2012 United States presidential election in Alabama explained

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Election Name:2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
Country:Alabama
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 United States presidential election in Alabama
Previous Year:2008
Election Date:November 6, 2012
Next Election:2016 United States presidential election in Alabama
Next Year:2016
Turnout:73.2%
Image1:File:Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
Nominee1:Mitt Romney
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Massachusetts
Running Mate1:Paul Ryan
Electoral Vote1:9
Popular Vote1:1,255,925
Percentage1:60.55%
Map Size:300px
President
Before Election:Barack Obama
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Barack Obama
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Nominee2:Barack Obama
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Illinois
Running Mate2:Joe Biden
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:795,696
Percentage2:38.36%

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 nine 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 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney 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]

Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory.[2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2020 presidential election.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted.[3] Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama.[4] Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.

Election Name:2012 Democratic Party presidential primary in Alabama
Country:Alabama
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2016
Candidate1:Barack Obama
Home State1:Illinois
Delegate Count1:55
Popular Vote1:241,167
Percentage1:84.09%
Map Size:255px
Candidate2:Uncommitted
Home State2:N/A
Delegate Count2:8
Popular Vote2:45,613
Percentage2:15.91%
Color1:1E90FF
Color2:000000
After Election:Barack Obama
Before Election:Barack Obama
Votes For Election:69 Democratic National Convention delegates (63 pledged, 6 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote

Republican primary

Election Name:2012 Republican Party presidential primaries in Alabama
Country:Alabama
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 United States presidential election in Alabama
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:United States presidential election in Alabama Republican primary, 2016
Next Year:2016
Image1:Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Candidate1:Rick Santorum
Home State1:Pennsylvania
Delegate Count1:17
Popular Vote1:215,105
Percentage1:34.55%
Map Size:255px
Candidate2:Newt Gingrich
Home State2:Georgia
Delegate Count2:12
Popular Vote2:182,276
Percentage2:29.28%
Image3:Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
Candidate3:Mitt Romney
Home State3:Massachusetts
Delegate Count3:10
Popular Vote3:180,321
Percentage3:28.97%
Color1:008000
Color2:800080
Color3:ff6600

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.[5] [6] Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[7]

Alabama Republican primary, 2012[8]
CandidateVotesPercentageProjected delegate count
AP
[9] 		CNN
[10] 		FOX
Rick Santorum215,10534.55%2218–
Newt Gingrich182,27629.28%149–
Mitt Romney180,32128.97%119–
Ron Paul30,9374.97%00–
Rick Perry (withdrawn)1,8670.30%00–
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn)1,7000.27%00–
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn)1,0490.17%00–
Uncommitted9,2591.49%00–
Unprojected delegates31450
Total:622,514100.00%505050

General election

Polling

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

Predictions

The latest predictions:

SourceRankingAs of
Huffington Post[11] November 6, 2012
CNN[12] November 6, 2012
align=left New York Times[13] November 6, 2012
Washington Post[14] November 6, 2012
Freedom's Light House[15] November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[16] November 6, 2012

Candidate ballot access

Write-in candidate access:

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanMitt RomneyPaul Ryan1,255,92560.55%9
DemocraticBarack Obama (incumbent)Joe Biden (incumbent)795,69638.36%0
LibertarianJim Gray12,3280.59%0
Write-insWrite-ins4,0110.19%0
GreenJill SteinCheri Honkala3,3970.16%0
ConstitutionVirgil GoodeJim Clymer2,9810.14%0
Totals2,074,338100.00%9

Results by county

CountyMitt Romney
Republican		Barack Obama
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal
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Autauga17,37972.49%6,36326.54%2310.97%11,01645.95%23,973
Baldwin66,01677.22%18,42421.55%1,0511.23%47,59255.67%85,491
Barbour5,55048.19%5,91251.33%550.48%-362-3.14%11,517
Bibb6,13272.83%2,20226.15%861.02%3,93046.68%8,420
Blount20,75786.27%2,97012.34%3331.39%17,78773.93%24,060
Bullock1,25123.51%4,06176.31%100.18%-2,810-52.80%5,322
Butler5,08753.54%4,37446.03%410.43%7137.51%9,502
Calhoun30,27865.30%15,51133.45%5751.25%14,76731.85%46,364
Chambers7,62652.13%6,87146.97%1320.90%7555.16%14,629
Cherokee7,50676.65%2,13221.77%1541.58%5,37454.88%9,792
Chilton13,93279.68%3,39719.43%1560.89%10,53560.25%17,485
Choctaw4,15252.06%3,78647.47%380.47%3664.59%7,976
Clarke7,47053.90%6,33445.70%560.40%1,1368.20%13,860
Clay4,81772.12%1,77726.61%851.27%3,04045.51%6,679
Cleburne5,27283.43%97115.37%761.20%4,30168.06%6,319
Coffee14,66673.99%4,92524.85%2301.16%9,74149.14%19,821
Colbert13,93659.44%9,16639.10%3421.46%4,77020.34%23,444
Conecuh3,43948.95%3,55550.60%310.45%-116-1.65%7,025
Coosa3,04957.72%2,19141.48%420.80%85816.24%5,282
Covington12,15378.72%3,15820.45%1280.83%8,99558.27%15,439
Crenshaw4,33167.42%2,05031.91%430.67%2,28135.51%6,424
Cullman28,99983.92%5,05214.62%5041.46%23,94769.30%34,555
Dale13,10870.47%5,28628.42%2071.11%7,82242.05%18,601
Dallas6,28829.99%14,61269.70%640.31%-8,324-39.71%20,964
DeKalb18,33176.54%5,23921.87%3801.59%13,09254.67%23,950
Elmore26,25373.86%8,95425.19%3390.95%17,29948.67%35,546
Escambia9,28762.35%5,48936.85%1180.80%3,79825.50%14,894
Etowah29,13068.34%12,80330.04%6911.62%16,32738.30%42,624
Fayette6,05476.07%1,81722.83%871.10%4,23753.24%7,958
Franklin7,56769.54%3,17129.14%1431.32%4,39640.40%10,881
Geneva9,17580.97%2,03917.99%1171.04%7,13645.95%11,331
Greene80415.05%4,52184.62%180.33%-3,717-69.57%5,343
Hale3,21037.12%5,41162.58%260.30%-2,201-25.46%8,647
Henry5,62864.20%3,08335.17%550.63%2,54529.03%8,766
Houston29,27069.72%12,36729.46%3470.82%16,90340.26%41,984
Jackson14,43969.98%5,82228.22%3711.80%8,61741.76%20,632
Jefferson141,68346.53%159,87652.50%2,9640.97%-18,193-5.97%304,523
Lamar5,45776.05%1,64622.94%731.01%3,81153.11%7,176
Lauderdale23,91164.57%12,51133.78%6101.65%11,40030.79%37,032
Lawrence8,87462.72%5,06935.83%2051.45%3,80526.89%14,148
Lee32,19459.08%21,38139.23%9211.69%10,81319.85%54,496
Limestone25,29571.17%9,82927.66%4161.17%15,46643.51%35,540
Lowndes1,75623.34%5,74776.39%200.27%-3,991-53.05%7,523
Macon1,33112.80%9,04587.00%200.20%-7,714-74.20%10,396
Madison90,88458.47%62,01539.90%2,5291.63%28,86918.57%155,428
Marengo5,33646.23%6,16753.43%400.34%-831-7.20%11,543
Marion9,69779.95%2,24918.54%1831.51%7,44861.41%12,129
Marshall25,86779.24%6,29919.30%4781.46%19,56859.94%32,644
Mobile94,89354.18%78,76044.97%1,4870.85%16,1339.21%175,140
Monroe5,74153.57%4,91445.85%620.58%8277.72%10,717
Montgomery38,33237.56%63,08561.81%6500.63%-24,753-24.25%102,067
Morgan35,39171.56%13,43927.17%6291.27%21,95244.39%49,459
Perry1,50624.68%4,56874.87%270.45%-3,062-50.19%6,101
Pickens5,12453.26%4,45546.30%420.44%6696.96%9,621
Pike7,96356.38%6,03542.73%1250.89%1,92813.65%14,123
Randolph7,22469.32%3,07829.54%1191.14%4,14639.78%10,421
Russell8,27843.78%10,50055.53%1320.69%-2,222-11.75%18,910
Shelby71,43677.03%20,05121.62%1,2551.35%51,38555.41%92,742
St. Clair29,03182.39%5,80116.46%4031.15%23,23065.93%35,235
Sumter1,58622.56%5,42177.11%230.33%-3,835-54.55%7,030
Talladega19,24657.60%13,90541.61%2650.79%5,34115.99%33,416
Tallapoosa12,39665.76%6,31933.52%1360.72%6,07732.24%18,851
Tuscaloosa45,74858.08%32,04840.68%9761.24%13,70017.40%78,772
Walker21,65175.74%6,55722.94%3771.32%15,09452.80%28,585
Washington5,76165.56%2,97633.87%500.57%2,78531.69%8,787
Wilcox1,67925.61%4,86874.26%80.13%-3,189-48.65%6,555
Winston8,31285.44%1,28613.22%1301.34%7,02672.22%9,728
Totals1,255,92560.55%795,69638.36%22,7171.10%460,22922.19%2,074,338

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Romney won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[17]

DistrictRomneyObamaRepresentative
61.84%37.4%Jo Bonner
62.9%36.4%Martha Roby
62.3%36.8%Mike Rogers
74.8%23.98%Robert Aderholt
63.87%34.85%Mo Brooks
74.3%24.66%Spencer Bachus
27.12%72.4%Terri Sewell

See also

External links

for Alabama

Major state elections in chronological order

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix . 2008-11-25 . 2012-06-07 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081127012656/http://www.sos.alabama.gov/downloads/election/2008/general/statecert-2008-general-election-11-25-2008-without-write-in-appendix.pdf . 2008-11-27 . dead .
  2. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho. January 4, 2013.
  3. Web site: Kennedy. H. Mark. April 6, 2012. Democratic Party Primary Results Recertification. September 1, 2020. Secretary of State of Alabama.
  4. Web site: Alabama Democratic Delegation 2012. 2020-09-01. www.thegreenpapers.com.
  5. https://thegreenpapers.com/P12/AL-R Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
  6. News: Beyerle. Dana. November 14, 2011. Republican primary qualifying opens today. The Tuscaloosa News. Halifax Media Group. January 11, 2011.
  7. Web site: Alabama Election Result 2015 live. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041740/http://infoelections.com/infoelection/worldelection/us-presidential-elections-2016/alabama-election-result-2015-livealabama-candidates-list-2015alabama-opinion-poll-2015-us-presidential-election-alabama-results-alabama-past-election-results/. 2016-03-04. 2016-01-11. infoelections.
  8. Web site: Archived copy. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911125016/http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/election/2012/primary/Primary_Results_Certified-Republican-2012-03-23.pdf. 2012-09-11. 2012-04-11.
  9. https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results/2012/gop-primary/al Alabama – AP/Google
  10. http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/al Alabama CNN
  11. News: Huffington Post Election Dashboard. Huffington Post.
  12. News: CNN Electoral Map. CNN.
  13. News: The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory. The New York Times.
  14. News: 2012 Presidential Election Results. The Washington Post.
  15. Web site: 2012 Presidential Election Electoral Vote Maps and Polls – Freedom's Lighthouse.
  16. Web site: RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608112207/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html. 2011-06-08.
  17. Web site: Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts. Daily Kos. 11 August 2020.

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