2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Oklahoma presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 2008 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 2016 November 6, 2012 x200px Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 7 891,325 66.77% President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 443,547 33.23% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Precinct results 1 400px Romney #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Obama #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% No votes #000000 President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 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. Voters chose seven 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. For the third election in a row since 2004, no third parties were allowed on the ballot. With an extremely socially conservative electorate, Oklahoma has in recent years become one of the most Republican states in the nation. For the third cycle in a row, the Republicans won over 65% of the vote and swept every single county in the state. With 66.77% of the popular vote to Obama's mere 33.23%, Mitt Romney carried almost exactly two thirds of the vote in the state while Obama merely carried one third. His vote share also the remains the third-highest for any Republican presidential candidate in Oklahoma history; as well as the strongest ever for a candidate who was not nationally successful. Oklahoma was Romney's third strongest state in the 2012 election, after Utah and Wyoming.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2012&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2012 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Primary elections Democratic primary 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary President Obama faced four challengers in Oklahoma's Democratic primary. Challenger Randall Terry took 12 counties with candidate Jim Rogers winning in three counties. Candidates Bob Ely and Darcy Richardson also appeared on Oklahoma's ballot but failed to obtain a majority of votes in any county. 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primaryThe Green Papers, Retrieved July 8, 2015CandidateVotesPercentageProjected national delegates14px Barack Obama (incumbent) 64,259 57.07% 35 Randall Terry 20,294 18.02% 7 Jim Rogers 15,535 13.80% 3 Darcy Richardson 7,192 6.39% 0 Bob Ely 5,318 4.72% 0Totals112,598100.00%45 Republican primary The Republican primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN January 12, 2012http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission January 23, 2012 Oklahoma had 43 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three superdelegates were unbound by the primary results. 15 delegates were allocated by congressional districts, with 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate got a majority of the vote in a district, he took all 3 delegates from that district; if no one got a majority, the delegates were split either 2-to-1 or 1-1-1 depending on how many candidates got at least 15% of the vote. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the candidate who won a majority in the state, or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 15% of the vote statewide if no one got a majority. Nate Silver Nate Silver http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/romney-could-win-majority-of-super-tuesday-delegates/ Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates FiveThirtyEight March 4, 2012 March 5, 2012 Results 2012 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary2012-05-23 State of Oklahoma Presidential Results by Congressional District (2012 Primary) https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/OK/38065/83184/Web01/en/summary.html Oklahoma State Election Board live https://archive.today/20120604044701/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/OK/38065/83184/Web01/en/summary.html 2012-06-04 March 23, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageProjected national delegatesThe Green Papers, Retrieved April 2714px Rick Santorum 96,849 33.8% 14 Mitt Romney 80,356 28.0% 13 Newt Gingrich 78,730 27.5% 13 Ron Paul 27,596 9.6% 0 Rick Perry 1,291 0.45% 0 Michele Bachmann 951 0.33% 0 Jon Huntsman 750 0.26% 0 Unprojected delegates 3 Totals 286,523 100.0% 43 Key: Withdrewprior to contest Republican Conventions for Oklahoma's Congressional Districts Fifteen delegates to the 2012 Republican national convention were elected at congressional-district conventions March 31 to April 14, 2012 — three from each of Oklahoma's five congressional districts.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/OK-R Oklahoma Republican Presidential Nominating Process May 16, 2012http://newsok.com/oklahoma-republicans-elect-delegates-to-national-convention/article/3675104#ixzz1v3hZJCUx Oklahoma Republicans elect delegates to national convention May 16, 2012 May 13, 2012 McNutt Michael newsok.com Oklahoma Republican Convention The Oklahoma Republican State Convention was held May 11–12, 2012 in Norman. Irregularities were reported. At least two Ron Paul supporters said they were physically attacked by Romney supporters.2 Romney Supporters ASSAULT 2 Ron Paul Supporters in OK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8o1XocGBM May 13, 2012 May 25, 2012 www.youtube.com R11110000 Oklahoma's (Republican) Governor Mary Fallin tried to speak at the convention. After loud chants of "Ron Paul" from the floor, she stated (referring to Romney) "We have a presidential nominee", resulting in loud booing. Paul supporters said that the convention was stopped with unfinished business, without a two-thirds vote, and therefore against parliamentary procedure. It was reported that, after the convention was said to be adjourned, a partition in the room was moved, isolating many attendees from the rest of the body. The lights were turned out momentarily.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFJdJSSmqqw Rachel Maddow Discusses Ron Paul & GOP Conventions Chaos YouTube May 14, 2012 May 15, 2012 After the convention was stopped and the chairman left, many Paul supporters assembled outside and held a rump convention, chaired by Jake Peters, at which they elected a slate of Paul supporters as delegates to the national convention.Violent OK GOP State Convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpwvdXBEfc8 May 15, 2012 newsODP/www.youtube.comhttp://ronpaulflix.com/2012/05/ron-paul-supporters-stage-rump-convention-in-ok-may-12-2012/ Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rump Convention in OK – May 12, 2012 May 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120515225726/http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/05/ron-paul-supporters-stage-rump-convention-in-ok-may-12-2012/ May 15, 2012 dead Four Paul supporters, including Jake Peters, made a formal complaint to the Oklahoma Republican Party, saying that Party rules were broken by failing to take a roll-call vote on the delegate slate and that the convention was adjourned without the required vote. The complaint asserted that state law is involved in the Republican Party's nominating process and cited case law to the effect that party process should be considered "an integral part of the State's election system".https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BycOffR9JYFpMmlmWGVvTmZDSDg/edit?pli=1 Ron Paul Supporters Submit Challenge to Oklahoma GOP State Convention May 25, 2012http://gallery.mailchimp.com/512354e730a88fee4fcc330f7/files/ORP_Rules___Amended_August_27__2011.pdf Rules of the Oklahoma Republican Party, Amended August 27, 2011 May 25, 2012Oklahoma Republican State Convention May 12, 2012 Report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business https://docs.google.com/file/d/1i_DQOx1sGssemoGPSyoTxeOj15qRjqjW5FKp-w-m2f_TRGAK6ebTAn0X-bOR/edit?pli=1 May 25, 2012 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostHuffington Post Election Dashboard HuffPost http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map 2013-08-13Safe RNovember 6, 2012CNNAmerica's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map CNN http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground dead https://archive.today/20130119130158/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator%23?battleground 2013-01-19Safe RNovember 6, 2012 New York TimesElection 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/electoral-map.html https://archive.today/20120708093751/http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map 2012-07-08 Safe R November 6, 2012Washington Post2012 Presidential Election Results The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ limited live https://web.archive.org/web/20120726195644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ 2012-07-26Safe RNovember 6, 2012RealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608112207/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html 2011-06-08 RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White HouseSolid RNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal Ball https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERMSolid RNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEight https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcomeSolid RNovember 6, 2012 Results 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahomahttp://www.ok.gov/elections/support/ok_results_seb.html Oklahoma State Election Board 2012-11-24 2020-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20201202015013/https://www.ok.gov/elections/support/ok_results_seb.html dead PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 891,325 66.77%7 Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 443,547 33.23% 0 Totals 1,334,872 100.00% 7 By county CountyMitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Adair4,38167.32%2,12732.68%2,25434.64%6,508Alfalfa1,76184.54%32215.46%1,43969.08%2,083Atoka3,53874.00%1,24326.00%2,29548.00%4,781Beaver2,06289.42%24410.58%1,81878.84%2,306Beckham5,50879.54%1,41720.46%4,09159.08%6,925Blaine2,82474.00%99226.00%1,83248.00%3,816Bryan9,52072.12%3,68127.88%5,83944.24%13,201Caddo5,68764.25%3,16435.75%2,52328.50%8,851Canadian35,62577.17%10,53722.83%25,08854.34%46,162Carter12,21471.34%4,90828.66%7,30642.68%17,122Cherokee8,16257.05%6,14442.95%2,01814.10%14,306Choctaw3,57270.51%1,49429.49%2,07841.02%5,066Cimarron1,08290.39%1159.61%96780.78%1,197Cleveland59,11662.97%34,77137.03%24,34525.94%93,887Coal1,71072.49%64927.51%1,06144.98%2,359Comanche17,66458.52%12,52141.48%5,14317.04%30,185Cotton1,79673.22%65726.78%1,13946.44%2,453Craig3,55967.08%1,74732.92%1,81234.16%5,306Creek18,98672.70%7,12827.30%11,85845.40%26,114Custer7,44675.94%2,35924.06%5,08751.88%9,805Delaware10,08070.61%4,19629.39%5,88441.22%14,276Dewey1,79285.62%30114.38%1,49171.24%2,093Ellis1,57587.45%22612.55%1,34974.90%1,801Garfield15,17776.23%4,73323.77%10,44452.46%19,910Garvin6,92573.02%2,55926.98%4,36646.04%9,484Grady14,83375.61%4,78624.39%10,04751.22%19,619Grant1,67581.00%39319.00%1,28262.00%2,068Greer1,34473.36%48826.64%85646.72%1,832Harmon65971.40%26428.60%39542.80%923Harper1,26187.94%17312.06%1,08875.88%1,434Haskell3,06972.31%1,17527.69%1,89444.62%4,244Hughes2,83867.44%1,37032.56%1,46834.88%4,208Jackson5,96575.33%1,95424.67%4,01150.66%7,919Jefferson1,63472.98%60527.02%1,02945.96%2,239Johnston2,64969.97%1,13730.03%1,51239.94%3,786Kay11,49971.31%4,62728.69%6,87242.62%16,126Kingfisher4,87084.43%89815.57%3,97268.86%5,768Kiowa2,31667.68%1,10632.32%1,21035.36%3,422Latimer2,62869.19%1,17030.81%1,45838.38%3,798LeFlore11,17770.57%4,66229.43%6,51541.14%15,839Lincoln9,55374.48%3,27325.52%6,28048.96%12,826Logan12,31472.27%4,72427.73%7,59044.54%17,038Love2,43670.20%1,03429.80%1,40240.40%3,470Major2,70085.82%44614.18%2,25471.64%3,146Marshall3,74472.84%1,39627.16%2,34845.68%5,140Mayes9,63766.65%4,82333.35%4,81433.30%14,460McClain11,11277.67%3,19422.33%7,91855.34%14,306McCurtain7,63575.78%2,44024.22%5,19551.56%10,075McIntosh4,50961.87%2,77938.13%1,73023.74%7,288Murray3,60670.07%1,54029.93%2,06640.14%5,146Muskogee13,40457.39%9,95242.61%3,45214.78%23,356Noble3,48875.32%1,14324.68%2,34550.64%4,631Nowata2,83269.48%1,24430.52%1,58838.96%4,076Okfuskee2,33565.02%1,25634.98%1,07930.04%3,591Oklahoma149,72858.33%106,98241.67%42,74616.66%256,710Okmulgee7,73158.73%5,43241.27%2,29917.46%13,163Osage11,24262.64%6,70437.36%4,53825.28%17,946Ottawa6,46664.82%3,50935.18%2,95729.64%9,975Pawnee4,23270.01%1,81329.99%2,41940.02%6,045Payne16,48164.18%9,19835.82%7,28328.36%25,679Pittsburg10,84169.17%4,83130.83%6,01038.34%15,672Pontotoc8,94569.38%3,94730.62%4,99838.76%12,892Pottawatomie16,25069.33%7,18830.67%9,06238.66%23,438Pushmataha3,08774.75%1,04325.25%2,04449.50%4,130Roger Mills1,40283.75%27216.25%1,13067.50%1,674Rogers27,55375.07%9,14824.93%18,40550.14%36,701Seminole4,85665.13%2,60034.87%2,25630.26%7,456Sequoyah9,57869.55%4,19330.45%5,38539.10%13,771Stephens12,90876.62%3,93923.38%8,96953.24%16,847Texas4,93085.12%86214.88%4,06870.24%5,792Tillman1,81566.70%90633.30%90933.40%2,721Tulsa145,06263.68%82,74436.32%62,31827.36%227,806Wagoner20,90072.85%7,79127.15%13,10945.70%28,691Washington15,66873.91%5,53226.09%10,13647.82%21,200Washita3,49480.95%82219.05%2,67261.90%4,316Woods2,72780.25%67119.75%2,05660.50%3,398Woodward5,94583.99%1,13316.01%4,81267.98%7,078Totals891,32566.77%443,54733.23%447,77833.54%1,334,872 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% By congressional district Romney won all five congressional districts.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos 11 August 2020 District Romney Obama RepresentativeOklahoma 1 1st 65.8% 34.2%Jim BridenstineOklahoma 2 2nd 67.8% 32.2%Markwayne MullinOklahoma 3 3rd 73.9% 26.1%Frank LucasOklahoma 4 4th 67.1% 32.9%Tom ColeOklahoma 5 5th 59.2% 40.8%James Lankford Analysis As expected, Mitt Romney swept every county in the state, carrying 66.77% of the vote to Obama's measly 33.23%. Romney capitalized on his strength amongst white and conservative voters – Oklahoma's population is 65.6% whiteState Population By Race, Ethnicity Data https://www.governing.com/gov-data/census/state-minority-population-data-estimates.html 2020-09-27 www.governing.com 2 July 2015 en (a demographic Romney won nationwide by 59% to Obama's 39%)President Exit Polls en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/president/exit-polls.html 2020-09-27 0362-4331 and the state has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+20, tied for the second most Republican in the nation along with Utah.State PVIs https://cookpolitical.com/index.php/state-pvis 2020-09-27 The Cook Political Report en His strongest performance was in the Oklahoma Panhandle, one of the most staunchly conservative regions in the country, where he garnered 80% to 90% of the vote in many of these counties. Romney also performed well in the Little Dixie region and on the state's border with Texas. Despite many counties having a plurality of registered Democratic voters exceeding the number of registered Republicans (such as Comanche and Okmulgee),January 15, 2019 Current Registration Statistics by County https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf September 27, 2020 Oklahoma State Election Board July 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200717212721/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf dead Obama failed to carry any counties. However, Obama was still able to garner margins of around 45% to Romney's 55% in some counties, such as Cherokee County (Obama's best performance), which is 36.4% Native American and home to the capital of the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah,U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cherokee County, Oklahoma https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cherokeecountyoklahoma/PST045219 2020-09-27 www.census.gov enCherokee County The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CH017 2020-09-27 www.okhistory.org and Muskogee County, which is located in the Creek Nation.Muskogee County The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MU020 2020-09-27 www.okhistory.org He also had a formidable, but still lackluster, performance in Oklahoma County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Oklahoma City, which is quite conservative despite being the state's most urban region. See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Oklahoma Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Oklahoma The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order 2012 United States President Oklahoma