United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2012
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Kentucky voters chose eight 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.
On election day Romney carried Kentucky by a landslide margin, winning 60.49% of the vote to Barack Obama's 37.80%, a margin of 22.69%.
Although Kentucky had been won by Southern Democrat Bill Clinton twice in the 1990s, Obama was seen as a poor cultural fit for the state, and he did not compete here either time he ran.
The Romney campaign also attacked Obama's administration as being hostile to the coal industry, historically an important part of the state's economy, because of its environmental harm. Consequently, Obama suffered a historically poor showing in the traditionally staunchly Democratic coalfields of Eastern Kentucky. Many counties which had voted even for landslide Democratic losers like George McGovern and Walter Mondale defected to the Republicans. Knott County, which had given Bill Clinton 73% of the vote in 1996, gave Mitt Romney 73% of the vote in 2012. Even Elliott County, the only county in the state in which Obama had broken 60% in 2008, barely held on in 2012, giving Obama a narrow 49-47 plurality win, his only victory in the region, and one of just four county wins in the entire state.
The only part of the state where Obama won convincingly was Jefferson County, the most urban and populous county in the state, where Louisville is located. He also eked out a close win in Fayette County, the second most populous county, home to Lexington. Obama's fourth county victory came from flipping Franklin County, home to the state capital of Frankfort, which he had narrowly lost in 2008.
General election
Results
By county
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| County | Romney% | Romney# | Obama% | Obama# | Others% | Others# | Totals |
| Adair | 75.67% | 5,841 | 21.51% | 1,660 | 1.28% | 99 | 7,719 |
| Allen | 72.39% | 5,184 | 25.25% | 1,808 | 1.49% | 107 | 7,161 |
| Anderson | 65.38% | 6,822 | 31.77% | 3,315 | 1.73% | 181 | 10,435 |
| Ballard | 67.23% | 2,647 | 30.20% | 1,189 | 1.50% | 59 | 3,937 |
| Barren | 65.09% | 10,922 | 32.18% | 5,400 | 1.45% | 243 | 16,780 |
| Bath | 52.43% | 2,275 | 40.79% | 1,770 | 1.77% | 77 | 4,339 |
| Bell | 74.89% | 7,127 | 23.37% | 2,224 | 1.38% | 131 | 9,517 |
| Boone | 68.06% | 35,920 | 29.61% | 15,628 | 1.79% | 947 | 52,776 |
| Bourbon | 58.42% | 4,692 | 38.28% | 3,075 | 1.77% | 142 | 8,032 |
| Boyd | 56.10% | 10,883 | 40.08% | 7,776 | 1.96% | 381 | 19,399 |
| Boyle | 61.81% | 7,703 | 35.88% | 4,471 | 1.56% | 194 | 12,462 |
| Bracken | 60.53% | 2,029 | 34.22% | 1,147 | 1.61% | 54 | 3,352 |
| Breathitt | 63.62% | 3,318 | 29.95% | 1,562 | 2.45% | 128 | 5,215 |
| Breckinridge | 62.27% | 5,025 | 35.01% | 2,825 | 1.45% | 117 | 8,070 |
| Bullitt | 66.51% | 21,306 | 31.13% | 9,971 | 1.55% | 498 | 32,032 |
| Butler | 72.66% | 3,716 | 25.28% | 1,293 | 0.96% | 49 | 5,114 |
| Caldwell | 66.06% | 3,904 | 31.34% | 1,852 | 1.76% | 104 | 5,910 |
| Calloway | 62.15% | 9,438 | 34.99% | 5,314 | 2.05% | 312 | 15,186 |
| Campbell | 59.95% | 24,240 | 37.30% | 15,080 | 2.11% | 853 | 40,434 |
| Carlisle | 69.09% | 1,835 | 28.24% | 750 | 1.28% | 34 | 2,656 |
| Carroll | 53.54% | 1,999 | 43.63% | 1,629 | 1.39% | 52 | 3,734 |
| Carter | 59.27% | 5,279 | 37.99% | 3,383 | 2.74% | 244 | 8,906 |
| Casey | 80.51% | 4,904 | 17.83% | 1,086 | 1.66% | 101 | 6,091 |
| Christian | 61.38% | 13,475 | 37.59% | 8,252 | 1.03% | 226 | 21,953 |
| Clark | 64.45% | 9,931 | 33.93% | 5,228 | 1.63% | 251 | 15,410 |
| Clay | 83.65% | 6,176 | 15.05% | 1,111 | 1.30% | 96 | 7,383 |
| Clinton | 81.24% | 3,569 | 17.12% | 752 | 1.64% | 72 | 4,393 |
| Crittenden | 73.66% | 2,839 | 24.91% | 960 | 1.43% | 55 | 3,854 |
| Cumberland | 77.67% | 2,216 | 21.00% | 599 | 1.33% | 38 | 2,853 |
| Daviess | 59.63% | 25,092 | 38.52% | 16,208 | 1.85% | 779 | 42,079 |
| Edmonson | 69.30% | 3,232 | 29.46% | 1,374 | 1.24% | 58 | 4,664 |
| Elliott | 46.94% | 1,126 | 49.44% | 1,186 | 3.63% | 87 | 2,399 |
| Estill | 72.32% | 3,749 | 26.16% | 1,356 | 1.52% | 79 | 5,184 |
| Fayette | 48.32% | 60,793 | 49.34% | 62,078 | 2.34% | 2,950 | 125,821 |
| Fleming | 65.38% | 3,780 | 33.05% | 1,911 | 1.57% | 91 | 5,782 |
| Floyd | 65.71% | 9,784 | 31.79% | 4,733 | 2.51% | 373 | 14,890 |
| Franklin | 48.61% | 11,345 | 49.43% | 11,535 | 1.96% | 457 | 23,337 |
| Fulton | 57.44% | 1,425 | 41.19% | 1,022 | 1.37% | 34 | 2,481 |
| Gallatin | 57.45% | 1,758 | 40.46% | 1,238 | 2.09% | 64 | 3,060 |
| Garrard | 75.03% | 5,310 | 23.47% | 1,661 | 1.50% | 106 | 7,077 |
| Grant | 65.81% | 5,664 | 32.65% | 2,810 | 1.53% | 132 | 8,606 |
| Graves | 69.06% | 10,699 | 29.35% | 4,547 | 1.59% | 247 | 15,493 |
| Grayson | 69.09% | 6,404 | 29.60% | 2,744 | 1.31% | 121 | 9,269 |
| Green | 74.84% | 3,634 | 23.99% | 1,165 | 1.17% | 57 | 4,856 |
| Greenup | 58.41% | 8,855 | 39.76% | 6,027 | 1.83% | 277 | 15,159 |
| Hancock | 53.52% | 2,212 | 44.35% | 1,833 | 2.13% | 88 | 4,133 |
| Hardin | 59.57% | 23,357 | 38.80% | 15,214 | 1.63% | 641 | 39,212 |
| Harlan | 81.19% | 8,653 | 17.17% | 1,830 | 1.64% | 175 | 10,658 |
| Harrison | 63.60% | 4,556 | 34.50% | 2,471 | 1.90% | 136 | 7,163 |
| Hart | 64.28% | 4,256 | 34.48% | 2,283 | 1.24% | 82 | 6,621 |
| Henderson | 55.31% | 10,296 | 43.47% | 8,091 | 1.22% | 227 | 18,614 |
| Henry | 59.83% | 3,940 | 38.42% | 2,530 | 1.75% | 115 | 6,585 |
| Hickman | 66.90% | 1,431 | 32.07% | 686 | 1.03% | 22 | 2,139 |
| Hopkins | 69.22% | 13,681 | 29.29% | 5,789 | 1.49% | 295 | 19,765 |
| Jackson | 86.15% | 4,365 | 12.20% | 618 | 1.66% | 84 | 5,067 |
| Jefferson | 43.72% | 148,423 | 54.84% | 186,179 | 1.45% | 4,922 | 339,524 |
| Jessamine | 69.02% | 14,232 | 29.10% | 6,001 | 1.88% | 387 | 20,620 |
| Johnson | 78.53% | 7,095 | 19.07% | 1,723 | 2.40% | 217 | 9,035 |
| Kenton | 61.15% | 41,387 | 36.82% | 24,917 | 2.03% | 1,375 | 67,679 |
| Knott | 72.55% | 4,130 | 24.94% | 1,420 | 2.51% | 143 | 5,693 |
| Knox | 76.28% | 8,467 | 22.38% | 2,484 | 1.34% | 149 | 11,100 |
| LaRue | 67.85% | 3,911 | 30.07% | 1,733 | 2.08% | 120 | 5,764 |
| Laurel | 81.00% | 18,151 | 17.43% | 3,906 | 1.57% | 352 | 22,409 |
| Lawrence | 71.44% | 3,995 | 27.18% | 1,520 | 1.38% | 77 | 5,592 |
| Lee | 75.37% | 1,977 | 22.68% | 595 | 1.94% | 51 | 2,623 |
| Leslie | 89.68% | 4,439 | 8.75% | 433 | 1.58% | 78 | 4,950 |
| Letcher | 77.77% | 6,811 | 19.43% | 1,702 | 2.80% | 245 | 8,758 |
| Lewis | 69.74% | 3,326 | 28.14% | 1,342 | 2.12% | 101 | 4,769 |
| Lincoln | 70.10% | 6,416 | 28.21% | 2,582 | 1.68% | 154 | 9,152 |
| Livingston | 68.48% | 3,089 | 29.84% | 1,346 | 1.68% | 76 | 4,511 |
| Logan | 65.65% | 6,899 | 33.01% | 3,469 | 1.34% | 141 | 10,509 |
| Lyon | 62.85% | 2,412 | 35.77% | 1,373 | 1.38% | 53 | 3,838 |
| Madison | 63.42% | 21,128 | 34.55% | 11,512 | 2.03% | 677 | 33,317 |
| Magoffin | 69.12% | 3,391 | 29.21% | 1,433 | 1.67% | 82 | 4,906 |
| Marion | 51.94% | 3,800 | 46.72% | 3,418 | 1.34% | 98 | 7,316 |
| Marshall | 66.20% | 10,402 | 31.96% | 5,022 | 1.85% | 290 | 15,714 |
| Martin | 83.14% | 3,180 | 15.01% | 574 | 1.86% | 71 | 3,825 |
| Mason | 60.99% | 4,194 | 37.70% | 2,592 | 1.31% | 90 | 6,876 |
| McCracken | 65.42% | 19,979 | 32.95% | 10,062 | 1.63% | 499 | 30,540 |
| McCreary | 80.01% | 4,564 | 18.74% | 1,069 | 1.24% | 71 | 5,704 |
| McLean | 64.40% | 2,705 | 34.10% | 1,432 | 1.50% | 63 | 4,200 |
| Meade | 60.52% | 6,606 | 37.76% | 4,122 | 1.71% | 187 | 10,915 |
| Menifee | 57.12% | 1,484 | 40.34% | 1,048 | 2.54% | 66 | 2,598 |
| Mercer | 68.64% | 6,820 | 29.85% | 2,966 | 1.51% | 150 | 9,936 |
| Metcalfe | 63.96% | 2,676 | 34.06% | 1,425 | 1.98% | 83 | 4,184 |
| Monroe | 79.27% | 3,762 | 19.72% | 936 | 1.01% | 48 | 4,746 |
| Montgomery | 62.43% | 6,398 | 36.11% | 3,701 | 1.45% | 149 | 10,248 |
| Morgan | 67.55% | 3,021 | 30.61% | 1,369 | 1.83% | 82 | 4,472 |
| Muhlenberg | 60.94% | 7,762 | 37.46% | 4,771 | 1.60% | 204 | 12,737 |
| Nelson | 57.59% | 10,673 | 41.07% | 7,611 | 1.34% | 248 | 18,532 |
| Nicholas | 61.36% | 1,583 | 36.74% | 948 | 1.90% | 49 | 2,580 |
| Ohio | 67.07% | 6,470 | 30.97% | 2,987 | 1.96% | 189 | 9,646 |
| Oldham | 67.55% | 20,179 | 30.93% | 9,240 | 1.52% | 454 | 29,873 |
| Owen | 65.23% | 2,971 | 32.95% | 1,501 | 1.82% | 83 | 4,555 |
| Owsley | 80.95% | 1,279 | 17.91% | 283 | 1.14% | 18 | 1,580 |
| Pendleton | 64.26% | 3,556 | 33.59% | 1,859 | 2.15% | 119 | 5,534 |
| Perry | 78.52% | 8,040 | 19.99% | 2,047 | 1.49% | 153 | 10,240 |
| Pike | 74.43% | 17,589 | 23.89% | 5,645 | 1.68% | 398 | 23,632 |
| Powell | 61.38% | 2,726 | 36.48% | 1,620 | 2.14% | 95 | 4,441 |
| Pulaski | 79.66% | 20,714 | 19.14% | 4,976 | 1.20% | 313 | 26,003 |
| Robertson | 61.93% | 579 | 36.36% | 340 | 1.71% | 16 | 935 |
| Rockcastle | 80.89% | 5,028 | 17.65% | 1,097 | 1.46% | 91 | 6,216 |
| Rowan | 52.81% | 4,035 | 44.99% | 3,438 | 2.20% | 168 | 7,641 |
| Russell | 80.26% | 6,346 | 18.27% | 1,445 | 1.47% | 116 | 7,907 |
| Scott | 61.65% | 12,679 | 36.63% | 7,532 | 1.72% | 354 | 20,565 |
| Shelby | 63.19% | 11,790 | 35.55% | 6,634 | 1.26% | 235 | 18,659 |
| Simpson | 61.43% | 4,355 | 37.38% | 2,650 | 1.18% | 84 | 7,089 |
| Spencer | 67.92% | 5,726 | 30.23% | 2,549 | 1.85% | 156 | 8,431 |
| Taylor | 68.98% | 7,551 | 30.00% | 3,284 | 1.01% | 111 | 10,946 |
| Todd | 68.82% | 3,247 | 29.74% | 1,403 | 1.44% | 68 | 4,718 |
| Trigg | 67.06% | 4,520 | 31.38% | 2,115 | 1.56% | 105 | 6,740 |
| Trimble | 60.25% | 2,133 | 38.28% | 1,355 | 1.47% | 52 | 3,540 |
| Union | 66.14% | 3,952 | 32.49% | 1,941 | 1.37% | 82 | 5,975 |
| Warren | 60.12% | 26,384 | 38.29% | 16,805 | 1.59% | 700 | 43,889 |
| Washington | 66.98% | 3,495 | 31.99% | 1,669 | 1.03% | 54 | 5,218 |
| Wayne | 73.36% | 5,289 | 25.73% | 1,855 | 0.92% | 66 | 7,210 |
| Webster | 65.94% | 3,607 | 32.27% | 1,765 | 1.79% | 98 | 5,470 |
| Whitley | 78.30% | 10,232 | 20.53% | 2,683 | 1.17% | 153 | 13,068 |
| Wolfe | 60.26% | 1,542 | 38.14% | 976 | 1.60% | 41 | 2,559 |
| Woodford | 58.54% | 7,219 | 39.60% | 4,883 | 1.87% | 230 | 12,332 |
Democratic primary
Template:Barack Obama unopposed in 2012 for the Democratic Presidential Primary. He barely beat the non candidate UNDECIDED. A swing of 8 points the undecided would have defeated Barack Obama. Barack Obama won 57.8% Undecided got 42.2%
Republican primary
Kentucky Republican primary, 2012
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The Republican primary occurred on May 22, 2012.[2][3] 42 delegates were chosen, all of which were allocated to and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three delegates remain unpledged to any candidate. All Republicans in Kentucky were allowed to participate in the primary. A Republican primary was also held in Arkansas on this day.
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee.
| Kentucky Republican primary, 2012[4] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
Delegates |
 Mitt Romney |
117,621 |
66.8% |
42 |
| Ron Paul |
22,074 |
12.5% |
0 |
| Rick Santorum |
15,629 |
8.9% |
0 |
| Newt Gingrich |
10,479 |
5.9% |
0 |
| uncommitted |
10,357 |
5.9% |
0 |
| Unpledged delegates: |
3 |
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176,160 |
100.0% |
45 |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
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