United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
Alabama
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 1,255,925 795,696
Percentage 60.55% 38.36%

County Results
  Obama—80-90%
  Obama—70-80%
  Obama—60-70%
  Obama—50-60%
  Romney—50-60%
  Romney—60-70%
  Romney—70-80%
  Romney—80-90%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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 9 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.

In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain 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 gone Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.[1]

Mitt Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote. Barack Obama received 38.36% of the vote.[2]

Elections in Alabama

General Election

Candidate Ballot Access:

Write-In Candidate Access:

Results

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,255,925 60.55% 9
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 797,696 38.36% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 12,328 0.59% 0
Write-Ins Write-Ins 4,011 0.19% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,397 0.16% 0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2,981 0.14% 0
Totals 2,074,338 100.00% 9

Polling

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

Predictions

The latest predictions:

  1. Cook Political Report: Solid Republican[3]
  2. Election Projection: Solid Romney[4]
  3. Electoral-vote.com: Strongly Republican[5]
  4. Real Clear Politics: Safe Romney[6]
  5. CNN: Safe Romney[7]
  6. MSNBC: Republican[8]
  7. The Washington Post: Solid Republican[9]
  8. 270 to win: Safe Romney[10]
  9. Belanger Report: Safe Romney
  10. FiveThirtyEight: Solid Romney[11]

Democratic primary

Republican primary

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
Alabama
March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
 
Candidate Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich
Party Republican Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Georgia
Delegate count 17 12
Popular vote 215,105 182,276
Percentage 34.55% 29.28%
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Party Republican Republican
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count 10 0
Popular vote 180,321 30,937
Percentage 28.97% 4.97%

Results by county. Dark green indicates a county won by Santorum, purple by Gingrich, orange by Romney. Black indicates a county tied between Santorum and Gingrich.

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.[12][13] Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[14]

Alabama Republican primary, 2012[15]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
AP
[16]		 CNN
[17]		 FOX
Rick Santorum 215,105 34.55% 22 18 –
Newt Gingrich 182,276 29.28% 14 9 –
Mitt Romney 180,321 28.97% 11 9 –
Ron Paul 30,937 4.97% 0 0 –
Rick Perry (withdrawn) 1,867 0.30% 0 0 –
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) 1,700 0.27% 0 0 –
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) 1,049 0.17% 0 0 –
Uncommitted 9,259 1.49% 0 0 –
Unprojected delegates 3 14 50
Total: 622,514 100.00% 50 50 50

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Presidential | The Cook Political Report
  4. ↑ Election Projection: 2012 Elections – Polls, Projections, Results
  5. ↑ Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily
  6. ↑ RealClearPolitics – Electoral Map
  7. ↑ "CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs". CNN. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#.T9BgKrXCS04
  9. ↑ The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ http://www.270towin.com/states/Alabama/
  11. ↑ "New Home for FiveThirtyEight". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
  13. ↑ Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News (Halifax Media Group). Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections.
  15. ↑ http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/election/2012/primary/Primary_Results_Certified-Republican-2012-03-23.pdf
  16. ↑ Alabama – AP/Google
  17. ↑ Alabama CNN

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