2012 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2008 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	2008
Next Election:	2016 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	2016
Election Date:	November 6, 2012
Image1:	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:	6
Popular Vote1:	689,809
Percentage1:	59.59%
Nominee2:	Barack Obama
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	Joe Biden
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	439,908
Percentage2:	38.00%
Map Size:	320px
President
Before Election:	Barack Obama
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Barack Obama
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose six 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. Romney and Ryan carried the state with 59.59 percent of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.00 percent, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.^[1]

Obama carried only two counties: Douglas, home to Lawrence and the University of Kansas; and Wyandotte, home to Kansas City and the state's largest concentration of nonwhite voters. He lost Crawford County, home to Pittsburg State University, which he won in 2008, thereby making him the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying this county since John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

No major Democratic candidate challenged President Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012. Obama thus won all 517 votes at the State Convention on June 9 and all 53 delegates.

Republican caucuses

Election Name:	2012 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
Previous Year:	2008
Next Election:	2016 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Candidate1:	Rick Santorum
Color1:	008000
Home State1:	Pennsylvania
Delegate Count1:	33
Popular Vote1:	15,290
Percentage1:	51.2%
Candidate2:	Mitt Romney
Color2:	ff6600
Home State2:	Massachusetts
Delegate Count2:	7
Popular Vote2:	6,250
Percentage2:	20.9%
Image4:	Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
Candidate4:	Newt Gingrich
Color4:	800080
Home State4:	Georgia
Delegate Count4:	0
Popular Vote4:	4,297
Percentage4:	14.4%
Image5:	Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg
Candidate5:	Ron Paul
Color5:	ffcc00
Home State5:	Texas
Delegate Count5:	0
Popular Vote5:	3,767
Percentage5:	12.6%
Map Size:	285px

The Republican caucuses were held on Saturday, March 10, 2012.^{[2] [3]} Kansas has 40 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. 25 of these delegates are allocated proportionally to candidates who exceed a 20% threshold in the statewide vote tally. The 15 remaining delegates are 'winner-take-all' delegates. 12 delegates are given (3 each) to the candidates with most votes in each of Kansas's 4 congressional districts. 3 delegates are awarded to the candidate with most votes statewide.^[4]

Rick Santorum won the caucus and will receive 33 delegates. He won the state with 51% of the statewide vote and received most votes in all of the congressional districts, thus winning 15 delegates. As only Santorum and Mitt Romney exceeded the 20% threshold, 18 of the 25 proportionally allocated delegates were allocated to Santorum and 7 to Romney.

-	2012 Kansas Republican caucuses
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Rick Santorum	15,290	51.2%	33
Mitt Romney	6,250	20.9%	7
Newt Gingrich	4,298	14.4%	0
Ron Paul	3,767	12.6%	0
Uncommitted	122	0.4%	0
Herman Cain	39	0.1%	0
Jon Huntsman	38	0.1%	0
Rick Perry	37	0.1%	0
Michele Bachmann	16	0.1%	0
Totals	29,857	100%	0

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	689,809	59.59%	6
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	439,908	38.00%	0
	Libertarian		Jim Gray	20,409	1.77%	0
	Reform		Joseph Martin	4,990	0.43%	0
	Green (Write-In)	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	714	0.06%	0
	Constitution (Write-In)	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	187	0.02%	0
	Justice (Write-In)	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	95	0.01%	0
	Peace & Freedom (Write-In)	Roseanne Barr	Cindy Sheehan	58	0.01%	0
	Other Write-Ins	Other Write-Ins		84	0.01%	0
Totals				1,156,254	100.00%	6

Results by county

County^[5]	Mitt Romney Republican		Barack Obama Democratic		Gary Johnson Libertarian		Charles Baldwin Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,316		62.45%		1,869		35.20%		75		1.41%		43		0.81%		7		0.13%		1,447		27.25%		5,310
	Anderson		2,276		68.66%		944		28.48%		74		2.23%		18		0.54%		3		0.09%		1,332		40.18%		3,315
	Atchison		3,917		58.69%		2,567		38.46%		148		2.22%		35		0.52%		7		0.10%		1,350		20.23%		6,674
	Barber		1,772		76.58%		482		20.83%		42		1.82%		16		0.69%		2		0.09%		1,290		55.75%		2,314
	Barton		7,874		76.14%		2,297		22.21%		123		1.19%		46		0.44%		1		0.01%		5,577		53.93%		10,341
	Bourbon		4,102		65.59%		1,996		31.92%		110		1.76%		40		0.64%		6		0.10%		2,106		33.67%		6,254
	Brown		2,829		70.85%		1,076		26.95%		64		1.60%		24		0.60%		0		0.00%		1,753		43.90%		3,993
	Butler		18,157		69.61%		7,282		27.92%		459		1.76%		119		0.46%		68		0.26%		10,875		41.69%		26,085
	Chase		875		68.84%		358		28.17%		27		2.12%		8		0.63%		3		0.24%		517		40.67%		1,271
	Chautauqua		1,304		80.00%		280		17.18%		34		2.09%		12		0.74%		0		0.00%		1,024		62.82%		1,630
	Cherokee		5,456		63.66%		2,930		34.19%		145		1.69%		40		0.47%		0		0.00%		2,526		29.47%		8,571
	Cheyenne		1,159		81.28%		233		16.34%		25		1.75%		9		0.63%		0		0.00%		926		64.94%		1,426
	Clark		805		79.15%		174		17.11%		24		2.36%		14		1.38%		0		0.00%		631		62.04%		1,017
	Clay		2,788		75.64%		834		22.63%		45		1.22%		19		0.52%		0		0.00%		1,954		53.01%		3,686
	Cloud		2,954		72.79%		974		24.00%		106		2.61%		20		0.49%		4		0.10%		1,980		48.79%		4,058
	Coffey		2,903		74.32%		898		22.99%		81		2.07%		20		0.51%		4		0.10%		2,005		51.33%		3,906
	Comanche		767		82.65%		143		15.41%		16		1.72%		2		0.22%		0		0.00%		624		67.24%		928
	Cowley		8,081		63.58%		4,319		33.98%		225		1.77%		80		0.63%		5		0.04%		3,762		29.60%		12,710
	Crawford		7,708		51.25%		6,826		45.39%		320		2.13%		71		0.47%		115		0.76%		882		5.96%		15,040
	Decatur		1,218		79.50%		266		17.36%		42		2.74%		6		0.39%		0		0.00%		952		62.14%		1,532
	Dickinson		5,832		72.52%		2,020		25.12%		149		1.85%		38		0.47%		3		0.04%		3,812		47.40%		8,042
	Doniphan		2,414		70.94%		902		26.51%		63		1.85%		24		0.71%		0		0.00%		1,512		44.43%		3,403
	Douglas		17,401		35.91%		29,267		60.39%		1,131		2.33%		162		0.33%		503		1.04%		-11,866		-24.48%		48,464
	Edwards		1,059		76.46%		298		21.52%		20		1.44%		8		0.58%		0		0.00%		761		54.94%		1,385
	Elk		1,049		76.63%		281		20.53%		32		2.34%		7		0.51%		0		0.00%		768		56.10%		1,369
	Ellis		8,399		71.70%		3,057		26.10%		201		1.72%		48		0.41%		9		0.08%		5,342		45.60%		11,714
	Ellsworth		1,930		71.17%		702		25.88%		60		2.21%		18		0.66%		2		0.07%		1,228		45.29%		2,712
	Finney		6,219		68.46%		2,682		29.52%		138		1.52%		44		0.48%		1		0.01%		3,537		38.94%		9,084
	Ford		5,602		66.99%		2,600		31.09%		117		1.40%		43		0.51%		0		0.00%		3,002		35.90%		8,362
	Franklin		6,984		63.55%		3,694		33.61%		221		2.01%		85		0.77%		6		0.05%		3,290		29.94%		10,990
	Geary		4,372		55.73%		3,332		42.47%		105		1.34%		29		0.37%		7		0.09%		1,040		13.26%		7,845
	Gove		1,168		84.45%		176		12.73%		23		1.66%		16		1.16%		0		0.00%		992		71.72%		1,383
	Graham		1,056		78.81%		256		19.10%		17		1.27%		10		0.75%		1		0.07%		800		59.71%		1,340
	Grant		1,811		78.53%		456		19.77%		25		1.08%		12		0.52%		2		0.09%		1,355		58.76%		2,306
	Gray		1,603		81.87%		324		16.55%		23		1.17%		6		0.31%		2		0.10%		1,279		65.32%		1,958
	Greeley		543		81.04%		113		16.87%		12		1.79%		2		0.30%		0		0.00%		430		64.17%		670
	Greenwood		1,590		74.89%		478		22.52%		43		2.03%		12		0.57%		0		0.00%		1,112		52.37%		2,123
	Hamilton		693		79.02%		163		18.59%		17		1.94%		4		0.46%		0		0.00%		530		60.43%		877
	Harper		1,759		73.63%		550		23.02%		59		2.47%		17		0.71%		4		0.17%		1,209		50.61%		2,389
	Harvey		8,588		60.08%		5,373		37.59%		235		1.64%		68		0.48%		30		0.21%		3,215		22.49%		14,294
	Haskell		1,159		83.02%		215		15.40%		18		1.29%		4		0.29%		0		0.00%		944		67.62%		1,396
	Hodgeman		868		81.89%		179		16.89%		7		0.66%		6		0.57%		0		0.00%		689		65.00%		1,060
	Jackson		3,527		63.42%		1,901		34.18%		106		1.91%		27		0.49%		0		0.00%		1,626		29.24%		5,561
	Jefferson		4,827		60.24%		2,977		37.15%		167		2.08%		38		0.47%		4		0.05%		1,850		23.09%		8,013
	Jewell		1,235		82.50%		229		15.30%		21		1.40%		12		0.80%		0		0.00%		1,006		67.20%		1,497
	Johnson		158,401		57.58%		110,526		40.18%		4,590		1.67%		611		0.22%		946		0.35%		47,875		17.40%		275,074
	Kearny		1,097		79.15%		268		19.34%		16		1.15%		5		0.36%		0		0.00%		829		59.81%		1,386
	Kingman		2,397		74.19%		733		22.69%		70		2.17%		27		0.84%		4		0.12%		1,664		51.50%		3,231
	Kiowa		976		85.31%		163		14.25%		1		0.09%		2		0.17%		2		0.17%		813		71.06%		1,144
	Labette		4,742		59.00%		3,117		38.78%		121		1.51%		47		0.58%		10		0.12%		1,625		20.22%		8,037
	Lane		739		79.63%		172		18.53%		10		1.08%		7		0.75%		0		0.00%		567		61.10%		928
	Leavenworth		17,059		58.65%		11,357		39.05%		494		1.70%		156		0.54%		19		0.07%		5,702		19.60%		29,085
	Lincoln		1,165		78.56%		289		19.49%		18		1.21%		11		0.74%		0		0.00%		876		59.07%		1,483
	Linn		3,177		71.12%		1,170		26.19%		77		1.72%		40		0.90%		3		0.07%		2,007		44.93%		4,467
	Logan		1,126		83.41%		197		14.59%		15		1.11%		12		0.89%		0		0.00%		929		68.82%		1,350
	Lyon		6,470		54.48%		5,111		43.04%		226		1.90%		65		0.55%		3		0.03%		1,359		11.44%		11,875
	Marion		3,889		71.90%		1,385		25.61%		80		1.48%		52		0.96%		3		0.06%		2,504		46.29%		5,409
	Marshall		3,195		66.94%		1,469		30.78%		80		1.68%		29		0.61%		0		0.00%		1,726		36.16%		4,773
	McPherson		8,545		69.49%		3,449		28.05%		212		1.72%		72		0.59%		19		0.15%		5,096		41.44%		12,297
	Meade		1,428		83.56%		258		15.10%		18		1.05%		5		0.29%		0		0.00%		1,170		68.46%		1,709
	Miami		9,858		66.36%		4,712		31.72%		213		1.43%		69		0.46%		4		0.03%		5,146		34.64%		14,856
	Mitchell		2,327		78.48%		584		19.70%		16		0.54%		38		1.28%		0		0.00%		1,743		58.78%		2,965
	Montgomery		8,630		69.50%		3,501		28.20%		200		1.61%		81		0.65%		5		0.04%		5,129		41.30%		12,417
	Morris		1,773		69.20%		718		28.02%		51		1.99%		20		0.78%		0		0.00%		1,055		41.18%		2,562
	Morton		1,072		83.88%		189		14.79%		10		0.78%		7		0.55%		0		0.00%		883		69.09%		1,278
	Nemaha		3,930		78.19%		1,000		19.90%		54		1.07%		41		0.82%		1		0.02%		2,930		58.29%		5,026
	Neosho		4,272		65.93%		2,050		31.64%		102		1.57%		55		0.85%		1		0.02%		2,222		34.29%		6,480
	Ness		1,209		83.73%		218		15.10%		12		0.83%		5		0.35%		0		0.00%		991		68.63%		1,444
	Norton		1,878		80.77%		398		17.12%		35		1.51%		13		0.56%		1		0.04%		1,480		63.65%		2,325
	Osage		4,427		64.10%		2,268		32.84%		167		2.42%		44		0.64%		0		0.00%		2,159		31.26%		6,906
	Osborne		1,479		80.47%		324		17.63%		21		1.14%		14		0.76%		0		0.00%		1,155		62.84%		1,838
	Ottawa		2,295		78.25%		558		19.02%		65		2.22%		15		0.51%		0		0.00%		1,737		59.23%		2,933
	Pawnee		1,836		70.40%		718		27.53%		40		1.53%		13		0.50%		1		0.04%		1,118		42.87%		2,608
	Phillips		2,135		83.24%		382		14.89%		36		1.40%		11		0.43%		1		0.04%		1,753		68.35%		2,565
	Pottawatomie		6,804		71.78%		2,335		24.63%		193		2.04%		135		1.42%		12		0.13%		4,469		47.15%		9,479
	Pratt		2,771		72.90%		980		25.78%		42		1.10%		7		0.18%		1		0.03%		1,791		47.12%		3,801
	Rawlins		1,223		84.70%		190		13.16%		27		1.87%		4		0.28%		0		0.00%		1,033		71.54%		1,444
	Reno		15,718		64.36%		8,085		33.11%		440		1.80%		156		0.64%		23		0.09%		7,633		31.25%		24,422
	Republic		2,134		79.45%		477		17.76%		50		1.86%		25		0.93%		0		0.00%		1,657		61.69%		2,686
	Rice		2,676		72.70%		911		24.75%		65		1.77%		29		0.79%		0		0.00%		1,765		47.95%		3,681
	Riley		11,507		54.53%		8,977		42.54%		488		2.31%		73		0.35%		56		0.27%		2,530		11.99%		21,101
	Rooks		2,038		82.85%		361		14.67%		45		1.83%		15		0.61%		1		0.04%		1,677		68.18%		2,460
	Rush		1,166		74.27%		367		23.38%		31		1.97%		6		0.38%		0		0.00%		799		50.89%		1,570
	Russell		2,553		79.78%		593		18.53%		33		1.03%		21		0.66%		0		0.00%		1,960		61.25%		3,200
	Saline		13,840		64.38%		7,040		32.75%		505		2.35%		96		0.45%		15		0.07%		6,800		31.63%		21,496
	Scott		1,728		84.21%		277		13.50%		37		1.80%		10		0.49%		0		0.00%		1,451		70.71%		2,052
	Sedgwick		106,506		58.23%		71,977		39.35%		3,521		1.93%		683		0.37%		208		0.11%		34,529		18.88%		182,895
	Seward		3,617		69.88%		1,490		28.79%		55		1.06%		14		0.27%		0		0.00%		2,127		41.09%		5,176
	Shawnee		37,782		49.38%		36,975		48.33%		1,369		1.79%		321		0.42%		61		0.08%		807		1.05%		76,508
	Sheridan		1,154		85.99%		168		12.52%		17		1.27%		3		0.22%		0		0.00%		986		73.47%		1,342
	Sherman		1,976		75.33%		577		22.00%		49		1.87%		17		0.65%		4		0.15%		1,399		53.33%		2,623
	Smith		1,624		80.28%		358		17.70%		26		1.29%		15		0.74%		0		0.00%		1,266		62.58%		2,023
	Stafford		1,385		75.31%		404		21.97%		31		1.69%		17		0.92%		2		0.11%		981		53.34%		1,839
	Stanton		605		79.71%		143		18.84%		6		0.79%		5		0.66%		0		0.00%		462		60.87%		759
	Stevens		1,749		85.99%		252		12.39%		23		1.13%		10		0.49%		0		0.00%		1,497		73.60%		2,034
	Sumner		6,260		68.48%		2,658		29.08%		156		1.71%		59		0.65%		8		0.09%		3,602		39.40%		9,141
	Thomas		2,788		80.25%		598		17.21%		68		1.96%		20		0.58%		0		0.00%		2,190		63.04%		3,474
	Trego		1,261		79.86%		291		18.43%		19		1.20%		7		0.44%		1		0.06%		970		61.43%		1,579
	Wabaunsee		2,256		69.05%		918		28.10%		58		1.78%		35		1.07%		0		0.00%		1,338		40.95%		3,267
	Wallace		719		90.10%		68		8.52%		8		1.00%		3		0.38%		0		0.00%		651		81.58%		798
	Washington		2,316		80.17%		524		18.14%		38		1.32%		11		0.38%		0		0.00%		1,792		62.03%		2,889
	Wichita		821		83.18%		157		15.91%		4		0.41%		5		0.51%		0		0.00%		664		67.27%		987
	Wilson		2,825		76.00%		818		22.01%		47		1.26%		27		0.73%		0		0.00%		2,007		53.99%		3,717
	Woodson		1,035		71.53%		380		26.26%		21		1.45%		7		0.48%		4		0.28%		655		45.27%		1,447
	Wyandotte		15,496		30.45%		34,302		67.40%		692		1.36%		205		0.40%		198		0.38%		-18,806		-36.95%		50,893
Totals	689,809	59.59%	439,908	38.00%	20,409	1.76%	4,990	0.43%	2,416	0.21%	249,901	21.59%	1,157,532

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Crawford (largest city: Pittsburg)

Results by congressional district

Romney won all four congressional districts.^[6]

District	Romney	Obama	Representative
		70.1%	27.64%		Tim Huelskamp
		55.4%	42.23%		Lynn Jenkins
		53.8%	44.3%		Kevin Yoder
		61.6%	36.1%		Mike Pompeo

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Kansas Republican Party

External links

• The Green Papers

for Kansas

• The Green Papers

Major state elections in chronological order

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2012 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas. 4 January 2013.
2. News: Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar. CNN. January 12, 2012.
3. News: Presidential Primary Dates. Federal Election Commission. January 23, 2012.
4. Web site: Kansas Offers Santorum Chance for Big Delegate Grab. Nate Silver. Nate Silver. March 9, 2012. March 11, 2012. .
5. Web site: Our Campaigns. KS US President, November 06, 2012.
6. Web site: Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts. Daily Kos. 11 August 2020.