2012 United States presidential election in Texas

United States presidential election in Texas, 2012
Romney 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90%	Obama 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 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.

Mitt Romney won the state of Texas with 57.17%, over Barack Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.78%. As in past elections, President Obama and the Democrats dominated the Rio Grande Valley and won the major metropolitan areas of Austin, El Paso, Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, but Republicans were able to overwhelm the urban vote by sweeping the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins.

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:

Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

United States presidential election in Texas, 2012 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	4,569,843	57.17%	38
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	3,308,124	41.38%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	88,580	1.11%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	24,657	0.31%	0
	Constitution (Write-in)	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	1,287	0.02%	0
	Justice (Write-in)	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	426	0.01%	0
	America's Party (Write-in)	Thomas Hoefling	Jonathan D. Ellis	374	0.00%	0
	Other Write-ins			311	0.00%	0
	Socialist (Write-in)	Stewart Alexander	Alex Mendoza	162	0.00%	0
	Reform (Write-in)	Andre Barnett	Kenneth Cross	87	0.00%	0
Totals				7,993,851	100.00%	38
Voter turnout (Voting age population)						43.73%

By county

County	Romney	Romney#	Obama	Obama#	Others	Others	Total
Anderson	75.67%	12,235	23.48%	3,796	0.85%	137	16,168
Andrews	81.20%	3,636	17.73%	794	1.07%	48	4,478
Angelina	71.33%	20,301	27.52%	7,833	1.15%	326	28,460
Aransas	70.80%	6,829	28.02%	2,703	1.18%	114	9,646
Archer	86.45%	3,599	12.61%	525	0.94%	39	4,163
Armstrong	88.56%	828	10.48%	98	0.96%	9	935
Atascosa	58.65%	7,451	40.36%	5,128	0.99%	126	12,705
Austin	79.53%	9,260	19.34%	2,252	1.13%	132	11,644
Bailey	73.69%	1,336	25.70%	466	0.61%	11	1,813
Bandera	78.63%	7,423	19.69%	1,859	1.67%	158	9,440
Bastrop	57.32%	14,019	40.31%	9,860	2.37%	579	24,458
Baylor	81.47%	1,297	16.77%	267	1.76%	28	1,592
Bee	55.28%	4,354	43.82%	3,451	0.90%	71	7,876
Bell	57.54%	49,369	41.16%	35,315	1.30%	1,113	85,797
Bexar	47.04%	241,617	51.56%	264,856	1.40%	7,208	513,681
Blanco	73.15%	3,637	24.54%	1,220	2.31%	115	4,972
Borden	89.26%	324	8.82%	32	1.93%	7	363
Bosque	79.98%	5,873	18.60%	1,366	1.42%	104	7,343
Bowie	70.25%	24,840	28.80%	10,184	0.94%	333	35,357
Brazoria	66.42%	70,684	32.26%	34,327	1.33%	1,412	106,423
Brazos	66.50%	37,152	31.22%	17,440	2.28%	1,274	55,866
Brewster	51.09%	1,975	45.65%	1,765	3.26%	126	3,866
Briscoe	82.29%	576	16.71%	117	1.00%	7	700
Brooks	21.10%	507	78.49%	1,886	0.42%	10	2,403
Brown	85.30%	11,894	13.65%	1,904	1.05%	146	13,944
Burleson	72.35%	4,671	26.41%	1,705	1.24%	80	6,456
Burnet	76.45%	12,828	21.88%	3,672	1.66%	279	16,779
Caldwell	54.41%	6,018	43.28%	4,787	2.31%	256	11,061
Calhoun	61.42%	4,145	37.19%	2,510	1.39%	94	6,749
Callahan	84.23%	4,376	14.46%	751	1.31%	68	5,195
Cameron	33.36%	24,955	65.72%	49,159	0.92%	688	74,802
Camp	66.44%	2,878	32.96%	1,428	0.60%	26	4,332
Carson	88.22%	2,450	10.51%	292	1.26%	35	2,777
Cass	74.32%	8,747	24.82%	2,921	0.86%	101	11,769
Castro	69.37%	1,470	29.73%	630	0.90%	19	2,119
Chambers	80.02%	11,761	18.91%	2,780	1.07%	157	14,698
Cherokee	75.00%	12,291	24.01%	3,935	0.98%	161	16,387
Childress	83.42%	1,665	16.03%	320	0.55%	11	1,996
Clay	84.36%	4,266	14.63%	740	1.01%	51	5,057
Cochran	70.74%	648	27.95%	256	1.31%	12	916
Coke	86.49%	1,216	12.73%	179	0.78%	11	1,406
Coleman	86.28%	3,007	12.65%	441	1.06%	37	3,485
Collin	64.90%	195,933	33.37%	100,754	1.73%	5,231	301,918
Collingsworth	83.65%	962	15.39%	177	0.96%	11	1,150
Colorado	74.31%	6,015	25.00%	2,024	0.69%	56	8,095
Comal	76.33%	39,291	22.22%	11,437	1.45%	748	51,476
Comanche	80.41%	3,940	18.16%	890	1.43%	70	4,900
Concho	79.22%	793	19.38%	194	1.40%	14	1,001
Cooke	83.26%	11,901	15.67%	2,240	1.06%	152	14,293
Coryell	67.59%	11,193	31.04%	5,141	1.36%	226	16,560
Cottle	74.83%	553	24.36%	180	0.81%	6	739
Crane	76.77%	985	21.43%	275	1.79%	23	1,283
Crockett	65.68%	957	32.94%	480	1.37%	20	1,457
Crosby	63.35%	1,132	35.76%	639	0.90%	16	1,787
Culberson	33.56%	294	64.61%	566	1.83%	16	876
Dallam	81.36%	1,248	16.49%	253	2.15%	33	1,534
Dallas	41.66%	295,813	57.11%	405,571	1.23%	8,733	710,117
Dawson	71.18%	2,591	27.94%	1,017	0.88%	32	3,640
Deaf Smith	70.60%	3,042	28.75%	1,239	0.65%	28	4,309
Delta	75.45%	1,524	22.48%	454	2.08%	42	2,020
Denton	65.01%	156,105	33.28%	79,917	1.71%	4,103	240,125
DeWitt	77.19%	5,114	22.08%	1,463	0.72%	48	6,625
Dickens	77.82%	793	21.20%	216	0.98%	10	1,019
Dimmit	26.12%	762	73.40%	2,141	0.48%	14	2,917
Donley	83.83%	1,286	14.73%	226	1.43%	22	1,534
Duval	22.54%	979	76.70%	3,331	0.76%	33	4,343
Eastland	83.82%	5,443	14.94%	970	1.25%	81	6,494
Ector	73.84%	23,936	24.97%	8,095	1.18%	383	32,414
Edwards	72.59%	641	26.27%	232	1.13%	10	883
El Paso	33.04%	56,517	65.63%	112,273	1.33%	2,280	171,070
Ellis	73.18%	39,353	25.67%	13,803	1.15%	617	53,773
Erath	82.81%	10,325	15.76%	1,965	1.44%	179	12,469
Falls	61.76%	3,356	37.41%	2,033	0.83%	45	5,434
Fannin	75.52%	8,143	23.02%	2,482	1.46%	157	10,782
Fayette	76.84%	8,098	21.93%	2,311	1.23%	130	10,539
Fisher	67.16%	1,094	31.43%	512	1.41%	23	1,629
Floyd	73.05%	1,523	26.43%	551	0.53%	11	2,085
Foard	70.18%	346	28.40%	140	1.42%	7	493
Fort Bend	52.91%	116,028	46.08%	101,043	1.02%	2,228	219,299
Franklin	80.97%	3,446	17.62%	750	1.41%	60	4,256
Freestone	74.64%	5,644	24.44%	1,848	0.93%	70	7,562
Frio	39.29%	1,559	59.88%	2,376	0.83%	33	3,968
Gaines	85.69%	3,484	13.16%	535	1.16%	47	4,066
Galveston	62.79%	68,594	35.85%	39,162	1.37%	1,496	109,252
Garza	81.11%	1,262	17.74%	276	1.16%	18	1,556
Gillespie	82.11%	10,305	16.37%	2,055	1.52%	191	12,551
Glasscock	91.00%	526	7.61%	44	1.38%	8	578
Goliad	66.34%	2,294	32.59%	1,127	1.07%	37	3,458
Gonzales	69.64%	4,213	29.31%	1,773	1.06%	64	6,050
Gray	87.18%	6,428	12.00%	885	0.81%	60	7,373
Grayson	73.23%	30,907	25.27%	10,665	1.50%	635	42,207
Gregg	69.30%	28,665	29.82%	12,336	0.88%	365	41,366
Grimes	71.38%	6,141	27.19%	2,339	1.43%	123	8,603
Guadalupe	66.92%	32,959	31.79%	15,654	1.29%	636	49,249
Hale	73.21%	6,417	25.42%	2,228	1.37%	120	8,765
Hall	75.02%	832	23.90%	265	1.08%	12	1,109
Hamilton	82.15%	2,918	16.64%	591	1.21%	43	3,552
Hansford	91.17%	1,787	8.06%	158	0.77%	15	1,960
Hardeman	78.66%	1,176	20.20%	302	1.14%	17	1,495
Hardin	83.33%	17,744	15.77%	3,358	0.90%	191	21,293
Harris	49.31%	586,073	49.39%	587,044	1.30%	15,468	1,188,585
Harrison	66.93%	17,471	32.30%	8,431	0.77%	202	26,104
Hartley	89.29%	1,700	9.61%	183	1.10%	21	1,904
Haskell	70.78%	1,422	27.43%	551	1.79%	36	2,009
Hays	53.67%	31,577	43.26%	25,448	3.07%	1,806	58,831
Hemphill	86.02%	1,298	12.72%	192	1.26%	19	1,509
Henderson	76.86%	21,202	22.09%	6,094	1.04%	288	27,584
Hidalgo	28.63%	39,786	70.42%	97,879	0.95%	1,323	138,988
Hill	75.85%	9,128	22.81%	2,745	1.34%	161	12,034
Hockley	77.79%	5,543	20.80%	1,482	1.42%	101	7,126
Hood	81.70%	18,341	17.06%	3,829	1.25%	280	22,450
Hopkins	77.14%	9,834	21.77%	2,775	1.10%	140	12,749
Houston	71.71%	5,839	27.45%	2,235	0.84%	68	8,142
Howard	78.37%	4,032	20.25%	1,042	1.38%	71	5,145
Hudspeth	54.70%	471	44.02%	379	1.28%	11	861
Hunt	74.93%	20,976	23.78%	6,658	1.28%	359	27,993
Hutchinson	85.84%	6,797	13.16%	1,042	1.00%	79	7,918
Irion	84.77%	668	14.21%	112	1.02%	8	788
Jack	88.72%	2,580	10.42%	303	0.86%	25	2,908
Jackson	77.78%	3,903	21.28%	1,068	0.94%	47	5,018
Jasper	73.69%	9,924	25.26%	3,402	1.05%	141	13,467
Jeff Davis	60.25%	717	36.97%	440	2.77%	33	1,190
Jefferson	48.80%	43,214	50.39%	44,626	0.81%	717	88,557
Jim Hogg	21.36%	356	78.04%	1,301	0.60%	10	1,667
Jim Wells	41.16%	4,595	58.16%	6,492	0.68%	76	11,163
Johnson	77.12%	37,609	21.49%	10,481	1.39%	677	48,767
Jones	76.56%	4,258	22.02%	1,225	1.42%	79	5,562
Karnes	67.46%	2,823	31.64%	1,324	0.91%	38	4,185
Kaufman	71.68%	24,804	27.31%	9,451	1.01%	349	34,604
Kendall	81.60%	14,467	17.12%	3,035	1.29%	228	17,730
Kenedy	50.00%	83	49.40%	82	0.60%	1	166
Kent	82.67%	334	16.34%	66	0.99%	4	404
Kerr	78.96%	17,225	19.82%	4,325	1.22%	266	21,816
Kimble	88.15%	1,667	11.48%	217	0.37%	7	1,891
King	95.86%	139	3.45%	5	0.69%	1	145
Kinney	61.75%	880	36.63%	522	1.61%	23	1,425
Kleberg	45.56%	4,056	53.38%	4,752	1.06%	94	8,902
Knox	76.82%	1,160	21.99%	332	1.19%	18	1,510
Lamar	74.60%	12,814	24.29%	4,173	1.11%	190	17,177
Lamb	74.74%	3,056	24.41%	998	0.86%	35	4,089
Lampasas	78.17%	5,583	20.40%	1,457	1.43%	102	7,142
La Salle	40.64%	669	58.63%	965	0.73%	12	1,646
Lavaca	81.95%	6,788	17.23%	1,427	0.82%	68	8,283
Lee	72.46%	4,504	26.22%	1,630	1.32%	82	6,216
Leon	83.72%	5,812	15.28%	1,061	0.99%	69	6,942
Liberty	76.19%	17,304	22.88%	5,196	0.93%	211	22,711
Limestone	69.92%	5,288	29.19%	2,208	0.89%	67	7,563
Lipscomb	89.38%	1,044	10.19%	119	0.43%	5	1,168
Live Oak	76.75%	3,153	22.27%	915	0.97%	40	4,108
Llano	79.56%	7,560	19.13%	1,818	1.30%	124	9,502
Loving	84.38%	54	14.06%	9	1.56%	1	64
Lubbock	69.64%	63,133	28.78%	26,088	1.58%	1,431	90,652
Lynn	74.27%	1,377	25.03%	464	0.70%	13	1,854
Madison	75.23%	3,028	23.95%	964	0.82%	33	4,025
Marion	63.92%	2,730	34.82%	1,487	1.26%	54	4,271
Martin	83.99%	1,338	15.51%	247	0.50%	8	1,593
Mason	79.49%	1,562	19.34%	380	1.17%	23	1,965
Matagorda	66.28%	8,026	32.80%	3,972	0.92%	112	12,110
Maverick	20.55%	2,171	78.60%	8,302	0.84%	89	10,562
McCulloch	80.82%	2,419	17.94%	537	1.24%	37	2,993
Mclennan	64.26%	47,885	34.47%	25,688	1.26%	940	74,513
McMullen	85.83%	436	13.19%	67	0.98%	5	508
Medina	69.02%	11,016	29.82%	4,760	1.15%	184	15,960
Menard	78.37%	663	20.09%	170	1.54%	13	846
Midland	80.07%	35,452	18.57%	8,223	1.36%	602	44,277
Milam	66.63%	5,478	32.01%	2,632	1.36%	112	8,222
Mills	85.51%	1,882	12.68%	279	1.82%	40	2,201
Mitchell	75.87%	1,754	23.18%	536	0.95%	22	2,312
Montague	84.47%	6,539	14.42%	1,116	1.11%	86	7,741
Montgomery	79.71%	137,822	19.00%	32,852	1.28%	2,220	172,894
Moore	79.61%	3,967	19.33%	963	1.06%	53	4,983
Morris	62.87%	3,226	36.17%	1,856	0.95%	49	5,131
Motley	89.67%	538	9.17%	55	1.17%	7	600
Nacogdoches	67.48%	13,910	31.25%	6,441	1.27%	262	20,613
Navarro	70.76%	10,838	28.39%	4,348	0.86%	131	15,317
Newton	70.84%	4,399	27.71%	1,721	1.45%	90	6,210
Nolan	71.71%	3,277	26.61%	1,216	1.68%	77	4,570
Nueces	50.91%	48,779	47.67%	45,666	1.42%	1,361	95,806
Ochiltree	90.84%	2,718	8.46%	253	0.70%	21	2,992
Oldham	90.87%	786	8.21%	71	0.92%	8	865
Orange	76.57%	23,361	22.28%	6,797	1.15%	352	30,510
Palo Pinto	79.19%	7,392	19.39%	1,810	1.42%	133	9,335
Panola	77.69%	7,941	21.63%	2,211	0.68%	69	10,221
Parker	82.28%	38,980	16.47%	7,804	1.24%	589	47,373
Parmer	78.72%	2,005	20.73%	528	0.55%	14	2,547
Pecos	60.53%	2,512	38.34%	1,591	1.13%	47	4,150
Polk	73.56%	14,019	25.37%	4,836	1.07%	204	19,059
Potter	71.54%	18,905	26.92%	7,114	1.54%	406	26,425
Presidio	27.88%	504	70.41%	1,273	1.71%	31	1,808
Rains	80.32%	3,265	18.55%	754	1.13%	46	4,065
Randall	83.41%	41,366	15.23%	7,553	1.36%	673	49,592
Reagan	80.19%	676	18.74%	158	1.07%	9	843
Real	80.52%	1,236	18.05%	277	1.43%	22	1,535
Red River	69.94%	3,549	29.21%	1,482	0.85%	43	5,074
Reeves	41.32%	1,185	57.50%	1,649	1.19%	34	2,868
Refugio	62.07%	1,659	37.34%	998	0.60%	16	2,673
Roberts	92.73%	408	5.68%	25	1.59%	7	440
Robertson	60.68%	4,416	38.36%	2,792	0.96%	70	7,278
Rockwall	76.00%	27,098	22.75%	8,112	1.25%	445	35,655
Runnels	84.67%	3,103	14.11%	517	1.23%	45	3,665
Rusk	75.08%	13,924	24.00%	4,451	0.92%	171	18,546
Sabine	81.42%	3,726	17.61%	806	0.96%	44	4,576
San Augustine	66.91%	2,469	32.33%	1,193	0.76%	28	3,690
San Jacinto	73.90%	7,105	25.07%	2,410	1.03%	99	9,614
San Patricio	59.78%	11,994	39.14%	7,854	1.08%	217	20,065
San Saba	84.33%	1,905	14.30%	323	1.37%	31	2,259
Schleicher	77.33%	781	21.78%	220	0.89%	9	1,010
Scurry	82.06%	4,121	16.67%	837	1.27%	64	5,022
Shackelford	89.36%	1,218	9.61%	131	1.03%	14	1,363
Shelby	74.13%	6,870	25.01%	2,318	0.86%	80	9,268
Sherman	87.48%	908	11.66%	121	0.87%	9	1,038
Smith	72.95%	61,858	26.06%	22,101	0.98%	835	84,794
Somervell	81.45%	2,858	17.36%	609	1.20%	42	3,509
Starr	12.98%	1,540	86.38%	10,248	0.64%	76	11,864
Stephens	84.76%	2,891	13.93%	475	1.32%	45	3,411
Sterling	92.91%	459	6.28%	31	0.81%	4	494
Stonewall	75.11%	507	23.70%	160	1.19%	8	675
Sutton	74.55%	1,110	24.78%	369	0.67%	10	1,489
Swisher	72.90%	1,654	25.52%	579	1.59%	36	2,269
Tarrant	57.13%	348,686	41.42%	252,789	1.45%	8,846	610,321
Taylor	76.08%	32,853	22.52%	9,725	1.41%	607	43,185
Terrell	64.50%	358	33.15%	184	2.34%	13	555
Terry	70.15%	2,602	28.55%	1,059	1.29%	48	3,709
Throckmorton	86.10%	700	13.41%	109	0.49%	4	813
Titus	68.96%	6,062	30.01%	2,638	1.02%	90	8,790
Tom Green	73.22%	26,749	25.31%	9,246	1.46%	535	36,530
Travis	36.21%	140,152	60.14%	232,788	3.65%	14,117	387,057
Trinity	72.50%	4,537	25.79%	1,614	1.71%	107	6,258
Tyler	77.25%	5,889	21.76%	1,659	0.98%	75	7,623
Upshur	79.37%	11,948	19.62%	2,953	1.01%	152	15,053
Upton	73.34%	952	25.58%	332	1.08%	14	1,298
Uvalde	53.68%	4,526	45.36%	3,824	0.96%	81	8,431
Val Verde	46.61%	5,612	52.05%	6,267	1.34%	161	12,040
Van Zandt	82.69%	15,790	16.15%	3,083	1.16%	222	19,095
Victoria	68.14%	19,684	30.45%	8,795	1.41%	407	28,886
Walker	63.18%	9,569	34.88%	5,283	1.93%	293	15,145
Waller	58.33%	9,158	40.77%	6,401	0.89%	140	15,699
Ward	73.01%	2,364	25.82%	836	1.17%	38	3,238
Washington	75.42%	10,850	23.48%	3,378	1.10%	158	14,386
Webb	22.55%	11,074	76.56%	37,592	0.89%	435	49,101
Wharton	69.21%	9,750	30.06%	4,235	0.72%	102	14,087
Wheeler	88.25%	1,878	10.90%	232	0.85%	18	2,128
Wichita	72.71%	29,756	25.63%	10,490	1.65%	677	40,923
Wilbarger	74.27%	2,956	24.40%	971	1.33%	53	3,980
Willacy	27.98%	1,415	71.08%	3,595	0.95%	48	5,058
Williamson	59.47%	96,910	37.93%	61,812	2.61%	4,247	162,969
Wilson	71.00%	12,205	28.03%	4,819	0.97%	166	17,190
Winkler	76.28%	1,331	22.81%	398	0.92%	16	1,745
Wise	82.93%	17,178	15.54%	3,219	1.53%	316	20,713
Wood	81.61%	14,317	17.40%	3,052	0.99%	174	17,543
Yoakum	79.79%	1,698	19.22%	409	0.99%	21	2,128
Young	85.09%	6,225	13.56%	992	1.35%	99	7,316
Zapata	28.14%	993	71.32%	2,517	0.54%	19	3,529
Zavala	15.71%	574	83.27%	3,042	1.01%	37	3,653

Democratic primary

Texas Democratic primary, 2012^[2]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Barack Obama	520,410	88.18%	287
John Wolfe Jr.	29,879	5.06%	0
Darcy Richardson	25,430	4.31%	0
Bob Ely	14,445	2.45%	0
Total:	590,164	100.0%	287

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held May 29, 2012.^[3]^[4]

152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention.

The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6.^[5] Due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3.^[6]^[7] That date also became uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, at the earliest, in late May 2012, with both May 22^[5] and May 29^[8] being proposed. U.S. District Court judge Xavier Rodriguez, one of the three judges overseeing the litigation, had suggested a June 26 date for the election.^[5] Finally, on March 1, 2012, the court issued an order setting the date of the primary to May 29, 2012.^[3]

Texas Republican primary, 2012^[9]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	1,001,387	69%	105
Ron Paul	174,207	12.02%	18
Rick Santorum	115,584	7.97%	12
Newt Gingrich	68,247	4.71%	7
Uncommited	60,659	4.18%	6
Michele Bachmann	12,097	0.83%	1
Jon Huntsman	8,695	0.60%	1
Buddy Roemer	4,714	0.33%	0
L. John Davis, Jr.	3,887	0.27%	0
Unpledged delegates:			4
Superdelegates:			3
Total:	1,449,477	100.0%	155