2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose 11 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.
Obama and Biden won Massachusetts with 60.7% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 37.5%, thus winning the state's 11 electoral votes, despite the fact that it is Romney's home state and he was Governor of the state from 2003 to 2007.[1] This was the first time a presidential candidate lost his home state since Al Gore lost Tennessee in the 2000 election. The 2016 election was the next one, when Republican nominee Donald Trump lost his home state of New York, but won the presidency.
Massachusetts has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984. It was also the sixth straight election (beginning in 1992) in which the Democratic presidential candidate swept every one of the state's 14 counties. The 2012 election also marks the third consecutive instance where a major party's presidential candidate who considered Massachusetts as his home state lost (this also happened in 1988 and 2004 when Michael Dukakis and John Kerry respectively lost their bids).
Democratic primary
Incumbent president Barack Obama won the Democratic Primary with 81% of the vote. He wasn't challenged in the primary and the rest of the vote went to write-in candidates, through the primary and district caucuses, he won all of the state's 136 delegates which were pledged to vote for him at the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Republican primary
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The 2012 Massachusetts Republican primary was held on March 6, 2012.[2][3] Among the 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention, 38 are awarded proportionately among candidates getting at least 15% of the vote statewide, and another three super delegates are unbound.[4] Expectedly, Romney won Massachusetts by a landslide. Romney won the plurality in every town with the exception of 10 towns (Santorum winning 7, Paul winning 2, and a tie in 1), earning the majority in all but 53 towns.[5]
Massachusetts Republican primary, 2012[6] | |||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||||
AP | CNN [7] |
FOX [8] | |||||
Mitt Romney | 266,313 | 71.89% | - | 38 | 38 | ||
Rick Santorum | 44,564 | 12.03% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Paul | 35,219 | 9.51% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Newt Gingrich | 16,991 | 4.59% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 2,268 | 0.61% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 991 | 0.27% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 865 | 0.23% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
No preference | 1,793 | 0.48% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Blanks | 818 | 0.22% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Others | 613 | 0.17% | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Unprojected delegates: | 41 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Total: | 370,425 | 100.00% | 41 | 41 | 41 |
General election
Candidate Ballot Access:
- Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
- Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
- Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
- Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Results
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 1,921,290 | 60.65% | 11 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,188,314 | 37.51% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 30,920 | 0.98% | 0 | |
Green-Rainbow | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 20,691 | 0.65% | 0 | |
Others | Others | 6,552 | 0.21% | 0 | ||
Totals | 3,167,767 | 100.00% | 11 |
Results by municipality
See also
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Massachusetts Republican Party
References
- ^ "2012 Presidential Election – Massachusetts". Politico. 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.
- ^ Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Boston Globe (March 4, 2012). "2012 Massachusetts Republican Presidential Primary results". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleres/repprim12.pdf
- ^ Massachusetts – CNN
- ^ Massachusetts – Fox News
- ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-30.
External links
- The Green Papers: for Massachusetts
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
- Official Results for 2012 Election in Massachusetts