Results of the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries
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This article contains the results of the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Democratic Party selects delegates to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

Contents

Maps

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  Barack Hussein Obama
  John Wolfe, Jr.
  Keith Judd
  Bob Ely
  Randall Terry
  Jim Rogers
 Uncommitted
 Tie
 No votes reported

Overview of results

During the 2012 presidential primaries, 51 individuals sought the nomination of the Democratic Party. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the nomination unanimously at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was re-elected as president in the general election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney. As expected for the incumbent president, Obama won every primary election, but faced more difficulty than projected. Fifteen additional candidates appeared on primary ballots, and of these, four appeared on more than one ballot. Four qualified for convention delegates including: attorney John Wolfe, Jr., prison inmate Keith Russell Judd, perennial candidate Jim Rogers, and anti-abortion activist Randall Terry. Each of these had their delegates stripped prior to the convention due to technicalities.

The following candidates earned at least 5% of the popular vote in any contest:

Legend:  1st place
(popular vote)
2nd place
(popular vote)
3rd place
(popular vote)
Candidate not
on ballot
Date
(daily totals) [1]
Pledged
delegates
ContestCandidates and resultsTotal votes castRef
Barack Obama in January 2012.jpg
Barack Obama
John Wolfe on Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates Forum crop.jpg
John Wolfe Jr.
KJ
Keith Judd
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Darcy Richardson
BE
Bob Ely
Randall Terry at forum crop.jpg
Randall Terry
JR
Jim Rogers
NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg
Other/Uncommitted
January 354 Iowa 94.0%
110 delegates
7,666 votes
Unknown6.0% [a]
486 votes
8,152 votes [2]
January 1028 New Hampshire 80.9%
28 delegates
49,080 votes
0.4%
245 votes
Unknown0.4%
264 votes
0.5%
287 votes
0.7%
442 votes
Unknown17.1% [b]
10,341 votes
60,659 votes [3]
January 2136 Nevada 100%
31 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [4]
January 2856 South Carolina 100%
56 delegates
Primary cancelled [5]
February 791 Minnesota 96.3%
91 delegates
16,733 votes
Not on ballot3.7%
643 votes
17,376 votes [6]
February 789 Missouri 88.4%
89 delegates
64,435 votes
1.4%
1,000 votes
Not on ballot1.2%
873 votes
Not on ballot2.7%
1,998 votes
Not on ballot6.3%
4,582 votes
72,888 votes [7]
February 2631 Maine 100%
31 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [8]
February 28None Michigan
(primary)
89.3%
174,054 votes
Not on ballot10.7%
20,833 votes
194,887 votes [9]
March 5110 Georgia 100%
110 delegates
139,273 votes
Not on ballot139,273 votes [10]
March 6
(541)
110 Massachusetts 81.2%
110 delegates
127,909 votes
Not on ballot18.8% [c]
29,654 votes
157,563 votes [11]
174 Ohio 100%
174 delegates
547,588 votes
Not on ballot547,588 votes [12]
45 Oklahoma 57.1%
35 delegates
64,259 votes
Not on ballot6.4%
7,192 votes
4.7%
5,318 votes
18.0%
7 delegates
20,294 votes
13.8%
3 delegates
15,535 votes
Not on ballot112,598 votes [13]
82 Tennessee 88.5%
94 delegates
80,357 votes
Not on ballot11.5%
3 delegates
10,413 votes
90,770 votes [14]
18 Vermont 98.2%
18 delegates
30,954 votes
Not on ballot1.8% [d]
582 votes
31,536 votes [15]
106 Virginia 100%
106 delegates
Primary cancelled [16]
6 American Samoa 100%
6 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [17]
March 726 Hawai'i 96.9%
26 delegates
1,316 votes
Not on ballot3.1%
42 votes
1,358 votes [18]
March 1363 Alabama 84.1%
55 delegates
241,167 votes
Not on ballot15.9%
8 delegates
45,613 votes
286,780 votes [19]
March 13
(69)
40 Mississippi 100%
40 delegates
97,304 votes
Not on ballot97,304 votes [20]
29 Utah 100%
29 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [21]
March 20189 Illinois 99.9%
189 delegates
652,583 votes
Not on ballotnil%
124 votes
Not on ballot652,717 votes [22]
March 2464 Louisiana 76.5%
60 delegates
115,150 votes
11.8%
4 delegates
17,804 votes
Not on ballot5.2%
7,750 votes
6.6%
9,897 votes
Not on ballot150,601 votes [23]
March 3170 Arizona 100%
70 delegates
Primary cancelled [24]
April 3
(219)
97 Maryland 88.5%
94 delegates
288,766 votes
Not on ballot11.5%
3 delegates
37,704 votes
326,470 votes [25]
100 Wisconsin 98.2%
100 delegates
293,029 votes
Not on ballot1.8%
3 delegates
5,385 votes
298,414 votes [26]
100 Washington, D.C. 96.2%
22 delegates
56,503 votes
Not on ballot3.8%
2,211 votes
58,714 votes [27]
April 14
(142)
19 Alaska 100%
19 delegates
500 votes
Not on ballot500 votes [28]
24 Idaho 100%
24 delegates
1,400 votes
Not on ballot1400 votes [29]
49 Kansas 100%
49 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [30]
38 Nebraska
(caucus)
100%
49 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [31]
12 Wyoming
(caucus)
100%
12 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [32]
April 24
(693)
73 Connecticut 100%
73 delegates
Primary cancelled [33]
23 Delaware 100%
23 delegates
Primary cancelled [34]
337 New York 100%
337 delegates
Primary cancelled [35]
228 Pennsylvania 97.0%
228 delegates
610,401 votes
Not on ballot3.0% [e]
19,082 votes
629,483 votes [36]
32 Rhode Island 83.4%
32 delegates
6,759 votes
Not on ballot16.6% [f]
1,347 votes
8,106 votes [37]
May 5
(466)
276 Florida 100%
276 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [38]
183 Michigan
(caucus)
100%
183 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [39]
7 Guam 100%
7 delegates
700 votes
Not on ballot700 votes [40]
May 619 Democrats Abroad 99.1%
19 delegates
2,709 votes
Not on ballot0.9%
25 votes
2,734 votes [41]
May 8
(271)
96 Indiana 100%
96 delegates
221,466 votes
Not on ballot221,466 votes [42]
139 North Carolina 79.2%
104 delegates
766,079 votes
Not on ballot20.8%
35 delegates
200,810 votes
966,889 votes [43]
36 West Virginia 59.4%
21 delegates
106,770 votes
Not on ballot40.6%
15 delegates [g]
73,138 votes
Not on ballot179,908 votes [44]
May 15
(40)
None Nebraska
(primary)
100%
62,229 votes
Not on ballot62,229 votes [45]
40 Oregon 94.7%
40 delegates
267,382 votes
Not on ballot5.3% [h]
15,077 votes
282,459 votes [46]
May 2247 Arkansas 58.4%
28 delegates
94,936 votes
41.6%
19 delegates
67,711 votes
Not on ballot162,647 votes [47]
47 Kentucky 57.9%
38 delegates
119,291 votes
Not on ballot42.1%
27 delegates
86,921 votes
206,218 votes [48]
May 268 Wyoming
(convention)
100%
8 delegates
Not on ballot [49]
May 29None Texas
(primary)
88.2%
520,410 votes
5.1%
29,879 votes
Not on ballot4.3%
25,430 votes
2.5%
14,445 votes
Not on ballot590,164 votes [50]
June 272 Colorado 100%
72 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [51]
June 360 Puerto Rico 100%
60 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [52]
June 5
(802)
547 California 99.9%
547 delegates
2,075,905 votes
Not on ballotnil%
221 votes
Not on ballotnil% [i]
183 votes
2,076,309 votes [53]
24 Montana 90.5%
24 delegates
79,537 votes
Not on ballot9.5%
8,306 votes
87,843 votes [54]
153 New Jersey 100%
153 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [55]
39 New Mexico 100%
39 delegates
121,769 votes
Not on ballot121,769 votes [56]
22 North Dakota 100%
22 delegates
Not on ballotUnreported [57]
22 South Dakota 100%
22 delegates
Primary cancelled [58]
June 3
(112)
105 Washington
(convention)
100%
105 delegates
Not on ballot [59]
7 Virgin Islands 100%
7 delegates
Not on ballot [60]
June 9260 Texas
(convention)
100%
260 delegates
Not on ballot [61]
N/AN/A Northern Mariana Islands No convention held [62]
Totals votes earned4,76160 contests91.0%
4,780 delegates
8,106,369 votes
1.3%
23 delegates
116,639 votes
0.8%
15 delegates
73,138 votes
0.5%
0 delegates
41,730 votes
0.3%
0 delegates
29,947 votes
0.3%
7 delegates
22,858 votes
0.2%
3 delegates
15,535 votes
5.6%
79 delegates
500,240 votes
8,903,722 votes
Convention roll call100%
5,556 delegates
0%

Notes

  1. Results for individual candidates unknown
  2. 2,289 votes (3.8%) for Ron Paul
    1,814 votes (3.0%) for Mitt Romney
    1,238 votes (2.0%) for John Huntsman
    945 votes (1.5%) for Ed Cowan
    833 votes (1.4%) for Vermin Supreme
    3,222 votes (5.4%) for all others
  3. 16,075 votes (10.2%) for "Uncommitted"
    9,690 (6.2%) blanked ballots
    3,889 votes (2.5%) for "Others"
  4. Write-in
  5. Write-in
  6. 1,133 votes (14.0%) for "Uncommitted"
    214 (2.6%) write-in
  7. Delegates were invalidated and pledged to Obama.
  8. Write-in
  9. 129 votes for Michael Meyer
    54 votes for Luis Ramos

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