2012 United States presidential election in Utah

The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah 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. Utah 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. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Utah is among the most heavily Republican states, voting for the Republican ticket in every presidential election since 1968, and is also the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. He carried every county in the state, all by large margins except eastern, less Mormon Summit and Grand Counties. However, Obama won reelection nationwide.

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2012 United States presidential election in Utah

November 6, 2012

Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Illinois Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 740,600 251,813 Percentage 72.62% 24.69%

County Results Romney   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

With 72.62 percent of the popular vote, Utah would prove to be Romney's strongest state in the 2012 election,[1] and Romney would go on to be elected as a United States Senator from Utah six years later in 2018.

Democratic primary

Due to Obama running for reelection without serious opposition for the Democratic Party in 2012, no Democratic Primary was held in Utah.

Republican primary

2012 Utah Republican primary

June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26)

Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 40 0 Popular vote 220,865 11,209 Percentage 93.07% 4.72%

Utah results by county.   Mitt Romney

The Republican primary took place on 26 June 2012.[2] 37 delegates were chosen, for a total of 40 delegates to go to the national convention, all pledged to the primary winner.

In 2008, Mitt Romney received major support from the Mormon (LDS) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 89.49% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012[3][4] and won the primary by a large margin.[5]

2012 Utah Republican primary[5]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	220,865	93.1%	40
Ron Paul	11,209	4.72%	0
Rick Santorum	3,541	1.5%	0
Newt Gingrich	1,124	0.5%	0
Fred Karger	578	0.2%	0
Pledged party leaders:			3
Total:	237,317	100.0%	40

Key:	Withdrew prior to contest

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Gloria La Riva/Filberto Ramirez Jr., Socialism and Liberation (as stand-ins for Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio, who may not appear on the Utah ballot due to their Constitutional ineligibility to be president and vice president)

Write in Access:

• Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Utah[6]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	740,600	72.62%	6
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	251,813	24.69%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	12,572	1.23%	0
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	5,335	0.52%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	3,817	0.37%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	2,871	0.28%	0
	Socialism and Liberation	Gloria La Riva	Filberto Ramirez Jr.	393	0.04%	0
	Others	Others		2,414	0.24%	0
Totals				1,019,815	100.00%	6

Results by county

County	Willard Mitt Romney[7] Republican		Barack Hussein Obama[7] Democratic		Gary Earl Johnson[7] Libertarian		Various candidates[7] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaver	2,174	84.92%	346	13.52%	17	0.66%	23	0.90%	1,828	71.41%	2,560
Box Elder	17,101	88.12%	1,984	10.22%	150	0.77%	172	0.89%	15,117	77.89%	19,407
Cache	35,039	82.85%	6,244	14.76%	543	1.28%	467	1.10%	28,795	68.08%	42,293
Carbon	5,090	67.27%	2,275	30.06%	88	1.16%	114	1.51%	2,815	37.20%	7,567
Daggett	406	78.08%	94	18.08%	16	3.08%	4	0.77%	312	60.00%	520
Davis	96,861	80.00%	21,889	18.08%	1,217	1.01%	1,102	0.91%	74,972	61.93%	121,069
Duchesne	5,698	89.32%	581	9.11%	41	0.64%	59	0.92%	5,117	80.22%	6,379
Emery	3,777	84.88%	569	12.79%	48	1.08%	56	1.26%	3,208	72.09%	4,450
Garfield	1,832	83.96%	308	14.12%	17	0.78%	25	1.15%	1,524	69.84%	2,182
Grand	1,996	50.53%	1,727	43.72%	71	1.80%	156	3.95%	269	6.81%	3,950
Iron	14,200	85.02%	2,148	12.86%	202	1.21%	151	0.90%	12,052	72.16%	16,701
Juab	3,448	86.81%	451	11.35%	27	0.68%	46	1.16%	2,997	75.45%	3,972
Kane	2,522	74.81%	744	22.07%	47	1.39%	58	1.72%	1,778	52.74%	3,371
Millard	4,478	89.10%	431	8.58%	43	0.86%	74	1.47%	4,047	80.52%	5,026
Morgan	4,114	89.51%	403	8.77%	36	0.78%	43	0.94%	3,711	80.74%	4,596
Piute	697	89.13%	74	9.46%	5	0.64%	6	0.77%	623	79.67%	782
Rich	915	90.86%	83	8.24%	6	0.60%	3	0.30%	832	82.62%	1,007
Salt Lake	223,811	58.62%	146,147	38.28%	5,521	1.45%	6,318	1.65%	77,664	20.34%	381,797
San Juan	3,074	57.92%	2,139	40.31%	42	0.79%	52	0.98%	935	17.62%	5,307
Sanpete	8,406	88.05%	980	10.27%	69	0.72%	92	0.96%	7,426	77.78%	9,547
Sevier	7,207	89.32%	738	9.15%	56	0.69%	68	0.84%	6,469	80.17%	8,069
Summit	8,884	50.80%	8,072	46.16%	301	1.72%	231	1.32%	812	4.64%	17,488
Tooele	14,268	74.08%	4,524	23.49%	232	1.20%	237	1.23%	9,744	50.59%	19,261
Uintah	10,421	89.97%	997	8.61%	71	0.61%	94	0.81%	9,424	81.36%	11,583
Utah	156,950	88.32%	17,281	9.72%	2,120	1.19%	1,362	0.77%	139,669	78.59%	177,713
Wasatch	7,220	75.29%	2,191	22.85%	90	0.94%	88	0.92%	5,029	52.45%	9,589
Washington	44,698	82.76%	8,337	15.44%	541	1.00%	436	0.81%	36,361	67.32%	54,012
Wayne	1,089	82.06%	215	16.20%	6	0.45%	17	1.28%	874	65.86%	1,327
Weber	54,224	71.43%	19,841	26.14%	949	1.25%	898	1.18%	34,383	45.29%	75,912
Totals	740,600	72.79%	251,813	24.75%	12,572	1.24%	12,455	1.22%	488,787	48.04%	1,017,440

By congressional district

Romney won all four congressional districts.

District	Romney	Obama	Representative
1st	78%	20%	Rob Bishop
2nd	68%	29%	Chris Stewart
3rd	79%	20%	Jason Chaffetz
4th	68%	30%	Jim Matheson

See also

• 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Utah Republican Party
• 2016 United States presidential election in Utah

References

1. "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
3. "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012.
4. "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012.
5. "Republican for president". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
6. "Utah Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
7. Our Campaigns; UT US Presidential Election November 06, 2012

External links

• The Green Papers: for Utah
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order