2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts explained

See main article: 2012 United States presidential election.

Election Name:2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Next Year:2016
Election Date:November 6, 2012
Turnout:73.2%
Image1:President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
Nominee1:Barack Obama
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Illinois
Running Mate1:Joe Biden
Electoral Vote1:11
Popular Vote1:1,921,761
Percentage1:60.67%
Nominee2:Mitt Romney
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Massachusetts
Running Mate2:Paul Ryan
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:1,188,460
Percentage2:37.52%
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 Massachusetts 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. Massachusetts voters chose 11 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.

Although Romney previously served as Massachusetts's Governor from 2003 to 2007, Massachusetts was considered to be a state Obama would win or a safe blue state. Obama ultimately won Massachusetts with 60.67% of the popular vote to Romney's 37.52%, thus winning the state's 11 electoral votes by a 23.15% margin of victory.[1] This was the first time a presidential candidate lost his home state since Al Gore lost Tennessee in the 2000 election. Romney also became the first Republican candidate to lose his home state since Richard Nixon lost his then-home state of New York to Hubert Humphrey in 1968.

Massachusetts has been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, with the only Republican to carry the state since then being Ronald Reagan, in 1980 and 1984. The Democratic nominee has won the state by over 20% in every election from 1996 on, and has swept every county in the state from 1992 on.

In 2012, Massachusetts continued its streak of voting solidly Democratic in presidential elections by rejecting its former governor, Mitt Romney. Romney became the first major party nominee to lose their home state by twenty or more percentage points in 80 years, which would happen again four years later when Donald Trump lost his then-home state of New York by 22 points.

Nevertheless, Romney's 37.52% vote share still stands as of the 2024 presidential election as the highest Republican vote share in Massachusetts since 1988. Romney's 4.20% defeat in Plymouth County was the closest a Republican came to carrying any of Massachusetts' counties between 1988 and 2024 (when Donald Trump lost Bristol County by 1.3%).[2]

The 2012 presidential election marks the most recent cycle that Romney would stand for public office as a resident of Massachusetts. He would be on the ballot again in 2018, but as a candidate for U.S. senator from Utah.

To date, this is the last time that the cities of Agawam and Palmer, and the towns of Acushnet, Blackstone, Chester, Freetown, Huntington, Leicester, Ludlow, Monroe, Monson, New Braintree, Russell, Swansea, Templeton, Wales, Ware, and Winchendon voted Democratic, and the last time the city of North Attleborough and the towns of Boxford, Boylston, Cohasset, Dover, Dunstable, Duxbury, Easton, Foxborough, Georgetown, Hamilton, Hingham, Holden, Hopkinton, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Marshfield, Medfield, Norfolk, North Andover, North Reading, Norwell, Paxton, Princeton, Sandwich, Scituate, Sturbridge, Topsfield, Upton, Walpole, Wenham, West Boylston, Westwood, Wilmington, and Wrentham voted Republican.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Election Name:2012 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2016
Candidate1:Barack Obama
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Illinois
Popular Vote1:127,909
Percentage1:86.50%
Delegate Count1:110
Map Size:220px

Incumbent president Barack Obama won the Massachusetts Democratic Primary with 81% of the vote. He received no official opposition in the primary, with the other 19% of the vote going to "no preference," write-in candidates, or blank ballots. Through the primary and district caucuses, he won all of the state's 110 pledged delegates, which voted for him at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina (the state also had 26 superdelegates).

Colspan=4Massachusetts Democratic primary, 2012[3] [4]
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Barack Obama (incumbent)127,90986.50%110
No preference16,075 10.87%0
Write-ins3,8892.63%0
Totals147,873100.00%110

Republican primary

See also: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.

Election Name:2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts#Republican
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary
Next Year:2016
Candidate1:Mitt Romney
Color1:ff6600
Home State1:Massachusetts
Delegate Count1:38
Popular Vote1:266,313
Percentage1:71.89%
Candidate2:Rick Santorum
Color2:008000
Home State2:Pennsylvania
Delegate Count2:0
Popular Vote2:44,564
Percentage2:12.03%
Candidate3:Ron Paul
Color3:ffcc00
Delegate Count3:0
Home State3:Texas
Popular Vote3:35,219
Percentage3:9.51%
Map Size:300
Votes For Election:43 Republican National Convention delegates
The number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote
Outgoing Members:ID
Elected Members:ND

The 2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.[5] [6] Among the 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention, 38 are awarded proportionately among candidates getting at least 15% of the vote statewide, and another three super delegates are unbound.[7] As expected, Romney won Massachusetts by a landslide. He won the plurality in every town but 10 (Rick Santorum won seven, Ron Paul won two, and no candidate won one), and earned the majority in all but 53.[8]

Massachusetts Republican primary, 2012[9]
CandidateVotesPercentageProjected delegate count
APCNN
[10] 		FOX
[11]
Mitt Romney266,31371.89%-3838
Rick Santorum44,56412.03%-00
Ron Paul35,2199.51%-00
Newt Gingrich16,9914.59%-00
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn)2,2680.61%-00
Rick Perry (withdrawn)9910.27%-00
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn)8650.23%-00
No preference1,7930.48%-00
Blanks8180.22%-00
Others6130.17%-00
Unprojected delegates:4133
Total:370,425100.00%414141

Green-Rainbow primary

See also: 2012 Green Party presidential primaries.

Election Name:2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts#Green-Rainbow
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts#Green-Rainbow
Next Year:2016
Image1:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore (1).jpg
Candidate1:Jill Stein
Home State1:Massachusetts
Party1:Green Party (United States)
Delegate Count1:8
Popular Vote1:1,018
Percentage1:67.06%
Delegate Count2:1
Popular Vote2:89
Percentage2:5.86%
Candidate2:Kent Mesplay
Home State2:California
Party2:Green Party (United States)
Image3:3x4.svg
Candidate3:Harley Mikkelson
Party3:Green Party (United States)
Delegate Count3:1
Popular Vote3:84
Percentage3:5.53%

The 2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.

Colspan=4Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary, 2012[12]
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Jill Stein1,01867.06%8
No preference23215.28%2
Kent Mesplay89 5.86%1
Harley Mikkelson84 5.53%1
Write-ins956.26%0
Totals1,518100.00%11

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Huffington Post[13] November 6, 2012
CNN[14] November 6, 2012
align=left New York Times[15] November 6, 2012
Washington Post[16] November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[17] November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18] November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[19] November 6, 2012

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[20]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticBarack Obama (incumbent)Joe Biden (incumbent)1,921,76160.67%11
RepublicanMitt RomneyPaul Ryan1,188,46037.52%0
LibertarianGary JohnsonJim Gray30,9200.98%0
Green-RainbowJill SteinCheri Honkala20,6910.65%0
OthersOthers6,5520.21%0
Totals3,167,767100.00%11

By county

CountyBarack Obama
Democratic		Mitt Romney
Republican		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%
Barnstable70,82253.20%60,44645.41%1,8471.39%10,3767.79%133,115
Berkshire48,84375.74%14,25222.10%1,3912.16%34,59153.64%64,486
Bristol143,43359.39%93,89838.88%4,1781.73%49,53520.51%241,509
Dukes7,97872.74%2,79225.46%1981.80%5,18647.28%10,968
Essex210,30257.40%150,48041.07%5,5751.53%59,82216.33%366,357
Franklin27,07271.70%9,34424.75%1,3423.55%17,72846.95%37,758
Hampden123,61961.69%73,39236.62%3,3881.69%50,22725.07%200,399
Hampshire57,35970.27%21,48026.32%2,7823.41%35,87943.95%81,621
Middlesex471,80462.56%267,32135.45%15,0451.99%204,48327.11%754,170
Nantucket3,83062.58%2,18735.74%1031.68%1,64326.84%6,120
Norfolk202,71456.86%148,39341.62%5,4161.52%54,32115.24%356,523
Plymouth131,84551.40%121,08647.20%3,6001.40%10,7594.20%256,531
Suffolk223,89677.45%59,99920.75%5,2031.80%163,89756.70%289,098
Worcester198,24453.71%163,39044.27%7,4782.02%34,8549.44%369,112
Totals1,921,76160.67%1,188,46037.52%57,5461.82%733,30123.15%3,167,767

By municipality

CountyBarack ObamaDemocraticMitt RomneyRepublicanVarious Candidates Other partiesTotal votes cast
%%%
Abington49.8%4,10449.1%4,0511.1%898,244
Acton65.7%7,77932.5%3,8511.8%21811,848
Acushnet57.1%3,02141.3%2,1831.6%855,289
Adams77.1%3,01020.9%8182.0%773,905
Agawam50.8%7,28847.9%6,8701.4%19614,354
Alford76.6%23321.1%642.3%7304
Amesbury57.4%4,81741.0%3,4461.6%1338,396
Amherst82.8%12,31612.6%1,8724.7%69514,883
Andover49.9%9,28748.7%9,0531.4%25818,598
Aquinnah84.5%25112.8%382.7%8297
Arlington72.0%18,58025.8%6,6592.2%56025,799
Ashburnham50.5%1,62147.6%1,5291.9%623,212
Ashby45.2%82752.5%9612.3%421,830
Ashfield79.6%89216.7%1873.7%421,121
Ashland58.2%4,95440.0%3,4071.8%1518,512
Athol53.6%2,52543.9%2,0702.5%1174,712
Attleboro54.2%10,36943.9%8,4061.8%35319,128
Auburn51.2%4,49546.9%4,1161.9%1678,778
Avon51.0%1,22147.2%1,1311.8%422,394
Ayer55.5%2,02342.7%1,5571.8%643,644
Barnstable50.5%12,84248.3%12,2901.2%30525,437
Barre50.1%1,34347.7%1,2792.3%612,683
Becket70.7%68426.8%2592.5%24967
Bedford58.2%4,43639.9%3,0461.9%1467,628
Belchertown59.9%4,54238.0%2,8862.1%1597,587
Bellingham50.0%4,25648.4%4,1191.6%1408,515
Belmont64.7%9,10833.6%4,7281.7%24114,077
Berkley47.6%1,56951.1%1,6861.3%423,297
Berlin50.9%91746.0%8303.1%561,803
Bernardston69.4%80928.2%3292.4%281,166
Beverly58.5%12,07540.2%8,3041.2%25620,635
Billerica48.9%9,77449.6%9,9251.5%29919,998
Blackstone51.5%2,22147.0%2,0271.6%674,315
Blandford45.5%30052.7%3481.8%12660
Bolton50.5%1,53747.8%1,4571.7%523,046
Boston78.9%196,09619.4%48,2271.7%4159248,482
Bourne46.8%4,71952.1%5,2521.1%10610,077
Boxborough59.3%1,73738.7%1,1341.9%572,928
Boxford39.8%2,04959.0%3,0321.2%615,142
Boylston47.9%1,28450.1%1,3412.0%532,678
Braintree51.5%10,01547.4%9,2171.2%22919,461
Brewster56.3%3,66942.2%2,7481.5%1006,517
Bridgewater48.0%5,77450.7%6,0891.3%15712,020
Brimfield43.9%89753.6%1,0942.5%512,042
Brockton73.7%25,14025.4%8,6680.9%31034,118
Brookfield47.8%82249.6%8532.6%451,720
Brookline77.9%21,76120.5%5,7171.6%45727,935
Buckland72.5%75024.4%2523.1%321,034
Burlington52.3%6,97146.5%6,1871.2%16013,318
Cambridge86.1%41,99110.9%5,3403.0%145648,787
Canton52.2%6,43046.7%5,7521.1%13712,319
Carlisle58.5%1,95939.4%1,3182.1%713,348
Carver47.5%2,87051.4%3,1071.1%696,046
Charlemont71.4%45626.0%1662.7%17639
Charlton43.4%2,91054.6%3,6602.0%1366,706
Chatham49.6%2,28749.4%2,2781.1%494,614
Chelmsford49.4%9,60649.0%9,5341.6%31919,459
Chelsea80.7%6,76018.0%1,5101.3%1058,375
Cheshire69.8%1,21628.3%4931.8%321,741
Chester50.1%33146.1%3053.8%25661
Chesterfield63.5%45531.8%2284.6%33716
Chicopee62.3%14,29235.9%8,2371.7%39422,923
Chilmark80.5%58517.5%1272.1%15727
Clarksburg71.5%61327.1%2321.4%12857
Clinton57.6%3,49240.4%2,4512.0%1216,064
Cohasset45.8%2,22653.4%2,5950.9%424,863
Colrain70.1%61826.3%2323.5%31881
Concord66.4%7,28232.0%3,5091.5%16910,960
Conway74.1%92623.0%2882.9%361,250
Cummington69.7%36826.3%1394.0%21528
Dalton71.8%2,43326.2%8882.0%673,388
Danvers50.6%7,34448.1%6,9841.2%17914,507
Dartmouth61.3%9,81737.2%5,9641.5%24316,024
Dedham56.7%7,71842.0%5,7191.3%17413,611
Deerfield69.7%2,10327.8%8392.5%763,018
Dennis52.9%4,89245.9%4,2441.2%1099,245
Dighton48.0%1,74350.8%1,8421.2%433,628
Douglas42.0%1,89456.4%2,5421.6%734,509
Dover42.8%1,53156.1%2,0041.1%393,574
Dracut45.6%6,92552.9%8,0261.5%22415,175
Dudley48.7%2,46650.2%2,5441.1%575,067
Dunstable43.4%81954.7%1,0341.9%361,889
Duxbury43.9%3,54355.2%4,4500.9%728,065
East Bridgewater45.8%3,34053.0%3,8671.2%917,298
East Brookfield40.9%46957.8%6621.3%151,146
Eastham59.5%2,18739.3%1,4461.2%453,678
Easthampton69.8%6,28127.4%2,4632.9%2589,002
East Longmeadow46.9%4,08552.0%4,5231.1%968,704
Easton47.5%5,69051.4%6,1621.1%13711,989
Edgartown66.3%1,69932.3%8271.4%362,562
Egremont80.5%67618.0%1511.5%13840
Erving72.3%55726.0%2001.7%13770
Essex53.5%1,15444.6%9621.9%422,158
Everett71.6%9,39227.3%3,5821.0%13613,110
Fairhaven60.8%5,01937.3%3,0821.9%1548,255
Fall River73.7%21,72424.9%7,3231.4%42029,467
Falmouth56.8%11,01341.9%8,1301.3%26119,404
Fitchburg59.2%8,50438.8%5,5742.0%28614,364
Florida65.3%25432.6%1272.1%8389
Foxborough49.1%4,74549.7%4,7981.2%1209,663
Framingham66.2%18,34032.3%8,9381.5%42627,704
Franklin49.4%8,58949.1%8,5491.5%26317,401
Freetown49.7%2,30148.4%2,2411.9%904,632
Gardner57.2%4,68740.6%3,3232.2%1828,192
Georgetown46.2%2,27252.4%2,5771.3%664,915
Gill72.8%64623.9%2123.3%29887
Gloucester62.7%9,68035.7%5,5111.5%23615,427
Goshen64.3%39532.2%1983.4%21614
Gosnold56.3%4941.4%362.3%287
Grafton51.4%4,85346.8%4,4271.8%1709,450
Granby53.4%1,86245.0%1,5701.5%543,486
Granville42.0%37456.4%5021.6%14890
Great Barrington81.3%2,91616.6%5952.1%763,587
Greenfield74.0%6,17522.7%1,8913.3%2748,340
Groton52.4%3,20145.9%2,8061.7%1066,113
Groveland45.9%1,82452.4%2,0801.7%663,970
Hadley69.0%2,11928.9%8862.1%663,071
Halifax47.3%1,93850.6%2,0712.1%854,094
Hamilton48.7%2,16349.6%2,2041.8%794,446
Hampden44.3%1,28654.0%1,5691.7%502,905
Hancock59.7%22837.2%1423.1%12382
Hanover40.2%3,34259.0%4,9100.9%718,323
Hanson45.1%2,51253.9%2,9991.0%575,568
Hardwick54.2%71042.7%5593.1%401,309
Harvard60.1%2,16637.8%1,3622.1%753,603
Harwich54.0%4,37644.5%3,6071.4%1168,099
Hatfield66.9%1,36231.4%6381.7%352,035
Haverhill55.7%15,34242.7%11,7581.6%43527,535
Hawley63.6%12632.8%653.5%7198
Heath68.5%29229.1%1242.3%10426
Hingham47.8%6,75051.2%7,2311.0%13514,116
Hinsdale68.9%72828.1%2973.0%321,057
Holbrook55.0%3,02443.7%2,4021.3%725,498
Holden48.1%5,05550.4%5,2941.5%15410,503
Holland44.8%59352.1%6903.1%411,324
Holliston55.9%4,62142.4%3,5021.7%1448,267
Holyoke76.2%12,49222.2%3,6391.6%25716,388
Hopedale51.7%1,69846.5%1,5271.7%573,282
Hopkinton48.5%4,19750.1%4,3341.4%1238,654
Hubbardston44.6%1,16053.1%1,3812.3%592,600
Hudson56.4%5,64241.8%4,1831.9%18710,012
Hull58.9%3,57639.8%2,4171.2%756,068
Huntington50.4%55443.6%4796.0%661,099
Ipswich53.2%4,41745.1%3,7421.6%1368,295
Kingston45.6%3,17653.5%3,7240.9%656,965
Lakeville41.7%2,41157.1%3,3011.2%725,784
Lancaster46.5%1,72451.6%1,9141.9%723,710
Lanesborough71.7%1,14426.9%4301.4%221,596
Lawrence83.3%18,24015.8%3,4590.8%18521,884
Lee73.8%2,15024.5%7131.7%492,912
Leicester49.8%2,74448.4%2,6671.7%965,507
Lenox76.0%2,31822.1%6751.8%563,049
Leominster52.5%9,76945.9%8,5401.6%29718,606
Leverett80.9%98715.0%1834.1%501,220
Lexington69.4%12,67529.0%5,2871.6%29518,257
Leyden73.4%33924.9%1151.7%8462
Lincoln69.9%2,55828.8%1,0551.3%473,660
Littleton54.2%2,91543.8%2,3572.0%1105,382
Longmeadow56.3%4,85142.5%3,6621.2%1018,614
Lowell66.9%22,59731.3%10,5861.8%59533,778
Ludlow54.1%5,23344.4%4,2951.5%1439,671
Lunenburg46.6%2,74851.5%3,0381.8%1095,895
Lynn72.2%22,96526.6%8,4631.2%37231,800
Lynnfield38.2%2,77360.9%4,4190.9%687,260
Malden71.3%14,94027.3%5,7141.5%31420,968
Manchester54.3%1,88644.3%1,5391.4%483,473
Mansfield49.5%5,91049.0%5,8551.5%18311,948
Marblehead55.2%6,82443.9%5,4221.0%11812,364
Marion53.5%1,72545.1%1,4561.4%453,226
Marlborough57.3%9,57641.1%6,8671.6%26316,706
Marshfield46.7%7,04152.2%7,8661.1%16415,071
Mashpee49.9%4,13349.0%4,0581.1%898,280
Mattapoisett51.6%2,04146.9%1,8551.4%573,953
Maynard62.8%3,63535.0%2,0232.2%1305,788
Medfield46.5%3,44852.1%3,8641.4%1037,415
Medford67.9%18,61330.3%8,2941.8%49427,401
Medway50.0%3,61548.7%3,5191.4%987,232
Melrose60.2%9,28938.5%5,9361.3%20215,427
Mendon44.5%1,51754.0%1,8401.4%493,406
Merrimac51.7%1,84446.5%1,6571.8%653,566
Methuen51.5%11,04847.4%10,1681.2%25421,470
Middleborough45.5%5,19252.8%6,0291.7%18911,410
Middlefield69.4%20226.5%774.1%12291
Middleton41.4%1,90957.5%2,6511.1%504,610
Milford55.6%7,12943.0%5,5041.4%18112,814
Millbury50.3%3,41048.1%3,2621.7%1126,784
Millis51.1%2,42147.1%2,2321.8%834,736
Millville46.1%71752.2%8131.7%271,557
Milton60.1%9,49938.7%6,1221.2%18215,803
Monroe60.4%3239.6%210.0%053
Monson50.7%2,17647.4%2,0321.9%834,291
Montague76.3%3,21320.7%8733.0%1264,212
Monterey78.8%41718.3%972.8%15529
Montgomery43.4%22054.0%2742.6%13507
Mount Washington76.9%8317.6%195.6%6108
Nahant59.7%1,37139.1%8971.2%272,295
Nantucket62.8%3,82835.8%2,1851.4%846,097
Natick62.2%11,60036.2%6,7571.5%28518,642
Needham60.4%10,20738.5%6,5131.1%18316,903
New Ashford69.9%10726.1%403.9%6153
New Bedford75.9%25,20522.7%7,5411.4%47433,220
New Braintree50.6%28346.0%2573.4%19559
Newbury51.3%2,27247.4%2,1001.4%604,432
Newburyport61.6%6,78436.9%4,0591.5%16811,011
New Marlborough68.4%57228.7%2402.9%24836
New Salem62.9%38133.8%2053.3%20606
Newton71.4%32,09927.0%12,1541.6%71044,963
Norfolk42.5%2,42456.1%3,1991.3%755,698
North Adams77.5%4,42720.0%1,1442.4%1395,710
Northampton82.4%13,11013.7%2,1793.9%62615,915
North Andover46.2%6,99152.8%7,9921.0%14815,131
North Attleborough46.7%6,60251.8%7,3311.5%21414,147
Northborough52.3%4,38746.1%3,8721.6%1358,394
Northbridge44.8%3,40853.5%4,0721.7%1277,607
North Brookfield44.4%1,05053.7%1,2711.9%462,367
Northfield68.5%1,11529.1%4732.4%391,627
North Reading45.6%3,98653.1%4,6411.3%1148,741
Norton49.2%4,45449.1%4,4491.6%1499,052
Norwell42.0%2,71457.0%3,6841.0%626,460
Norwood55.5%8,09843.1%6,2921.4%20614,596
Oak Bluffs70.3%1,95528.6%7951.1%312,781
Oakham44.4%50953.1%6092.4%281,146
Orange56.2%1,81841.0%1,3252.8%923,235
Orleans55.9%2,49643.0%1,9221.1%494,467
Otis59.0%48937.5%3113.5%29829
Oxford48.1%3,12550.2%3,2611.7%1086,494
Palmer53.6%3,02044.0%2,4822.4%1345,636
Paxton44.7%1,11954.1%1,3541.2%292,502
Peabody55.8%15,01043.2%11,6161.0%26426,890
Pelham82.1%72814.9%1323.0%27887
Pembroke46.9%4,57452.0%5,0731.1%1129,759
Pepperell45.3%2,93652.9%3,4261.9%1206,482
Peru68.4%32428.7%1363.0%14474
Petersham55.4%45141.5%3383.1%25814
Phillipston48.8%46449.3%4691.9%18951
Pittsfield78.0%15,60020.2%4,0441.7%34419,988
Plainfield74.3%28621.6%834.2%16385
Plainville47.0%2,06851.6%2,2691.3%594,396
Plymouth50.8%15,10647.9%14,2581.3%37229,736
Plympton44.6%77653.4%9282.0%341,738
Princeton48.3%1,11249.9%1,1481.8%422,302
Provincetown89.1%2,1218.8%2102.1%492,380
Quincy61.5%24,71436.9%14,8161.6%62640,156
Randolph75.6%11,43023.5%3,5500.9%13315,113
Raynham46.2%3,21752.5%3,6571.3%936,967
Reading52.2%7,44746.6%6,6401.2%17014,257
Rehoboth46.5%2,91251.9%3,2461.6%996,257
Revere65.9%11,14132.9%5,5601.2%19616,897
Richmond74.5%68824.5%2261.0%9923
Rochester43.6%1,36254.5%1,7041.9%593,125
Rockland52.4%4,52646.2%3,9891.4%1258,640
Rockport62.9%2,98235.2%1,6701.9%924,744
Rowe58.1%14038.2%923.7%9241
Rowley44.6%1,59654.0%1,9351.4%513,582
Royalston57.8%39139.5%2672.7%18676
Russell49.2%38849.0%3861.8%14788
Rutland46.3%2,07152.1%2,3291.6%714,471
Salem69.1%13,42929.0%5,6351.9%37119,435
Salisbury53.3%2,27845.3%1,9381.4%614,277
Sandisfield64.6%29433.8%1541.5%7455
Sandwich46.7%5,80252.2%6,4921.1%13912,433
Saugus50.9%6,95748.0%6,5571.0%14213,656
Savoy67.9%24129.0%1033.1%11355
Scituate48.8%5,52850.0%5,6591.2%13411,321
Seekonk51.9%3,77246.5%3,3821.6%1157,269
Sharon63.4%6,55835.4%3,6591.2%12110,338
Sheffield70.5%1,29127.5%5032.1%381,832
Shelburne77.0%87319.9%2263.1%351,134
Sherborn53.9%1,43044.4%1,1791.7%442,653
Shirley49.6%1,55347.3%1,4823.0%953,130
Shrewsbury53.6%9,67445.2%8,1541.3%22618,054
Shutesbury82.2%1,02812.5%1565.3%661,250
Somerset61.5%6,09137.1%3,6741.4%1429,907
Somerville82.2%28,46714.1%4,8653.7%129034,622
Southampton53.3%1,86145.3%1,5841.4%493,494
Southborough50.6%2,93547.9%2,7821.5%875,804
Southbridge64.4%4,25634.7%2,2910.9%576,604
South Hadley61.2%5,36237.1%3,2521.7%1478,761
Southwick41.8%2,05056.5%2,7701.7%814,901
Spencer47.3%2,61750.4%2,7852.3%1285,530
Springfield79.7%42,96319.2%10,3721.1%57353,908
Sterling42.5%2,02955.9%2,6671.7%794,775
Stockbridge78.1%94418.7%2263.1%381,208
Stoneham53.6%6,63445.1%5,5801.2%15412,368
Stoughton58.5%8,11940.3%5,5911.3%18013,890
Stow55.2%2,34843.0%1,8311.8%774,256
Sturbridge47.9%2,51449.9%2,6152.2%1165,245
Sudbury57.5%6,02641.4%4,3411.1%11510,482
Sunderland73.2%1,36321.7%4045.1%951,862
Sutton40.7%2,18157.6%3,0871.7%895,357
Swampscott59.7%4,89939.0%3,2021.3%1058,206
Swansea57.2%4,51241.5%3,2691.3%1017,882
Taunton59.6%13,47938.8%8,7831.6%35822,620
Templeton49.2%1,85749.0%1,8511.8%693,777
Tewksbury46.9%7,54051.8%8,3321.3%20916,081
Tisbury74.2%1,84523.9%5951.8%452,485
Tolland39.6%11055.8%1554.7%13278
Topsfield44.9%1,80054.0%2,1641.1%464,010
Townsend42.4%2,08755.4%2,7252.3%1114,923
Truro71.0%1,04127.2%3991.8%271,467
Tyngsborough45.1%2,83753.4%3,3611.5%956,293
Tyringham67.1%17332.9%850.0%0258
Upton47.3%1,98550.8%2,1321.9%794,196
Uxbridge46.3%3,32551.9%3,7281.8%1287,181
Wakefield51.7%7,48647.0%6,8061.3%18614,478
Wales51.7%47946.8%4341.5%14927
Walpole45.5%6,36053.3%7,4561.2%16813,984
Waltham62.8%15,74835.2%8,8162.0%50225,066
Ware56.2%2,39042.0%1,7831.8%764,249
Wareham55.9%6,06942.7%4,6321.4%15510,856
Warren52.9%1,21943.5%1,0023.6%822,303
Warwick73.7%33424.1%1092.2%10453
Washington75.9%23921.9%692.2%7315
Watertown71.1%11,87827.0%4,5161.9%32216,716
Wayland62.4%5,15336.0%2,9751.6%1328,260
Webster51.8%3,47646.4%3,1111.8%1196,706
Wellesley56.7%8,24342.2%6,1441.1%16214,549
Wellfleet69.9%1,56827.6%6192.5%552,242
Wendell76.6%42512.6%7010.8%60555
Wenham44.8%1,05853.6%1,2651.5%362,359
Westborough55.8%4,99942.6%3,8181.5%1358,952
West Boylston48.7%2,02950.0%2,0831.3%554,167
West Bridgewater43.8%1,73454.8%2,1691.3%523,955
West Brookfield49.5%96448.8%9501.6%321,946
Westfield52.0%9,22846.1%8,1781.9%32917,735
Westford49.5%6,38548.8%6,2951.7%21612,896
Westhampton60.4%63936.4%3853.2%341,058
Westminster45.4%1,94052.5%2,2452.1%914,276
West Newbury50.0%1,38348.7%1,3471.3%372,767
Weston51.2%3,39047.7%3,1591.1%726,621
Westport59.1%5,07439.3%3,3721.6%1418,587
West Springfield53.6%6,17044.9%5,1691.5%17611,515
West Stockbridge79.8%70718.2%1612.0%18886
West Tisbury79.5%1,57118.8%3711.7%331,975
Westwood48.2%4,33750.6%4,5491.2%1068,992
Weymouth54.4%15,13044.3%12,3411.3%36127,832
Whately65.2%62631.4%3013.4%33960
Whitman49.2%3,65449.2%3,6521.6%1177,423
Wilbraham45.6%3,74552.8%4,3321.6%1288,205
Williamsburg76.4%1,23920.0%3243.6%591,622
Williamstown80.9%3,01217.2%6401.9%713,723
Wilmington47.2%5,89051.5%6,4371.3%16212,489
Winchendon51.5%2,14246.5%1,9332.0%854,160
Winchester54.8%7,00043.9%5,6021.3%16512,767
Windsor73.8%38524.3%1271.9%10522
Winthrop58.6%5,21140.2%3,5751.2%1098,895
Woburn53.5%10,29145.2%8,7071.3%24519,243
Worcester69.0%40,56829.2%17,1551.8%103358,756
Worthington66.5%48128.8%2084.7%34723
Wrentham42.7%2,70455.9%3,5351.4%896,328
Yarmouth51.8%7,18347.0%6,5261.2%16313,872

By congressional district

Obama won all 9 congressional districts.[21]

DistrictObamaRomneyRepresentative
63.96%34.27%Richard Neal
58.7%39.18%Jim McGovern
56.91%41.41%Niki Tsongas
57.24%41.29%Joseph Kennedy III
65.19%33.13%Ed Markey
54.74%43.89%John F. Tierney
82.46%15.64%Mike Capuano
57.78%40.85%Stephen Lynch
55.54%43.14%William R. Keating

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President Democratic Primary . PD43+ . Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 6 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Massachusetts Democratic Delegation 2012 . www.thegreenpapers.com . The Green Papers . 6 March 2020.
  5. News: Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar. CNN. January 11, 2012.
  6. News: Presidential Primary Dates. Federal Election Commission. January 23, 2012.
  7. Web site: Nate Silver. Nate Silver. Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates . FiveThirtyEight. March 4, 2012. March 5, 2012.
  8. Web site: Boston Globe. Boston Globe. 2012 Massachusetts Republican Presidential Primary results . Boston Globe. March 4, 2012. April 11, 2012.
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-03-30 . 2012-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120822202646/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleres/repprim12.pdf . dead .
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  12. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President Green-Rainbow Primary . PD43+ . Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 6 March 2020.
  13. News: Huffington Post Election Dashboard. HuffPost. https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map . 2013-08-13.
  14. News: America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map. CNN. dead . https://archive.today/20130119130158/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator%23?battleground . 2013-01-19.
  15. News: Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory. The New York Times. https://archive.today/20120708093751/http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map . July 8, 2012.
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  18. Web site: PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM.
  19. Web site: Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome.
  20. Web site: Massachusetts Secretary of State. 2012-11-30 .
  21. Web site: Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts. Daily Kos. 11 August 2020.

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