United States presidential election in New York, 2012

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United States presidential election in New York, 2012

2008 ← November 6, 2012 → 2016

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 29 0 Popular vote 4,479,233 2,488,939 Percentage 63.33% 35.19%

County Results   Obama—>90%   Obama—80-90%   Obama—70-80%   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%   Obama—<50%   Romney—<50%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Elections in New York
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The 2012 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. New York voters chose 29 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

On election day, Barack Obama carried the state of New York by a landslide margin, winning 63.33% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 35.19%. As in previous elections, the Democratic ticket racked up large margins in the heavily populated New York City area, as well as in upstate cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and the college town of Ithaca. The Republicans won only in some rural parts of upstate and western New York. New York was one of only six states to swing in President Obama's favor from 2008 to 2012, giving him the largest percentage of the vote for any presidential candidate in the state since 1964 and the second largest Democratic vote share in the state in history.

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Peta Lindsay/Yari Osorio, Party for Socialism and Liberation

Write-In Candidate Access:

• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

United States presidential election in New York, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	4,479,233	63.33%	29
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	2,488,939	35.19%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	47,206	0.67%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	39,926	0.56%	0
	Write-Ins	Write-Ins		9,268	0.13%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	6,273	0.09%	0
	Socialism and Liberation	Peta Lindsay	Yari Osorio	2,048	0.03%	0
	Justice (Write-in)	Rocky Anderson (Write-in)	Luis J. Rodriguez	227	0.00%	0
Totals				7,073,222	100.00%	29

Results by county

County	Obama%	Obama#	Romney%	Romney#	Johnson%	Johnson#	Stein%	Stein#	Others%	Others#	Total
Bronx	91.45%	339,211	8.08%	29,967	0.16%	608	0.21%	774	0.10%	378	370,938
New York (Manhattan)	83.75%	502,674	14.92%	89,559	0.52%	3,104	0.64%	3,860	0.17%	1,094	600,291
Kings (Brooklyn)	81.99%	598,946	16.93%	123,689	0.34%	2,473	0.60%	4,365	0.15%	1,073	730,546
Queens	79.08%	470,732	19.92%	118,589	0.40%	2,375	0.41%	2,465	0.18%	1,084	595,245
Tompkins	68.68%	27,244	28.00%	11,107	1.00%	395	2.10%	834	0.23%	90	39,670
Albany	64.49%	87,555	33.19%	45,064	1.00%	1,361	0.91%	1,238	0.40%	548	135,766
Franklin	62.09%	9,894	36.02%	5,740	0.73%	116	0.67%	106	0.49%	78	15,934
Westchester	61.99%	240,785	36.84%	143,122	0.53%	2,042	0.42%	1,627	0.22%	871	388,447
Clinton	61.85%	18,961	36.26%	11,115	0.85%	260	0.63%	193	0.42%	127	30,656
Ulster	60.10%	47,065	37.24%	29,162	0.96%	751	1.19%	935	0.52%	402	78,315
Onondaga	59.72%	122,254	38.51%	78,831	0.83%	1,697	0.77%	1,584	0.17%	351	204,717
Essex	58.53%	9,784	39.76%	6,647	0.80%	134	0.64%	107	0.27%	45	16,717
Monroe	57.97%	193,501	39.95%	133,362	1.07%	3,572	0.63%	2,101	0.38%	1,277	333,813
St. Lawrence	57.41%	21,353	40.70%	15,138	0.74%	276	0.61%	227	0.53%	197	37,191
Erie	57.31%	237,356	40.97%	169,675	0.86%	3,562	0.70%	2,898	0.17%	704	414,195
Schenectady	56.74%	36,844	40.92%	26,568	1.07%	692	0.79%	514	0.48%	315	64,933
Columbia	55.69%	16,221	41.97%	12,225	1.03%	299	0.89%	259	0.43%	125	29,129
Rensselaer	55.02%	37,408	42.82%	29,113	1.11%	754	0.90%	612	0.15%	103	67,990
Cayuga	54.56%	17,007	43.16%	13,454	0.91%	285	0.78%	243	0.58%	180	31,169
Sullivan	53.73%	15,268	44.71%	12,705	0.69%	195	0.66%	188	0.21%	59	28,415
Seneca	53.48%	7,094	44.39%	5,889	0.83%	110	0.76%	101	0.54%	72	13,266
Cortland	53.41%	10,482	44.31%	8,695	0.95%	187	0.82%	161	0.50%	99	19,624
Nassau	53.28%	302,695	45.64%	259,308	0.53%	2,998	0.36%	2,068	0.19%	1,082	568,151
Dutchess	52.80%	65,312	45.29%	56,025	0.89%	1,105	0.63%	785	0.39%	478	123,705
Rockland	52.78%	65,793	46.07%	57,428	0.51%	631	0.38%	476	0.25%	317	124,645
Oswego	52.73%	23,515	44.81%	19,980	1.00%	447	0.85%	379	0.61%	270	44,591
Orange	52.13%	73,315	46.48%	65,367	0.75%	1,049	0.50%	700	0.14%	197	140,628
Broome	51.46%	41,970	46.15%	37,641	1.12%	915	0.89%	723	0.39%	316	81,565
Suffolk	51.17%	304,079	47.48%	282,131	0.66%	3,947	0.43%	2,528	0.27%	1,581	594,266
Richmond (Staten Island)	50.71%	78,181	48.14%	74,223	0.58%	899	0.34%	519	0.23%	358	154,180
Otsego	50.20%	12,117	47.48%	11,461	0.88%	212	0.99%	238	0.46%	111	24,139
Saratoga	50.19%	52,957	47.75%	50,382	1.09%	1,147	0.62%	651	0.35%	373	105,510
Warren	50.06%	14,806	47.73%	14,119	1.05%	312	0.74%	220	0.41%	121	29,578
Washington	49.89%	11,523	48.00%	11,085	0.96%	222	0.77%	177	0.38%	88	23,095
Niagara	49.42%	43,986	48.58%	43,240	0.97%	864	0.63%	560	0.41%	363	89,013
Madison	49.37%	13,871	48.49%	13,622	1.06%	297	0.85%	238	0.23%	66	28,094
Ontario	48.25%	23,087	49.78%	23,820	1.19%	571	0.61%	294	0.17%	81	47,853
Chemung	47.98%	16,797	50.31%	17,612	0.89%	310	0.43%	151	0.40%	140	35,010
Jefferson	47.89%	17,099	50.75%	18,122	0.76%	271	0.42%	151	0.18%	65	35,708
Yates	47.53%	4,488	50.82%	4,798	0.73%	69	0.71%	67	0.21%	20	9,442
Chenango	47.20%	9,116	50.29%	9,713	1.13%	218	0.81%	157	0.57%	110	19,314
Montgomery	46.70%	8,493	51.33%	9,334	0.89%	161	0.51%	93	0.58%	105	18,186
Oneida	46.68%	40,468	51.36%	44,530	0.94%	819	0.58%	502	0.44%	381	86,700
Schuyler	45.10%	3,674	52.55%	4,281	0.98%	80	0.92%	75	0.44%	36	8,146
Chautauqua	45.05%	23,812	52.92%	27,971	0.95%	504	0.61%	324	0.46%	241	52,852
Herkimer	45.02%	11,273	53.04%	13,282	1.03%	259	0.69%	172	0.22%	54	25,040
Lewis	44.90%	4,724	53.71%	5,651	0.77%	81	0.48%	51	0.14%	15	10,522
Delaware	44.55%	8,304	53.32%	9,938	0.91%	170	1.07%	199	0.14%	27	18,638
Wayne	44.30%	16,635	53.43%	20,060	1.13%	424	0.59%	222	0.55%	206	37,547
Putnam	44.00%	19,512	54.31%	24,083	0.90%	397	0.47%	209	0.32%	144	44,345
Livingston	43.72%	11,705	53.97%	14,448	1.19%	318	0.65%	175	0.46%	124	26,770
Greene	43.58%	8,922	54.17%	11,089	1.13%	231	0.68%	140	0.44%	90	20,472
Fulton	43.47%	8,607	54.62%	10,814	0.80%	159	0.56%	111	0.55%	108	19,799
Cattaraugus	42.49%	12,649	55.66%	16,569	0.92%	274	0.68%	201	0.25%	74	29,767
Tioga	41.39%	8,940	56.09%	12,117	1.11%	240	0.80%	172	0.61%	132	21,601
Schoharie	41.09%	5,427	56.54%	7,467	0.98%	129	0.82%	108	0.57%	76	13,207
Steuben	40.97%	15,787	56.98%	21,954	0.97%	373	0.60%	232	0.48%	185	38,531
Orleans	39.35%	5,787	58.44%	8,594	1.12%	165	0.55%	81	0.54%	79	14,706
Genesee	38.80%	9,601	59.03%	14,607	1.47%	363	0.46%	115	0.24%	60	24,746
Allegany	36.21%	6,139	61.29%	10,390	0.99%	168	0.96%	162	0.55%	94	16,953
Hamilton	36.13%	1,128	61.88%	1,932	0.90%	28	0.45%	14	0.64%	20	3,122
Wyoming	34.66%	5,661	63.35%	10,348	0.83%	135	0.59%	96	0.58%	95	16,335
Totals	63.33%	4,479,233	35.19%	2,488,939	0.67%	47,206	0.56%	39,926	0.25%	17,918	7,073,222

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Republican primary

New York Republican primary, 2012

2008 ← April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24) → 2016

Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Newt Gingrich Party Republican Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Georgia Delegate count 92 0 0 Popular vote 118,912 27,699 23,990 Percentage 62.42% 14.54% 12.59%

Results by county. Orange indicates a county won by Romney.

Elections in New York
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New York Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count
			AP	CNN	FOX
Mitt Romney	118,912	62.42%	92	92
Ron Paul	27,699	14.54%	0	0
Newt Gingrich	23,990	12.59%	1	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	18,997	9.97%	0	0
Blank	810	0.43%	0	0
Void	106	0.06%	0	0
Scattering	1	0.00%	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			2	3	95
Total:	190,515	100.00%	95	95	95

The New York Republican 2012 primary took place on April 24, 2012.

By county, Romney won a plurality in every county, and a majority in all but six: Niagara, Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Orleans, Schuyler, Herkimer and Oswego.

Paul finished second in most counties. Santorum finished second in Otsego County. Gingrich finished second in two geographic areas: a cluster of counties in the Catskills and Hudson Valley (Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester) and in most of the counties of Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, and Wyoming), in addition to Herkimer and Oneida counties. Gingrich's relative strength in Western New York, as well as in Herkimer, can be attributed to the continued popularity and efforts of Carl Paladino, who carried those counties in the previous gubernatorial election and campaigned on Gingrich's behalf. The majority of New York politicians who had endorsed had endorsed Romney while the primary election was still competitive.

See also

• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• New York Republican Party

External links

• The Green Papers: for New York
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order