2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Illinois Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 417,655 238,269 Percentage 62.14% 35.45%

County Results Romney   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose five 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 defeated Barack Obama in the state of West Virginia by a landslide 26.69-point margin. The Republican ticket took 62.14% of the vote to the Democratic ticket's 35.45%, sweeping every county in the state. [1] Romney became the first presidential candidate from any party since West Virginia's admission to the Union in 1863 to sweep every single county in the state and the first since Richard Nixon in 1972 to carry over 60% of the state's votes. [2] This represented a historic loss for the Democrats in West Virginia, which had been a Democratic stronghold from the New Deal up through the 1990s. Obama became the first Democrat since statehood to win the presidency without carrying Webster County, Jefferson County, or Braxton County. Obama is also the only president since statehood to win two terms without ever winning the state once. With 62.14% of the popular vote, West Virginia would prove to be Romney's fifth strongest state in the 2012 election after Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Idaho. [3] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic nominee has received more than 30% of the vote in West Virginia. Primary elections Democratic primary Main article: 2012 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary Barack Obama defeated Keith Judd, a convicted felon serving a federal prison sentence in Texarkana, TX, by a surprisingly narrow 59% to 41%. [4] West Virginia Democratic primary, 2012 ←  2008 May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08) 2016  →   Candidate Barack Obama Keith Judd Home state Illinois Texas Delegate count 24 0 Popular vote 106,770 73,138 Percentage 59.35% 40.65% West Virginia results by county   Barack Obama   Keith Judd Republican primary West Virginia Republican primary, 2012 ←  2008 May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08) 2016  →   Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 24 2 Popular vote 78,197 13,590 Percentage 69.56% 12.09%   Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich Home state Texas Georgia Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 12,412 7,076 Percentage 11.04% 6.29% West Virginia results by county   Mitt Romney (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy) The Republican primary took place on May 8, 2012. [5] [6] Results West Virginia Republican primary, 2012 [7] Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count CNN GP Mitt Romney 78,197 69.56% 24 Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 13,590 12.09% 2 Ron Paul 12,412 11.04% 0 Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) 7,076 6.29% 0 Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 1,141 1.01% 0 Unprojected delegates 31 5 Total: 112,416 100% 31 31 Results by county County [7] Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum (withdrawn) Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) Barbour 66.96% (983) 9.20% (135) 15.94% (234) 7.49% (110) 0.41% (6) Berkeley 69.31% (4366) 14.92% (940) 10.29% (648) 4.84% (305) 0.64% (40) Boone 70.28% (454) 10.68% (69) 14.55% (94) 3.41% (22) 1.08% (7) Braxton 68.44% (399) 13.89% (81) 12.35% (72) 4.12% (24) 1.20% (7) Brooke 69.46% (778) 10.36% (116) 15.09% (169) 4.64% (52) 0.45% (5) Cabell 69.09% (3351) 12.60% (611) 11.34% (550) 5.77% (280) 1.20% (58) Calhoun 66.78% (191) 11.89% (34) 12.24% (35) 5.59% (16) 3.50% (10) Clay 67.01% (262) 10.49% (41) 13.30% (52) 7.42% (29) 1.79% (7) Doddridge 67.36% (997) 10.61% (157) 12.23% (181) 8.31% (123) 1.49% (22) Fayette 66.54% (891) 12.02% (161) 12.70% (170) 7.17% (96) 1.57% (21) Gilmer 70.44% (255) 7.73% (28) 11.05% (40) 9.94% (36) 0.83% (3) Grant 78.16% (1403) 6.07% (109) 8.30% (149) 6.35% (114) 1.11% (20) Greenbrier 68.13% (1366) 11.12% (223) 13.12% (263) 6.43% (129) 1.20% (24) Hampshire 72.70% (1270) 8.59% (150) 12.08% (211) 5.72% (100) 0.92% (16) Hancock 70.04% (1302) 11.62% (216) 13.07% (243) 3.98% (74) 1.29% (24) Hardy 69.75% (611) 8.22% (72) 13.93% (122) 6.62% (58) 1.48% (13) Harrison 67.88% (2715) 10.95% (438) 12.03% (481) 8.25% (330) 0.90% (36) Jackson 65.87% (2030) 11.36% (350) 13.98% (431) 7.66% (236) 1.14% (35) Jefferson 67.98% (1771) 16.08% (419) 10.13% (264) 4.99% (130) 0.81% (21) Kanawha 71.73% (7295) 11.62% (1182) 10.55% (1073) 5.18% (527) 0.91% (93) Lewis 73.98% (1288) 7.41% (129) 10.17% (177) 7.35% (128) 1.09% (19) Lincoln 71.69% (504) 8.53% (60) 10.38% (73) 7.54% (53) 1.85% (13) Logan 67.71% (388) 9.77% (56) 15.01% (86) 6.46% (37) 1.05% (6) Marion 64.57% (1775) 11.13% (306) 15.61% (429) 6.91% (190) 1.78% (49) Marshall 71.67% (1687) 8.54% (201) 13.04% (307) 5.82% (137) 0.93% (22) Mason 66.04% (1641) 11.11% (276) 13.48% (335) 7.69% (191) 1.69% (42) McDowell 62.81% (152) 12.81% (31) 15.70% (38) 8.26% (20) 0.41% (1) Mercer 72.24% (1884) 8.51% (222) 12.08% (315) 6.40% (167) 0.77% (20) Mineral 70.54% (1722) 10.00% (244) 12.04% (294) 6.72% (164) 0.70% (17) Mingo 69.21% (272) 7.63% (30) 12.21% (48) 8.91% (35) 2.04% (8) Monongalia 66.40% (2826) 14.14% (602) 11.63% (495) 6.72% (286) 1.10% (47) Monroe 65.27% (671) 12.55% (129) 12.16% (125) 8.46% (87) 1.56% (16) Morgan 68.77% (1240) 13.09% (236) 11.09% (200) 5.60% (101) 1.44% (26) Nicholas 69.78% (875) 9.81% (123) 12.28% (154) 7.10% (89) 1.04% (13) Ohio 76.43% (2775) 8.84% (321) 10.52% (382) 3.58% (130) 0.63% (23) Pendleton 75.64% (354) 7.26% (34) 11.54% (54) 4.70% (22) 0.85% (4) Pleasants 66.26% (381) 10.78% (62) 16.70% (96) 5.57% (32) 0.70% (4) Pocahontas 63.05% (558) 14.01% (124) 13.56% (120) 8.47% (75) 0.90% (8) Preston 66.95% (2032) 10.48% (318) 15.32% (465) 6.39% (194) 0.86% (26) Putnam 70.34% (3891) 11.26% (623) 12.26% (678) 5.28% (292) 0.87% (48) Raleigh 73.23% (2992) 7.73% (316) 11.75% (480) 6.78% (277) 0.51% (21) Randolph 68.43% (969) 9.25% (131) 13.14% (186) 7.84% (111) 1.34% (19) Ritchie 65.27% (1000) 13.97% (214) 12.01% (184) 7.18% (110) 1.57% (24) Roane 69.95% (866) 9.94% (123) 11.31% (140) 7.43% (92) 1.37% (17) Summers 67.24% (388) 10.40% (60) 11.96% (69) 9.01% (52) 1.39% (8) Taylor 67.82% (784) 11.76% (136) 12.63% (146) 7.44% (86) 0.35% (4) Tucker 69.29% (422) 11.33% (69) 9.85% (60) 9.03% (55) 0.49% (3) Tyler 68.46% (675) 11.76% (116) 11.97% (118) 6.39% (63) 1.42% (14) Upshur 69.12% (2344) 9.20% (312) 13.65% (463) 6.69% (227) 1.33% (45) Wayne 66.79% (1076) 10.12% (163) 14.65% (236) 7.76% (125) 0.68% (11) Webster 64.65% (139) 10.70% (23) 15.35% (33) 6.98% (15) 2.33% (5) Wetzel 69.53% (566) 8.35% (68) 16.46% (134) 5.28% (43) 0.37% (3) Wirt 63.00% (332) 11.57% (61) 16.32% (86) 8.92% (47) 0.19% (1) Wood 70.20% (5422) 11.64% (899) 10.72% (828) 6.42% (496) 1.02% (79) Wyoming 75.58% (616) 7.61% (62) 9.08% (74) 6.87% (56) 0.86% (7) General election Results 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia [8] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Swing Count % Count % Republican Mitt Romney of Massachusetts Paul Ryan of Wisconsin 417,655 62.14% 5 100.00% 6.70% Democratic Barack Obama of Illinois (incumbent) Joe Biden of Delaware (incumbent) 238,269 35.45% 0 0.00% 6.97% Libertarian Gary Johnson of New Mexico James P. Gray of California 6,302 0.94% 0 0.00% 0.94% Mountain Jill Stein of Massachusetts Cheri Honkala of Pennsylvania 4,406 0.66% 0 0.00% 0.33% Independent Randall Terry of West Virginia N/A of N/A 3,806 0.57% 0 0.00% 0.57% Write-in Various of Various Various of Various 1,502 0.22% 0 0.00% 0.03% Constitution Virgil Goode (write-in) of Virginia Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania 119 0.02% 0 0.00% 0.32% Peace and Freedom Roseanne Barr (write-in) of Hawaii Cindy Sheehan of California 31 0.00% 0 0.00% Justice Rocky Anderson (write-in) of Utah Luis J. Rodriguez of California 12 0.00% 0 0.00% American Third Position Merlin Miller (write-in) of Iowa Virginia Abernethy of Arizona 12 0.00% 0 0.00% American Independent Tom Hoefling (write-in) of Iowa Robert Ornelas of California 5 0.00% 0 0.00% Independent Richard Duncan (write-in) of - - of - 1 0.00% 0 0.00% Total 672,119 100.00% 5 100.00% Results by county County Mitt Romney Republican Barack Obama Democratic Various candidates Other parties Margin Total # % # % # % # % Barbour 3,824 66.19% 1,768 30.60% 185 3.21% 2,056 35.59% 5,777 Berkeley 22,156 59.39% 14,275 38.26% 876 2.35% 7,881 21.13% 37,307 Boone 5,467 64.30% 2,790 32.82% 245 2.88% 2,677 31.48% 8,502 Braxton 2,725 56.65% 1,998 41.54% 87 1.81% 727 15.11% 4,810 Brooke 5,060 54.25% 4,005 42.94% 263 2.81% 1,055 11.31% 9,328 Cabell 17,985 55.93% 13,568 42.19% 605 1.88% 4,417 13.74% 32,158 Calhoun 1,319 59.68% 818 37.01% 73 3.31% 501 22.67% 2,210 Clay 1,971 65.31% 931 30.85% 116 3.84% 1,040 34.46% 3,018 Doddridge 2,130 76.78% 575 20.73% 69 2.49% 1,555 56.05% 2,774 Fayette 8,350 59.35% 5,419 38.51% 301 2.14% 2,931 20.84% 14,070 Gilmer 1,595 63.24% 840 33.31% 87 3.45% 755 29.93% 2,522 Grant 3,783 82.45% 718 15.65% 87 1.90% 3,065 66.80% 4,588 Greenbrier 7,930 60.98% 4,710 36.22% 365 2.80% 3,220 24.76% 13,005 Hampshire 5,523 68.87% 2,299 28.67% 197 2.46% 3,224 40.20% 8,019 Hancock 7,226 59.47% 4,627 38.08% 297 2.45% 2,599 21.39% 12,150 Hardy 3,536 68.25% 1,482 28.60% 163 3.15% 2,054 39.65% 5,181 Harrison 15,876 60.43% 9,732 37.04% 663 2.53% 6,144 23.39% 26,271 Jackson 7,408 63.90% 3,854 33.24% 332 2.86% 3,554 30.66% 11,594 Jefferson 11,258 50.63% 10,398 46.76% 580 2.61% 860 3.87% 22,236 Kanawha 41,364 54.92% 32,480 43.13% 1,468 1.95% 8,884 11.79% 75,312 Lewis 4,375 69.51% 1,736 27.58% 183 2.91% 2,639 41.93% 6,294 Lincoln 4,383 64.29% 2,227 32.66% 208 3.05% 2,156 31.63% 6,818 Logan 8,222 68.68% 3,469 28.98% 281 2.34% 4,753 39.70% 11,972 Marion 12,054 55.93% 8,959 41.57% 540 2.50% 3,095 14.36% 21,553 Marshall 8,135 62.77% 4,484 34.60% 341 2.63% 3,651 28.17% 12,960 Mason 5,741 58.64% 3,778 38.59% 271 2.77% 1,963 20.05% 9,790 McDowell 3,959 63.98% 2,109 34.08% 120 1.94% 1,850 29.90% 6,188 Mercer 15,450 72.49% 5,432 25.49% 431 2.02% 10,018 47.00% 21,313 Mineral 7,833 71.29% 2,885 26.26% 270 2.45% 4,948 45.03% 10,988 Mingo 6,191 69.92% 2,428 27.42% 236 2.66% 3,763 42.50% 8,855 Monongalia 16,831 53.28% 13,826 43.77% 934 2.95% 3,005 9.51% 31,591 Monroe 3,616 69.11% 1,455 27.81% 161 3.08% 2,161 41.30% 5,232 Morgan 4,513 63.82% 2,363 33.42% 195 2.76% 2,150 30.40% 7,071 Nicholas 5,898 67.09% 2,664 30.30% 229 2.61% 3,234 36.79% 8,791 Ohio 10,768 59.96% 6,786 37.79% 405 2.25% 3,982 22.17% 17,959 Pendleton 2,095 64.34% 1,074 32.99% 87 2.67% 1,021 31.35% 3,256 Pleasants 1,825 64.24% 955 33.61% 61 2.15% 870 30.63% 2,841 Pocahontas 2,182 60.76% 1,303 36.29% 106 2.95% 879 24.47% 3,591 Preston 7,889 70.54% 2,931 26.21% 363 3.25% 4,958 44.33% 11,183 Putnam 16,032 67.47% 7,256 30.54% 472 1.99% 8,776 36.93% 23,760 Raleigh 20,614 71.48% 7,739 26.84% 484 1.68% 12,875 44.64% 28,837 Randolph 6,160 63.00% 3,342 34.18% 276 2.82% 2,818 28.82% 9,778 Ritchie 2,921 77.07% 768 20.26% 101 2.67% 2,153 56.81% 3,790 Roane 2,982 58.93% 1,939 38.32% 139 2.75% 1,043 20.61% 5,060 Summers 2,981 62.84% 1,621 34.17% 142 2.99% 1,360 28.67% 4,744 Taylor 3,840 64.85% 1,941 32.78% 140 2.37% 1,899 32.07% 5,921 Tucker 2,176 69.34% 880 28.04% 82 2.62% 1,296 41.30% 3,138 Tyler 2,314 70.44% 890 27.09% 81 2.47% 1,424 43.35% 3,285 Upshur 5,939 71.57% 2,158 26.01% 201 2.42% 3,781 45.56% 8,298 Wayne 8,688 62.02% 4,931 35.20% 390 2.78% 3,757 26.82% 14,009 Webster 1,710 61.67% 947 34.15% 116 4.18% 763 27.52% 2,773 Wetzel 3,473 59.11% 2,217 37.74% 185 3.15% 1,256 21.37% 5,875 Wirt 1,427 65.73% 676 31.14% 68 3.13% 751 34.59% 2,171 Wood 22,183 65.10% 11,230 32.96% 663 1.94% 10,953 32.14% 34,076 Wyoming 5,769 76.65% 1,583 21.03% 174 2.32% 4,186 55.62% 7,526 Totals 417,655 62.14% 238,269 35.45% 16,195 2.41% 179,386 26.69% 672,119 County Flips: Republican   Hold   Gain from Democratic "Statewide Results - General Election". 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