United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 2012

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United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 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 4 0 Popular vote 279,677 157,204 Percentage 62.70% 35.24%

County Results   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Rhode Island voters chose four 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.

General election

Overview

United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	279,677	62.70%	4
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	157,204	35.24%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	4,388	0.98%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	2,421	0.54%	0
	Others & write-in			2,359	0.53%	0
Totals				446,049	100.00%	4
Voter turnout						60.79%

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The 2012 Rhode Island Democratic primary was held April 24, 2012. Rhode Island awarded 40 delegates proportionally.

No candidate ran against incumbent Pres. Barack Obama in Rhode Island's Democratic presidential preference primary. Obama received 6,759 votes, or 83.38% of the vote, with 1,133 votes (13.98%) for uncommitted and 214 write-in votes (2.64%)

At the Rhode Island Democratic state convention held on June 21, 2012, 35 delegates were awarded to Barack Obama, with 5 delegates remaining unannounced.

Rhode Island Democratic primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Awarded Delegates
Barack Obama	6,759	83.38%	35
Uncommitted	1,133	13.98%
Write-in	214	2.64%
Unannounced			5
Totals	8,106	100.00%	40

Republican primary

Rhode Island 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 12 4 0 Popular vote 9,157 3,462 878 Percentage 63.2% 23.9% 6.1%

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

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The Rhode Island Republican 2012 primary took place on April 24, 2012. Mitt Romney received 63.2% of the vote, followed by Ron Paul (23.9%) and Newt Gingrich (6.1%).

Rhode Island Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	9,178	63.0%	12
Ron Paul	3,473	23.8%	4
Newt Gingrich	880	6.0%	0
Rick Santorum	825	5.7%	0
Uncommitted	131	0.9%	3
Buddy Roemer	40	0.3%	0
Write-in	37	0.3%	0
Unprojected delegates:			0
Total:	14,564	100%	19

See also

• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Rhode Island Republican Party

External links

• The Green Papers: for Rhode Island
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order