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United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012 Turnout 70.35%[ 1]
County Results
Obama
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Romney
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Wisconsin voters chose 10 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 .
When all ballots were counted, Obama won 52.83% of the vote to Romney's 45.89%, a 6.94% margin of victory.[ 2]
While this represented a reduced margin from Obama's nearly 14-point sweep in 2008 , it was still a stronger Democratic win in Wisconsin than was achieved by either John Kerry in 2004 or Al Gore in 2000 ; in both of those years Democrats won the state by a margin of less than 1 point. Obama-Biden's win was also surprisingly comfortable in spite of the fact that Wisconsin was the home state of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, making him the first Republican vice presidential candidate to lose their home state since Jack Kemp lost New York in 1996 .
General Election
Results
Although Paul Ryan was from Wisconsin, the Republicans lost by around a seven-point margin. This kept Wisconsin a Democratic state.
United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
1,620,985
52.83%
10
Republican
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
1,407,966
45.89%
0
Libertarian
Gary Johnson
Jim Gray
20,439
0.67%
0
Green
Jill Stein
Cheri Honkala
7,665
0.25%
0
Write-Ins
Write-Ins
5,170
0.17%
0
Constitution
Virgil Goode
Jim Clymer
4,930
0.16%
0
Socialist Equality
Jerry White
Phyllis Scherrer
553
0.02%
0
Socialism and Liberation
Gloria La Riva
Filberto Ramirez Jr.
526
0.02%
0
Justice
Rocky Anderson
Luis J. Rodriguez
112
0.00%
0
Peace & Freedom
Roseanne Barr
Cindy Sheehan
88
0.00%
0
Totals
3,068,434
100.00%
10
Results by county
County
Obama
Votes
Romney
Votes
Others
Votes
Total
Adams
53.87%
5,542
45.14%
4,644
0.98%
101
10,287
Ashland
64.49%
5,399
33.68%
2,820
1.83%
153
8,372
Barron
47.99%
10,890
50.43%
11,443
1.58%
359
22,692
Bayfield
61.64%
6,033
36.84%
3,606
1.52%
149
9,788
Brown
48.50%
62,526
50.29%
64,836
1.21%
1,566
128,928
Buffalo
50.72%
3,570
47.79%
3,364
1.49%
105
7,039
Burnett
45.94%
3,986
52.44%
4,550
1.62%
141
8,677
Calumet
43.49%
11,489
55.03%
14,539
1.48%
392
26,420
Chippewa
49.26%
15,237
49.53%
15,322
1.21%
373
30,932
Clark
44.72%
6,172
53.71%
7,412
1.57%
217
13,801
Columbia
56.03%
17,175
42.49%
13,026
1.48%
453
30,654
Crawford
59.22%
4,629
39.24%
3,067
1.55%
121
7,817
Dane
71.03%
216,071
27.50%
83,644
1.47%
4,466
304,181
Dodge
42.17%
18,762
56.67%
25,211
1.16%
515
44,488
Door
52.95%
9,357
45.96%
8,121
1.09%
193
17,671
Douglas
64.92%
14,863
33.66%
7,705
1.42%
326
22,894
Dunn
51.46%
11,316
46.49%
10,224
2.06%
452
21,992
Eau Claire
55.95%
30,666
42.43%
23,256
1.61%
884
54,806
Florence
36.30%
953
62.67%
1,645
1.03%
27
2,625
Fond du Lac
41.91%
22,379
56.84%
30,355
1.25%
668
53,402
Forest
52.17%
2,425
46.73%
2,172
1.10%
51
4,648
Grant
56.06%
13,594
42.29%
10,255
1.65%
399
24,248
Green
58.00%
11,206
40.66%
7,857
1.34%
259
19,322
Green Lake
39.20%
3,793
59.76%
5,782
1.03%
100
9,675
Iowa
64.66%
8,105
34.20%
4,287
1.13%
142
12,534
Iron
49.12%
1,784
49.28%
1,790
1.60%
58
3,632
Jackson
56.89%
5,298
41.88%
3,900
1.23%
115
9,313
Jefferson
45.52%
20,158
53.11%
23,517
1.37%
606
44,281
Juneau
52.78%
6,242
45.75%
5,411
1.47%
174
11,827
Kenosha
55.46%
44,867
43.24%
34,977
1.30%
1,053
80,897
Kewaunee
46.69%
5,153
52.07%
5,747
1.24%
137
11,037
La Crosse
57.82%
36,693
40.58%
25,751
1.60%
1,018
63,462
Lafayette
57.04%
4,536
41.68%
3,314
1.28%
102
7,952
Langlade
43.47%
4,573
55.29%
5,816
1.24%
130
10,519
Lincoln
49.70%
7,563
48.99%
7,455
1.30%
198
15,216
Manitowoc
47.88%
20,403
50.69%
21,604
1.43%
610
42,617
Marathon
46.32%
32,363
52.41%
36,617
1.26%
882
69,862
Marinette
47.56%
9,882
51.11%
10,619
1.33%
276
20,777
Marquette
49.52%
4,014
49.25%
3,992
1.22%
99
8,105
Menominee
86.49%
1,191
13.00%
179
0.51%
7
1,377
Milwaukee
67.49%
332,438
31.45%
154,924
1.06%
5,214
492,576
Monroe
48.83%
9,515
49.65%
9,675
1.51%
295
19,485
Oconto
44.64%
8,865
54.09%
10,741
1.27%
253
19,859
Oneida
48.27%
10,452
50.42%
10,917
1.31%
283
21,652
Outagamie
48.28%
45,659
50.09%
47,372
1.63%
1,538
94,569
Ozaukee
34.32%
19,159
64.63%
36,077
1.04%
581
55,817
Pepin
50.72%
1,876
48.50%
1,794
0.78%
29
3,699
Pierce
48.69%
10,235
49.46%
10,397
1.85%
388
21,020
Polk
44.62%
10,073
53.58%
12,094
1.80%
406
22,573
Portage
56.12%
22,075
42.24%
16,615
1.64%
647
39,337
Price
49.20%
3,887
49.16%
3,884
1.65%
130
7,901
Racine
51.28%
53,008
47.74%
49,347
0.98%
1,009
103,364
Richland
57.41%
4,969
41.28%
3,573
1.31%
113
8,655
Rock
61.00%
49,219
37.82%
30,517
1.18%
954
80,690
Rusk
47.24%
3,397
51.12%
3,676
1.64%
118
7,191
Sauk
58.68%
18,736
40.21%
12,838
1.11%
353
31,927
Sawyer
49.71%
4,486
49.22%
4,442
1.07%
97
9,025
Shawano
44.38%
9,000
54.35%
11,022
1.27%
257
20,279
Sheboygan
44.56%
27,918
54.38%
34,072
1.06%
661
62,651
St Croix
43.07%
19,910
55.17%
25,503
1.76%
812
46,225
Taylor
39.56%
3,763
58.88%
5,601
1.56%
148
9,512
Trempealeau
56.41%
7,605
42.33%
5,707
1.25%
169
13,481
Vernon
56.37%
8,044
41.64%
5,942
1.98%
283
14,269
Vilas
42.99%
5,951
55.98%
7,749
1.03%
142
13,842
Walworth
43.12%
22,552
55.46%
29,006
1.42%
745
52,303
Washburn
47.88%
4,447
50.60%
4,699
1.52%
141
9,287
Washington
29.42%
23,166
69.55%
54,765
1.03%
811
78,742
Waukesha
32.31%
78,779
66.76%
162,798
0.93%
2,279
243,856
Waupaca
44.81%
11,578
54.19%
14,002
1.01%
260
25,840
Waushara
44.28%
5,335
54.47%
6,562
1.25%
151
12,048
Winnebago
50.97%
45,449
47.24%
42,122
1.80%
1,602
89,173
Wood
47.77%
18,581
50.65%
19,704
1.58%
615
38,900
Totals
52.83%
1,620,985
45.89%
1,407,966
1.29%
39,483
3,068,434
Democratic primary [data missing ]
President Barack Obama was unopposed in the Democratic Primary, winning 293,914 votes, or 97.89% of the vote. 'Uncommitted' received 5.492 votes, or 1.89% of the vote. 849 votes, 0.28%, were scattered. 111 delegates were sent to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte , North Carolina
http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf
Republican primary
Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012
Wisconsin results by county
Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
The 2012 Wisconsin Republican 2012 primary took place on April 3, 2012,[ 3] [ 4] the same day as the District of Columbia and Maryland Republican primaries.
Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012[ 5]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Delegates
Mitt Romney
346,876
44.03%
33
Rick Santorum
290,139
36.83%
9
Ron Paul
87,858
11.15%
0
Newt Gingrich
45,978
5.84%
0
Michele Bachmann
6,045
0.77%
0
Jon Huntsman
5,083
0.65%
0
Uninstructed
4,200
0.53%
0
Scattering
1,668
0.21%
0
Total:
787,847
100%
42
See also
References
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