2012 United States presidential election in Utah

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012
	County Results Romney—50-60% Romney—60-70% Romney—70-80% Romney—80-90% Romney—>90%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Utah 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. Utah is among the most heavily Republican states, voting for the Republican ticket in every presidential election since 1968, and is also the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. He carried every county in the state, the majority by large margins. Despite this however, he lost the Electoral College by a wide margin, as he failed to carry a plurality of the other states.

Trump would receive much less of the vote in 2016 in Utah, but still win the presidency.

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

The Republican primary took place on 26 June 2012.^[1] 37 delegates were chosen, for a total of 40 delegates to go to the national convention, all pledged to the primary winner.

In 2008, Mitt Romney received major support from the Mormon (LDS) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 89.49% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012^[2]^[3] and won the primary by a large margin.^[4]

Utah Republican primary, 2012^[4]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	220,865	93.1%	40
Ron Paul	11,209	4.72%	0
Rick Santorum	3,541	1.5%	0
Newt Gingrich	1,124	0.5%	0
Fred Karger	578	0.2%	0
Pledged party leaders:			3
Total:	237,317	100.0%	40

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
Gloria La Riva/Filberto Ramirez Jr., Socialism and Liberation (as stand-ins for Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio, who may not appear on the Utah ballot due to their Constitutional ineligibility to be president and vice president)

Write in Access:

Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012^[5]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	740,600	72.62%	6
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	251,813	24.69%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	12,572	1.23%	0
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	5,335	0.52%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	3,817	0.37%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	2,871	0.28%	0
	Socialism and Liberation	Gloria La Riva	Filberto Ramirez Jr.	393	0.04%	0
	Others	Others		2,414	0.24%	0
Totals				1,019,815	100.00%	6

Results breakdown

By county

County	Romney	Votes	Obama	Votes	Others	Votes	Total^[6]
Beaver	84.92%	2,174	13.52%	346	1.56%	40	2,560
Box Elder	88.11%	17,101	10.22%	1,984	1.66%	323	19,408
Cache	82.85%	35,039	14.76%	6,244	2.40%	1,010	42,293
Carbon	67.27%	5,090	30.06%	2,275	2.66%	202	7,567
Daggett	78.08%	406	18.08%	94	3.85%	20	520
Davis	80.00%	96,861	18.08%	21,889	1.92%	2,319	121,069
Duchesne	89.32%	5,698	9.11%	581	1.57%	100	6,379
Emery	84.90%	3,777	12.79%	569	2.31%	103	4,449
Garfield	83.96%	1,832	14.12%	308	1.92%	42	2,182
Grand	50.53%	1,996	43.72%	1,727	5.75%	227	3,950
Iron	84.47%	14,200	12.78%	2,148	2.75%	463	16,811
Juab	85.99%	3,448	11.25%	451	2.76%	111	4,010
Kane	74.81%	2,522	22.07%	744	3.11%	105	3,371
Millard	88.59%	4,478	8.53%	431	2.89%	146	5,055
Morgan	89.49%	4,114	8.77%	403	1.73%	80	4,597
Piute	89.13%	697	9.46%	74	1.41%	11	782
Rich	90.15%	915	8.18%	83	1.98%	17	1,015
Salt Lake	58.26%	223,811	38.04%	146,147	3.70%	14,216	384,174
San Juan	57.92%	3,074	40.31%	2,139	1.77%	94	5,307
Sanpete	88.05%	8,406	10.27%	980	1.69%	161	9,547
Sevier	89.32%	7,207	9.15%	738	1.54%	124	8,069
Summit	50.49%	8,884	45.87%	8,072	3.64%	641	17,597
Tooele	73.77%	14,268	23.39%	4,524	2.84%	550	19,342
Uintah	89.75%	10,421	8.59%	997	1.66%	193	11,611
Utah	88.32%	156,950	9.72%	17,281	1.96%	3,482	177,713
Wasatch	74.90%	7,220	22.73%	2,191	2.38%	229	9,640
Washington	82.43%	44,698	15.37%	8,337	2.19%	1,191	54,226
Wayne	82.06%	1,089	16.20%	215	1.73%	23	1,327
Weber	71.08%	54,224	26.01%	19,841	2.92%	2,225	76,290

References

^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
^ "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012.
^ "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Republican for President". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
^ "Utah Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-28.
^ "NPR and NewsHour 2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved 2008-11-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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

[1] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[2] "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012.

[3] "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012.

[results-4] "Republican for President". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

[5] "Utah Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-28.

[6] "NPR and NewsHour 2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved 2008-11-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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