2012 United States presidential election in Delaware

2012 United States presidential election in Delaware
Obama 50-60% 60-70%	Romney 50-60%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

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

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary in Delaware was cancelled as President Obama was the only candidate to file for the ballot, and received Delaware's entire delegation.^[1]

Republican primary

The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.^[2]^[3]

Delaware Republican primary, 2012^[4]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	16,143	56.5%	17
Newt Gingrich	7,742	27.1%	0
Ron Paul	3,017	10.6%	0
Rick Santorum	1,690	5.9%	0
Unprojected delegates:			0
Total:	28,592	100%	17

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

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

Write-In Candidate Access:

Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Delaware^[5]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	242,584	58.61%	3
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	165,484	39.98%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	3,882	0.94%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,940	0.47%	0
Totals				413,890	100.00%	3
Voter turnout						65.00%

By county

County	Obama	Obama#	Romney	Romney#	Others	Others#
New Castle	66.30%	167,082	32.23%	81,230	1.47%	3,684
Kent	51.73%	35,527	46.79%	32,135	1.48%	1,010
Sussex	42.88%	39,975	55.91%	52,119	1.21%	1,128

References

^ "Delaware Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ State of Delaware official election results
^ "Official General Election Results". State of Delaware. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

External links

The Green Papers: for Delaware
The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

[1] "Delaware Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

[2] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

[3] "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[4] State of Delaware official election results

[5] "Official General Election Results". State of Delaware. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

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