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2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas Turnout 66.65%
County Results
Romney
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Obama
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arkansas voters chose six 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 .
Romney and Ryan carried Arkansas with 60.57% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 36.88% of the vote, winning the state's six electoral votes.[1] Bill Clinton , Barack Obama proved a poor fit for the state, and his 23.69% loss was the worst defeat for a Democratic presidential candidate in Arkansas since 1972 .
The presidential primaries were held May 22, 2012, on the same day as the primaries in Kentucky .[2] [3]
As of 2020, this is the most recent election where Woodruff County voted for the Democratic candidate.
Democratic primary Democratic presidential primary in Arkansas, 2012
Arkansas results by county
Barack Obama
John Wolfe Jr.
The Democratic primary had 47 delegates at stake. All 47 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention .[4] John Wolfe Jr. qualified for 19 delegates[5] [6] [7] [8] superdelegates , also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.
Arkansas Democratic primary, 2012[9]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Delegates
Barack Obama (Incumbent)
94,936
58.37%
47
John Wolfe Jr.
67,711
41.63%
0
Unpledged delegates:
8
Total:
162,647
100.0%
55
Republican primary Republican presidential primary in Arkansas, 2012
Arkansas results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note:
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The Republican primary had 33 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney won all 75 counties in Arkansas. As a result, all 33 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention .
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the nominee.
Key: Withdrew prior to contest
Results by county (actual votes in parentheses): [10]
County
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich
County
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich
Arkansas
68.86% (418)
12.69% (77)
11.53% (70)
6.92% (42)
Lee
48.00% (12)
4.00% (1)
36.00% (9)
12.00% (3)
Ashley
70.09% (232)
7.25% (24)
17.52% (58)
5.14% (17)
Lincoln
72.55% (37)
11.76% (6)
9.80% (5)
5.88% (3)
Baxter
73.04% (2338)
13.71% (439)
8.78% (281)
4.47% (143)
Little River
76.42% (162)
5.19% (11)
12.74% (27)
5.66% (12)
Benton
65.10% (14527)
14.69% (3278)
15.65% (3493)
4.56% (1018)
Logan
70.36% (869)
12.31% (152)
12.31% (152)
5.02% (62)
Boone
65.60% (1903)
15.41% (447)
13.89% (403)
5.10% (148)
Lonoke
65.51% (2758)
13.52% (569)
15.11% (636)
5.87% (247)
Bradley
73.66% (193)
8.02% (21)
12.60% (33)
5.73% (15)
Madison
66.34% (889)
15.82% (212)
14.18% (190)
3.66% (49)
Calhoun
63.11% (65)
13.59% (14)
19.42% (20)
3.88% (4)
Marion
69.93% (528)
13.38% (101)
12.05% (91)
4.64% (35)
Carroll
64.44% (1263)
15.87% (311)
13.67% (268)
6.02% (118)
Miller
73.82% (1824)
9.19% (227)
12.18% (301)
4.82% (119)
Chicot
79.07% (102)
6.20% (8)
6.20% (8)
8.53% (11)
Mississippi
76.47% (364)
9.45% (45)
9.45% (45)
4.62% (22)
Clark
65.55% (725)
13.74% (152)
13.47% (149)
7.23% (80)
Monroe
65.82% (52)
10.13% (8)
16.46% (13)
7.59% (6)
Clay
53.64% (59)
29.09% (32)
13.64% (15)
3.64% (4)
Montgomery
72.04% (456)
13.74% (87)
9.16% (58)
5.06% (32)
Cleburne
68.10% (2011)
11.65% (344)
13.48% (398)
6.77% (200)
Nevada
72.84% (59)
8.64% (7)
16.05% (13)
2.47% (2)
Cleveland
68.82% (287)
8.63% (36)
16.31% (68)
6.24% (26)
Newton
61.74% (276)
15.44% (69)
17.45% (78)
5.37% (24)
Columbia
71.67% (1472)
10.81% (222)
12.27% (252)
5.26% (108)
Ouachita
75.25% (830)
7.98% (88)
13.24% (146)
3.54% (39)
Conway
61.90% (442)
13.87% (99)
19.47% (139)
4.76% (34)
Perry
65.91% (292)
15.80% (70)
14.67% (65)
3.61% (16)
Craighead
70.92% (1678)
10.40% (246)
13.86% (328)
4.82% (114)
Phillips
68.63% (35)
15.69% (8)
1.96% (1)
13.73% (7)
Crawford
72.21% (3259)
10.26% (463)
13.27% (599)
4.25% (192)
Pike
65.05% (134)
15.53% (32)
14.56% (30)
4.85% (10)
Crittenden
72.18% (288)
9.27% (37)
10.03% (40)
8.52% (34)
Poinsett
64.44% (241)
11.76% (44)
16.04% (60)
7.75% (29)
Cross
75.10% (196)
6.51% (17)
12.26% (32)
6.13% (16)
Polk
68.32% (1085)
12.03% (191)
13.29% (211)
6.36% (101)
Dallas
70.87% (253)
11.20% (40)
13.45% (48)
4.48% (16)
Pope
69.59% (2751)
12.32% (487)
12.98% (513)
5.11% (202)
Desha
67.16% (45)
8.96% (6)
16.42% (11)
7.46% (5)
Prairie
60.94% (78)
22.66% (29)
13.28% (17)
3.13% (4)
Drew
72.56% (423)
7.55% (44)
14.24% (83)
5.66% (33)
Pulaski
71.27% (9758)
13.27% (1817)
11.52% (1578)
3.94% (539)
Faulkner
64.50% (5233)
15.83% (1284)
14.93% (1211)
4.75% (385)
Randolph
67.01% (197)
12.59% (37)
15.31% (45)
5.10% (15)
Franklin
71.32% (980)
9.24% (127)
13.46% (185)
5.97% (82)
Saline
66.50% (6782)
15.02% (1532)
13.93% (1421)
4.55% (464)
Fulton
66.55% (185)
14.75% (41)
9.71% (27)
8.99% (25)
Scott
70.31% (450)
11.25% (72)
13.59% (87)
4.84% (31)
Garland
72.83% (5829)
13.58% (1087)
8.47% (678)
5.12% (410)
Searcy
57.48% (857)
20.59% (307)
14.55% (217)
7.38% (110)
Grant
69.24% (493)
12.92% (92)
12.78% (91)
5.06% (36)
Sebastian
70.82% (6331)
12.09% (1081)
12.40% (1108)
4.69% (419)
Greene
65.83% (422)
10.45% (67)
17.32% (111)
6.40% (41)
Sevier
71.30% (164)
14.35% (33)
9.57% (22)
4.78% (11)
Hempstead
71.34% (478)
10.45% (70)
11.79% (79)
6.42% (43)
Sharp
62.50% (375)
16.17% (97)
15.83% (95)
5.50% (33)
Hot Spring
67.68% (693)
13.87% (142)
13.38% (137)
5.08% (52)
St. Francis
76.42% (94)
8.13% (10)
7.32% (9)
8.13% (10)
Howard
69.68% (193)
12.64% (35)
12.27% (34)
5.42% (15)
Stone
69.94% (342)
12.47% (61)
12.47% (61)
5.11% (25)
Independence
68.37% (536)
13.14% (103)
14.16% (111)
4.34% (34)
Union
73.34% (1642)
11.39% (255)
10.50% (235)
4.78% (107)
Izard
70.97% (357)
16.90% (85)
8.15% (41)
3.98% (20)
Van Buren
71.37% (653)
11.58% (106)
11.37% (104)
5.68% (52)
Jackson
64.55% (122)
8.99% (17)
20.63% (39)
5.82% (11)
Washington
68.11% (8504)
14.93% (1864)
12.92% (1613)
4.04% (505)
Jefferson
70.52% (1220)
9.71% (168)
13.99% (242)
5.78% (100)
White
65.47% (3638)
12.13% (674)
16.63% (924)
5.78% (321)
Johnson
65.81% (512)
13.88% (108)
13.24% (103)
7.07% (55)
Woodruff
57.89% (11)
10.53% (2)
21.05% (4)
10.53% (2)
Lafayette
71.82% (288)
9.98% (40)
14.71% (59)
3.49% (14)
Yell
68.72% (681)
13.22% (131)
12.21% (121)
5.85% (58)
Lawrence
66.09% (269)
13.02% (53)
14.50% (59)
6.39% (26)
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
Peta Lindsay/Yari Osorio, Socialism and Liberation Results By county
County
Obama%
Obama#
Romney%
Romney#
Others%
Others#
Total
Arkansas 37.80%
2,455
60.01% 3,897 2.19%
142
6,494
Ashley 36.09%
2,859
61.44% 4,867 2.46%
195
7,921
Baxter 26.74%
5,172
70.78% 13,688 2.48%
479
19,339
Benton 28.56%
22,636
68.95% 54,646 2.49%
1,975
79,257
Boone 24.51%
3,772
72.50% 11,159 2.99%
460
15,391
Bradley 39.68%
1,449
58.43% 2,134 1.89%
69
3,652
Calhoun 30.36%
660
67.07% 1,458 2.58%
56
2,174
Carroll 36.30%
3,696
60.15% 6,125 3.55%
362
10,183
Chicot 60.74% 2,649 38.29%
1,670
.96%
42
4,361
Clark 45.32%
3,811
51.65% 4,343 3.03%
255
8,409
Clay 34.01%
1,738
63.11% 3,225 2.88%
147
5,110
Cleburne 22.50%
2,620
74.64% 8,693 2.87%
334
11,647
Cleveland 25.87%
845
70.82% 2,313 3.31%
108
3,266
Columbia 37.62%
3,557
61.24% 5,790 1.14%
108
9,455
Conway 38.87%
3,005
58.40% 4,514 2.73%
211
7,730
Craighead 33.21%
10,527
64.20% 20,350 2.6%
823
31,700
Crawford 23.70%
4,881
73.55% 15,145 2.74%
565
20,591
Crittenden 56.75% 9,487 41.86%
6,998
1.38%
231
16,716
Cross 34.11%
2,279
63.90% 4,269 1.99%
133
6,681
Dallas 43.35%
1,337
53.99% 1,665 2.66%
82
3,084
Desha 55.27% 2,443 42.90%
1,896
1.83%
81
4,420
Drew 39.65%
2,630
58.60% 3,887 1.75%
116
6,633
Faulkner 32.85%
13,621
64.45% 26,722 2.69%
1,117
41,460
Franklin 26.39%
1,726
70.81% 4,631 2.8%
183
6,540
Fulton 32.11%
1,452
65.21% 2,949 2.68%
121
4,522
Garland 33.89%
13,804
63.87% 26,014 2.23%
910
40,728
Grant 22.66%
1,468
74.53% 4,829 2.81%
182
6,479
Greene 29.07%
4,000
65.92% 9,071 5.01%
690
13,761
Hempstead 35.66%
2,468
61.90% 4,284 2.44%
169
6,921
Hot Spring 34.01%
3,830
63.03% 7,097 2.96%
333
11,260
Howard 32.97%
1,471
64.81% 2,892 2.22%
99
4,462
Independence 26.47%
3,281
70.40% 8,728 3.13%
388
12,397
Izard 28.87%
1,524
67.73% 3,575 3.39%
179
5,278
Jackson 39.18%
2,095
57.45% 3,072 3.37%
180
5,347
Jefferson 63.80% 17,470 34.77%
9,520
1.44%
393
27,383
Johnson 34.56%
2,799
62.53% 5,064 2.9%
235
8,098
Lafayette 40.05%
1,173
58.48% 1,713 1.47%
43
2,929
Lawrence 32.27%
1,788
63.83% 3,536 3.9%
216
5,540
Lee 61.54% 2,107 37.38%
1,280
1.08%
37
3,424
Lincoln 38.24%
1,425
59.02% 2,199 2.74%
102
3,726
Little River 30.73%
1,552
67.02% 3,385 2.26%
114
5,051
Logan 27.40%
2,009
69.28% 5,079 3.31%
243
7,331
Lonoke 23.33%
5,625
74.15% 17,880 2.53%
609
24,114
Madison 31.96%
2,099
64.91% 4,263 3.14%
206
6,568
Marion 28.89%
2,037
67.71% 4,774 3.4%
240
7,051
Miller 29.47%
4,518
69.29% 10,622 1.23%
189
15,329
Mississippi 48.35%
6,467
49.37% 6,603 2.28%
305
13,375
Monroe 49.01%
1,583
49.07% 1,585 1.92%
62
3,230
Montgomery 27.03%
920
69.59% 2,369 3.38%
115
3,404
Nevada 38.83%
1,314
58.98% 1,996 2.19%
74
3,384
Newton 27.12%
993
68.51% 2,508 4.37%
160
3,661
Ouachita 44.92%
4,633
53.52% 5,521 1.56%
161
10,315
Perry 30.14%
1,187
65.54% 2,581 4.32%
170
3,938
Phillips 65.60% 5,202 32.76%
2,598
1.64%
130
7,930
Pike 22.47%
851
75.16% 2,847 2.38%
90
3,788
Poinsett 31.61%
2,390
65.79% 4,974 2.59%
196
7,560
Polk 20.14%
1,556
77.08% 5,955 2.78%
215
7,726
Pope 25.08%
5,126
72.23% 14,763 2.69%
550
20,439
Prairie 28.02%
880
68.55% 2,153 3.44%
108
3,141
Pulaski 54.74% 87,248 43.28%
68,984
1.98%
3,149
159,381
Randolph 34.35%
2,046
62.14% 3,701 3.51%
209
5,956
Saint Francis 58.72% 4,910 40.28%
3,368
1.%
84
8,362
Saline 27.34%
12,869
70.04% 32,963 2.61%
1,230
47,062
Scott 24.64%
897
72.28% 2,631 3.08%
112
3,640
Searcy 22.04%
814
73.06% 2,699 4.9%
181
3,694
Sebastian 30.19%
13,092
67.27% 29,169 2.54%
1,101
43,362
Sevier 24.06%
1,042
72.42% 3,136 3.51%
152
4,330
Sharp 28.72%
2,092
67.57% 4,921 3.71%
270
7,283
Stone 25.33%
1,356
70.53% 3,776 4.15%
222
5,354
Union 36.07%
6,196
62.29% 10,699 1.64%
282
17,177
Van Buren 28.49%
1,832
67.88% 4,365 3.62%
233
6,430
Washington 40.07%
28,236
56.33% 39,688 3.6%
2,536
70,460
White 21.74%
5,765
75.47% 20,011 2.78%
738
26,514
Woodruff 49.91% 1,340 45.70%
1,227
4.39%
118
2,685
Yell 28.82%
1,722
67.66% 4,042 3.52%
210
5,974
See also References
^ "Arkansas State General Election November 6, 2012" . Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved 22 November 2012 .^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar" . CNN . Retrieved January 11, 2012 .^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF) . Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 23, 2012 .^ a b Brantley, Max (Jun 17, 2012). "Democratic convention delegates chosen" . Arkansas Times . Retrieved 7 August 2012 . ^ "Arkansas Democratic Delegation 2008" . The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-02-01 .^ Pare, Mike (April 18, 2012). "John Wolfe cries foul in Louisiana primary" . Chattanooga Times Free Press WRCB . Retrieved May 2, 2012 . ^ Tilove, Jonathan (April 23, 2012). "President Obama will clinch renomination Tuesday, but it may not be unanimous" . The Times-Picayune . Retrieved May 2, 2012 . ^ Candidate who won 42 percent in Arkansas Democratic primary sues for his delegates Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine . Fox News . Retrieved May 26, 2012.^ "The Green Papers" . Retrieved June 23, 2016 .^ a b c Arkansas State Primary Election: Statewide Results, May 22, 2012 , retrieved June 3, 2012
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