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==Candidates Gallery==
==Candidates Gallery==
Notable Candidates
Candidates whose name is on the ballot in at least four states.
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File:Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg|[[President of the United States|President]] '''[[Barack Obama]]''' of [[Illinois]] ([[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012|campaign]])

Revision as of 01:14, 14 January 2012

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012
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Candidate Barack Obama
Party Democratic
Home state Illinois
Estimated delegate count 82
Incumbent President

Barack Obama


The 2012 Democratic presidential primaries is the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party will chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent President Barack Obama is seeking re-election.

Background

The United States economy had suffered from a recession from 2007 to 2009, with unemployment reaching 9.9% then beginning a steady decline throughout 2011 to 8.5%.[1] Polling showed voters who approved of President Obama's "handling of the economy" fell from 60% from the start of his term at the end of 2008 to the mid-30s by 2011.[2] Polling found that Americans were increasingly frustrated with the United States government as a whole, and the Republican Party shared in those high disapproval ratings.[3] In particular, although the majority of Americans felt Obama did not have a successful plan to bring jobs, they trusted Congress even less to create them.[4][5] Polling showed President Obama's job approval rating averaged 47.2% in December 2011, compared to the congressional approval rating of only 12.7%.[6] [7]

Candidates

Main article: Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2012

The following have attained ballot status in at least one state:[8]

Notable Candidates

The Campaign

It was expected that, with Obama having the advantage of incumbency and being the only viable candidate running, the race would be merely pro forma. Several of the minor candidates made efforts to raise visibility. The Occupy movement, made an attempt to take over the Iowa Caucuses,[9] managing to get nearly 2% of the vote for Uncommitted. With eight minor candidates on the ballot in New Hampshire, there was a debate at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire on Dec 19, 2011,[10] in which seven candidates participated. Randall Terry bought time on television to show very graphic commercials denouncing abortion.[citation needed]

Results

Date State/Territory Type Pledged delegates Superdelegates Total delegates[11] Winner Second Source
Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'Tue., January 3, 2012' is an invalid date Iowa caucus 54 11 65 Barack Obama (98%) "Uncommitted" (2%) [12]
Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'Tue., January 10, 2012' is an invalid date New Hampshire primary 28 7 35 Barack Obama (82%) Ron Paul (write-in) (4.05%) [13][14]
Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'Sat., January 21, 2012' is an invalid date Nevada caucus 36 8 44
Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'Sat., January 28, 2012' is an invalid date South Carolina primary 56 6 62

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unemployment rate falls to 8.5%, lowest in nearly 3 years". 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  2. ^ "Obama Administration". Pollingreport.com. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  3. ^ Albany Tribune (2011-08-26). "Obama Leadership Takes A Hit, But GOP Approval Ratings Decline To 34%". Eurasiareview.com. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  4. ^ "Economists: GOP jobs plan better than Obama's". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. ^ Younglai, Rachelle (November 3, 2011). "Republicans block another part of Obama jobs plan". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  6. ^ "RealClearPolitics Congressional Job Approval". 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  7. ^ "RealClearPolitics President Obama Job Approval". 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. ^ http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/NH-D#0110
  9. ^ http://www.salon.com/2012/01/04/the_complete_failure_and_unnoticed_success_of_occupy_iowa/singleton/
  10. ^ http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111220/NEWS0605/712209967
  11. ^ "Democratic Detailed Delegate Allocation - 2012". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  12. ^ "Iowa Caucus Night Reporting". Iowa Democratic Party. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  13. ^ Richard E. Berg-Andersson. "New Hampshire Democratic". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  14. ^ Mak, Tim (January 11, 2011). "Ron Paul is top New Hampshire Democratic primary write-in". Politico. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
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