United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012

United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012

November 6, 2012

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 1,677,844 971,869 Percentage 61.97% 35.90%

County Results   Obama—80-90%   Obama—70-80%   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%   Romney—<50%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%   Romney—70-80%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose 10 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.

General election

Results

United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,677,844	61.97%	10
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	971,869	35.90%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	30,195	1.12%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	17,110	0.63%	0
	Others			10,309	0.38%	0
Totals				2,707,327	100.00%	10
Voter turnout (registered voters)						69.4%

By county

County	Obama	Votes	Romney	Votes	Others	Votes	Totals
Allegany	32.50%	9,501	64.80%	18,941	2.70%	790	29,232
Anne Arundel	48.68%	126,635	48.75%	126,832	2.55%	6,144	259,614
Baltimore (City)	87.21%	202,327	11.06%	25,661	1.73%	4,008	231,996
Baltimore (County)	56.90%	202,733	40.61%	144,686	2.49%	8,868	356,287
Calvert	44.97%	19,996	52.79%	23,474	2.24%	996	44,466
Caroline	36.86%	4,761	60.99%	7,877	2.14%	277	12,915
Carroll	31.77%	27,337	65.01%	55,939	3.22%	2,767	86,043
Cecil	38.79%	16,222	58.58%	24,497	2.63%	1,098	41,817
Charles	64.59%	47,028	33.74%	24,569	1.67%	1,215	72,812
Dorchester	46.47%	6,988	52.19%	7,849	1.34%	202	15,039
Frederick	46.80%	53,407	50.52%	57,657	2.68%	3,064	114,128
Garrett	23.38%	3,000	74.44%	9,553	2.19%	281	12,834
Harford	39.17%	48,263	58.23%	71,751	2.61%	3,212	123,226
Howard	59.39%	88,094	38.05%	56,436	2.56%	3,793	148,323
Kent	48.65%	4,725	49.38%	4,796	1.97%	191	9,712
Montgomery	70.64%	286,633	27.35%	110,971	2.02%	8,185	405,789
Prince George's	89.84%	317,342	9.13%	32,236	1.03%	3,637	353,215
Queen Anne's	34.16%	8,242	63.87%	15,409	1.96%	474	24,125
Somerset	50.39%	5,240	48.49%	5,042	1.12%	117	10,399
St. Mary's	40.86%	18,900	56.42%	26,100	2.72%	1,258	46,258
Talbot	42.77%	8,574	55.72%	11,172	1.51%	303	20,049
Washington	39.51%	23,282	57.90%	34,113	2.59%	1,525	58,920
Wicomico	45.88%	18,682	52.10%	21,214	2.01%	819	40,715
Worcester	39.91%	10,590	58.45%	15,511	1.65%	437	26,538

Republican Primary

Maryland Republican primary, 2012

April 3, 2012

Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Party Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 37 0 Popular vote 117,527 69,020 Percentage 49.2% 28.9%   Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Party Republican Republican Home state Georgia Texas Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 26,088 22,698 Percentage 10.9% 9.5%

Results by county. Green indicates a county won by Santorum, orange by Romney.

The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary.^[2]After the primary, 37 delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.

Maryland Republican primary, 2012[3][4]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	117,527	49.2%	37
Rick Santorum	69,020	28.9%	0
Newt Gingrich	26,088	10.9%	0
Ron Paul	22,698	9.5%	0
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	1,406	0.6%	0
Rick Perry	1,041	0.4%	0
Buddy Roemer	858	0.4%	0
Fred Karger	342	0.1%	0
Unprojected delegates:			3
Total:	238,987	100%	37

References

1. "Maryland State Board of Elections". Retrieved 2012-11-10.
2. "Maryland Republican Primary". New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
3. http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf
4. "maryland Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.