2012 United States presidential election in Delaware
The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Delaware voters chose 3 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.
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General election
Candidate Ballot Access:
- Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
- Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
- Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
- Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
Write-In Candidate Access:
- Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
Results
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 242,584 | 58.61% | 3 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 165,484 | 39.98% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 3,882 | 0.94% | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,940 | 0.47% | 0 | |
Totals | 413,890 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
Voter turnout | 65.00% |
By county
County | Obama | Obama# | Romney | Romney# | Others | Others# |
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New Castle | 66.30% | 167,082 | 32.23% | 81,230 | 1.47% | 3,684 |
Kent | 51.73% | 35,527 | 46.79% | 32,135 | 1.48% | 1,010 |
Sussex | 42.88% | 39,975 | 55.91% | 52,119 | 1.21% | 1,128 |
Democratic primary
The Delaware Democratic 2012 primary was cancelled.
Republican primary
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The Delaware Republican 2012 primary took place on April 24, 2012.[2][3]
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Mitt Romney | 16,143 | 56.5% | 17 |
Newt Gingrich | 7,742 | 27.1% | 0 |
Ron Paul | 3,017 | 10.6% | 0 |
Rick Santorum | 1,690 | 5.9% | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | ||
Total: | 28,592 | 100% | 17 |
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
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See also
References
- "Official General Election Results". State of Delaware. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- State of Delaware official election results
External links
- The Green Papers: for Delaware
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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