2012 United States presidential election in Alabama

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2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
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Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote90
Popular vote1,255,925795,696
Percentage60.55%38.36%
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President before election

Barack Obama
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Elected President

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

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In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976. [1]

Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory. [2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2024 presidential election.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted. [3] Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama. [4] Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.

2012 Democratic Party presidential primary in Alabama
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69 Democratic National Convention delegates (63 pledged, 6 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
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Candidate Barack Obama Uncommitted
Home state Illinois N/A
Delegate count558
Popular vote241,16745,613
Percentage84.09%15.91%
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Alabama results by county
  Barack Obama
  Uncommitted

Republican primary

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries in Alabama
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Candidate Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney
Home state Pennsylvania Georgia Massachusetts
Delegate count171210
Popular vote215,105182,276180,321
Percentage34.55%29.28%28.97%
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Alabama results by county
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The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses. [5] [6] Rick Santorum was declared the winner. [7]

Alabama Republican primary, 2012 [8]
CandidateVotesPercentageProjected delegate count
AP
[9] 		CNN
[10] 		FOX
Rick Santorum 215,10534.55%2218–
Newt Gingrich 182,27629.28%149–
Mitt Romney 180,32128.97%119–
Ron Paul 30,9374.97%00–
Rick Perry (withdrawn)1,8670.30%00–
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn)1,7000.27%00–
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn)1,0490.17%00–
Uncommitted9,2591.49%00–
Unprojected delegates31450
Total:622,514100.00%505050

General election

Polling

Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Huffington Post [11] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
CNN [12] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
The New York Times [13] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
The Washington Post [14] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics [15] Solid RNovember 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Solid RNovember 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight [17] Solid RNovember 6, 2012

Candidate ballot access

Write-in candidate access:

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama [1]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,255,92560.55%9
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent)795,69638.36%0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 12,3280.59%0
Write-insWrite-ins4,0110.19%0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,3970.16%0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer2,9810.14%0
Totals2,074,338100.00%9

By county

CountyMitt Romney
Republican		Barack Obama
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Autauga 17,37972.49%6,36326.54%2310.97%11,01645.95%23,973
Baldwin 66,01677.22%18,42421.55%1,0511.23%47,59255.67%85,491
Barbour 5,55048.19%5,91251.33%550.48%-362-3.14%11,517
Bibb 6,13272.83%2,20226.15%861.02%3,93046.68%8,420
Blount 20,75786.27%2,97012.34%3331.39%17,78773.93%24,060
Bullock 1,25123.51%4,06176.31%100.18%-2,810-52.80%5,322
Butler 5,08753.54%4,37446.03%410.43%7137.51%9,502
Calhoun 30,27865.30%15,51133.45%5751.25%14,76731.85%46,364
Chambers 7,62652.13%6,87146.97%1320.90%7555.16%14,629
Cherokee 7,50676.65%2,13221.77%1541.58%5,37454.88%9,792
Chilton 13,93279.68%3,39719.43%1560.89%10,53560.25%17,485
Choctaw 4,15252.06%3,78647.47%380.47%3664.59%7,976
Clarke 7,47053.90%6,33445.70%560.40%1,1368.20%13,860
Clay 4,81772.12%1,77726.61%851.27%3,04045.51%6,679
Cleburne 5,27283.43%97115.37%761.20%4,30168.06%6,319
Coffee 14,66673.99%4,92524.85%2301.16%9,74149.14%19,821
Colbert 13,93659.44%9,16639.10%3421.46%4,77020.34%23,444
Conecuh 3,43948.95%3,55550.60%310.45%-116-1.65%7,025
Coosa 3,04957.72%2,19141.48%420.80%85816.24%5,282
Covington 12,15378.72%3,15820.45%1280.83%8,99558.27%15,439
Crenshaw 4,33167.42%2,05031.91%430.67%2,28135.51%6,424
Cullman 28,99983.92%5,05214.62%5041.46%23,94769.30%34,555
Dale 13,10870.47%5,28628.42%2071.11%7,82242.05%18,601
Dallas 6,28829.99%14,61269.70%640.31%-8,324-39.71%20,964
DeKalb 18,33176.54%5,23921.87%3801.59%13,09254.67%23,950
Elmore 26,25373.86%8,95425.19%3390.95%17,29948.67%35,546
Escambia 9,28762.35%5,48936.85%1180.80%3,79825.50%14,894
Etowah 29,13068.34%12,80330.04%6911.62%16,32738.30%42,624
Fayette 6,05476.07%1,81722.83%871.10%4,23753.24%7,958
Franklin 7,56769.54%3,17129.14%1431.32%4,39640.40%10,881
Geneva 9,17580.97%2,03917.99%1171.04%7,13662.98%11,331
Greene 80415.05%4,52184.62%180.33%-3,717-69.57%5,343
Hale 3,21037.12%5,41162.58%260.30%-2,201-25.46%8,647
Henry 5,62864.20%3,08335.17%550.63%2,54529.03%8,766
Houston 29,27069.72%12,36729.46%3470.82%16,90340.26%41,984
Jackson 14,43969.98%5,82228.22%3711.80%8,61741.76%20,632
Jefferson 141,68346.53%159,87652.50%2,9640.97%-18,193-5.97%304,523
Lamar 5,45776.05%1,64622.94%731.01%3,81153.11%7,176
Lauderdale 23,91164.57%12,51133.78%6101.65%11,40030.79%37,032
Lawrence 8,87462.72%5,06935.83%2051.45%3,80526.89%14,148
Lee 32,19459.08%21,38139.23%9211.69%10,81319.85%54,496
Limestone 25,29571.17%9,82927.66%4161.17%15,46643.51%35,540
Lowndes 1,75623.34%5,74776.39%200.27%-3,991-53.05%7,523
Macon 1,33112.80%9,04587.00%200.20%-7,714-74.20%10,396
Madison 90,88458.47%62,01539.90%2,5291.63%28,86918.57%155,428
Marengo 5,33646.23%6,16753.43%400.34%-831-7.20%11,543
Marion 9,69779.95%2,24918.54%1831.51%7,44861.41%12,129
Marshall 25,86779.24%6,29919.30%4781.46%19,56859.94%32,644
Mobile 94,89354.18%78,76044.97%1,4870.85%16,1339.21%175,140
Monroe 5,74153.57%4,91445.85%620.58%8277.72%10,717
Montgomery 38,33237.56%63,08561.81%6500.63%-24,753-24.25%102,067
Morgan 35,39171.56%13,43927.17%6291.27%21,95244.39%49,459
Perry 1,50624.68%4,56874.87%270.45%-3,062-50.19%6,101
Pickens 5,12453.26%4,45546.30%420.44%6696.96%9,621
Pike 7,96356.38%6,03542.73%1250.89%1,92813.65%14,123
Randolph 7,22469.32%3,07829.54%1191.14%4,14639.78%10,421
Russell 8,27843.78%10,50055.53%1320.69%-2,222-11.75%18,910
Shelby 71,43677.03%20,05121.62%1,2551.35%51,38555.41%92,742
St. Clair 29,03182.39%5,80116.46%4031.15%23,23065.93%35,235
Sumter 1,58622.56%5,42177.11%230.33%-3,835-54.55%7,030
Talladega 19,24657.60%13,90541.61%2650.79%5,34115.99%33,416
Tallapoosa 12,39665.76%6,31933.52%1360.72%6,07732.24%18,851
Tuscaloosa 45,74858.08%32,04840.68%9761.24%13,70017.40%78,772
Walker 21,65175.74%6,55722.94%3771.32%15,09452.80%28,585
Washington 5,76165.56%2,97633.87%500.57%2,78531.69%8,787
Wilcox 1,67925.61%4,86874.26%80.13%-3,189-48.65%6,555
Winston 8,31285.44%1,28613.22%1301.34%7,02672.22%9,728
Totals1,255,92560.55%795,69638.36%22,7171.09%460,22922.19%2,074,338
County Flips: Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold Alabama County Flips 2012.svg
County Flips:
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Romney won six of seven congressional districts. [18]

DistrictRomneyObamaRepresentative
1st 61.84%37.4% Jo Bonner
2nd 62.9%36.4% Martha Roby
3rd 62.3%36.8% Mike Rogers
4th 74.8%23.98% Robert Aderholt
5th 63.87%34.85% Mo Brooks
6th 74.3%24.66% Spencer Bachus
7th 27.12%72.4% Terri Sewell

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho" . Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, H. Mark (April 6, 2012). "Democratic Party Primary Results Recertification" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Alabama Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
  6. ↑ Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News . Halifax Media Group. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "It's All Politics: AP Results: Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii". NPR . March 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  10. ↑ "People Choice 2012: Election Center - Results: Alabama". CNN . April 23, 2012. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard". HuffPost . Archived from the original on August 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". CNN . Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". The New York Times . Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
  14. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Results" . The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.
  15. ↑ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
  16. ↑ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
  17. ↑ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
  18. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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