See main article: 2012 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia |
| Country: | District of Columbia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Image1: | President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Barack Obama |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Joe Biden |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 267,070 |
| Percentage1: | 90.91% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Barack Obama |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Barack Obama |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Mitt Romney |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Paul Ryan |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 21,381 |
| Percentage2: | 7.28% |
The 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. D.C. voters chose three 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. Prior to the election, Washington DC was considered to be a definite win for Obama; the nation's capital is heavily Democratic and has always voted for Democratic nominees for president by overwhelming margins.
Obama and Biden carried the District of Columbia with 90.9% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 7.3%, thus winning the district's three electoral votes.[1]
| Election Name: | 2012 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | District of Columbia |
| Type: | primary |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | April 3, 2012 |
| Outgoing Members: | AZ |
| Elected Members: | MD |
| Votes For Election: | 45 delegates (22 pledged and 23 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Candidate1: | Barack Obama |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Delegate Count1: | 45 |
| Popular Vote1: | 56,503 |
| Percentage1: | 97.44% |
| Candidate2: | Uncommitted |
| Home State2: | N/A |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,100 |
| Percentage2: | 1.9% |
| Color1: | 1E90FF |
| Color2: | 000000 |
| After Election: | Barack Obama |
| Before Election: | Barack Obama |
President Obama was the only candidate in the primary. The District cast all 45 of its delegate votes at the 2012 Democratic National Convention for Obama.[2] Obama won every vote in three precincts: 79, 96 and 119. He performed the worst in Precinct 2, where the George Washington University and the White House are located.[3] [4]
| District of Columbia Democratic primary, 2012[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
| Barack Obama (incumbent) | 56,503 | 96.23% | 22 | |
| Uncommitted | 1,100 | 1.87% | 0 | |
| Under votes | 725 | 1.23% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 386 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Unpledged delegates: | 23 | |||
| Total: | 58,714 | 100% | 45 | |
Running virtually unchallenged, Obama swept all of the capital's eight wards with more than 90% of the vote. He performed best in Wards 7 and 8 in DC's southeast part, securing more than 99% of the vote in each. Conversely, he earned his worst results in Wards 2 and 3, falling below 95% of the vote.[3]
| District | Obama | Uncommitted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 1 | 97.04% | 2.16% | ||
| Ward 2 | 94.37% | 4.01% | ||
| Ward 3 | 94.14% | 4.14% | ||
| Ward 4 | 97.94% | 1.59% | ||
| Ward 5 | 98.95% | 1.18% | ||
| Ward 6 | 96.95% | 2.22% | ||
| Ward 7 | 99.01% | 0.79% | ||
| Ward 8 | 99.08% | 0.74% |
| Election Name: | 2012 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | District of Columbia |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Image1: | Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Mitt Romney |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Color1: | ff6600 |
| Delegate Count1: | 18 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,577 |
| Percentage1: | 70.08% |
| Candidate2: | Ron Paul |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Color2: | ffcc00 |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 621 |
| Percentage2: | 12.17% |
| Image4: | Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate4: | Newt Gingrich |
| Home State4: | Georgia |
| Color4: | 800080 |
| Delegate Count4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 558 |
| Percentage4: | 10.93% |
| Image5: | Ambassador Jon Huntsman.jpg |
| Candidate5: | Jon Huntsman |
| Home State5: | Utah |
| Color5: | dc143c |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 348 |
| Percentage5: | 6.82% |
| Map Size: | 135px |
| Before Election: | John McCain |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
The 2012 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on April 3, 2012,[6] [7] [8] the same day as the Maryland and Wisconsin Republican primaries.
The District of Columbia Republican Party required a $5,000 contribution, signatures from one percent of registered Republicans, and the names of 16 potential delegates and 16 alternate delegates, who then must register with the District of Columbia Office of Campaign Finance.[9] [10] Alternatively, under II.D.1(c) a candidate need not file signatures with a $10,000 contribution.[10] The District of Columbia Republican Party certified Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul in lieu of petitions under II.D.1(c).[11] Rick Santorum was not included on the ballot because he did not meet these requirements.[9] [11]
The District of Columbia Republican Party decided not to allow write-in votes for the primary.[12]
The candidate with the most votes in the primary, Mitt Romney, was awarded sixteen delegates.[13] Romney received the most votes in each of the District of Columbia's eight wards, receiving the majority of votes in wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and a plurality of votes in wards 5, 7, and 8.[14] Paul received the second most votes in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while Gingrich received the second most votes in wards 3 and 7.[14] Romney also received the most votes, or tied for the most votes, in 129 of the 143 voting precincts.[15]
The District of Columbia's three superdelegates are Chairman Bob Kabel, Republican National Committeewoman Betsy Werronen, and Republican National Committeeman Tony Parker.[16] Kabel and Werronen both support Mitt Romney.[16] [17] Other delegates for the District of Columbia include Patrick Mara and Rachel Hoff.[18]
Jill Homan and Bob Kabel were elected National Committeewoman and the National Committeeman, respectively.[19] They will both take office after the end of the 2012 Republican National Convention.[20]
| 2012 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary[21] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
| Mitt Romney | 3,577 | 70.08% | 18 | |
| Ron Paul | 621 | 12.17% | 0 | |
| Newt Gingrich | 558 | 10.93% | 0 | |
| Jon Huntsman | 348 | 6.82% | 0 | |
| Unprojected delegates: | 1 | |||
| Under votes | 153 | |||
| Total: | 5,257 | 100% | 19 | |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffington Post[22] | November 6, 2012 | ||
| CNN[23] | November 6, 2012 | ||
| align=left | New York Times[24] | November 6, 2012 | |
| Washington Post[25] | November 6, 2012 | ||
| RealClearPolitics[26] | November 6, 2012 | ||
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[27] | November 5, 2012 | ||
| FiveThirtyEight[28] | November 6, 2012 |
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| 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 267,070 | 90.91% | 3 | ||
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 21,381 | 7.28% | 0 | ||
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 2,458 | 0.84% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | James P. Gray | 2,083 | 0.71% | 0 | ||
| Others | Others | Others | 772 | 0.26% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 293,764 | 100.00% | 3 | ||||
| Voter turnout | ??? | — | |||||
| Ward | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney | Jill Stein | Gary Johnson | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 1 | 91.95% | 32,131 | 5.1% | 1,782 | 1.74% | 609 | 0.95% | 332 | |
| Ward 2 | 80.86% | 24,096 | 16.36% | 4,876 | 0.98% | 292 | 1.32% | 394 | |
| Ward 3 | 80.05% | 31,202 | 17.37% | 6,771 | 1.11% | 431 | 1.1% | 428 | |
| Ward 4 | 94.19% | 36,864 | 4.28% | 1,674 | 0.89% | 350 | 0.45% | 176 | |
| Ward 5 | 95.88% | 36,436 | 2.89% | 1,097 | 0.62% | 235 | 0.42% | 159 | |
| Ward 6 | 87.31% | 38,825 | 10.39% | 4,620 | 0.89% | 396 | 1.08% | 482 | |
| Ward 7 | 98.52% | 35,536 | 0.9% | 324 | 0.24% | 87 | 0.18% | 65 | |
| Ward 8 | 98.82% | 31,980 | 0.73% | 237 | 0.18% | 58 | 0.05% | 47 | |
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