzwazve aine 332 (panhamba inosvika 538) yemavhoti evavhoti uye 51.1% yemavhoti akakurumbira, zvichimuita munhu wekutanga kubvira Dwight Eisenhower kuhwina kaviri 51 muzana yemavhoti. Maererano neongororo dzakaitwa, Obama akawana ruzhinji rwevhoti kubva kuvakadzi, vatema, vanhu vanobva kuSpain, vanhu vokuAsia, vanhu vari pasi pemakore 45, vanhu vanowana mari isingasviki $50,000 pagore, vanhu vanogara mumaguta makuru kana kuti epakati, vasingadi zvematongerwe enyika, vane maonero ari pakati nepakati, vasina kuroora, ngochani, uye vanhu vasina dzidzo yekoreji, vamwe vane dzidzo yekoreji, kana kuti vane dhigirii rokupedza kudzidza. Mukuwedzera kukunda musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika, maDemocrat akawanawo zvigaro mudzimba mbiri dzeCongress, asi maRepublican akachengetedza kutonga kweImba.