2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana Louisiana presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana 2016 x200px Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 8 1,152,262 57.78% President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 809,141 40.58% 350px Parish results 350px Congressional district results 350px Precinct results 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% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana 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. Louisiana voters chose eight 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. Romney carried Louisiana's eight electoral votes with 57.78% of the popular vote. Louisiana was one of six states where Obama did better in 2012 than in 2008, with his margin of loss decreasing from 18.63% to 17.20%.As Louisiana was also one of only five states in which McCain did better in 2008 than Bush did in 2004, it is the only state to swing toward McCain in 2008 and Obama in 2012. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat has won over 40% of the vote in the state. Obama is the only Democrat to ever win two terms without carrying the state at least once. Primary elections Democratic primary 2012 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary Louisiana presidential no 2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary 2008 2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary 2016 2012 03 24 File:President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg 150x150px Barack Obama Illinois 60 115,150 76.46% File:John Wolfe, Jr.jpg John Wolfe, Jr. Tennessee 4 17,804 11.82% 3x4.svg Bob Ely Illinois 0 9,897 6.57% File:LG PICs 2 002.JPG Darcy Richardson Florida 0 7,750 5.15% Louisiana Democratic primary, 2012.svg 250px Parish results #1E90FF Barack Obama #800080 John Wolfe, Jr. 1E90FF 800080 81f7f3 808000 President Barack Obama received little serious opposition in the 2012 Democratic primaries, handily winning overall with over 76% of the vote. However, Tennessee attorney and perennial political candidate John Wolfe Jr. challenged President Obama in the primaries, and received nearly 12% of the vote. Entrepreneur Bob Ely and historian Darcy Richardson also participated, and received a little over 6% and 5% of the vote, respectively. On the date of the primary, President Obama swept nearly every parish in the state, with Wolfe winning LaSalle, Grant, and Cameron parishes. Although Wolfe qualified for four delegates, the Louisiana Democratic Party announced that they would not award the delegates to Wolfe on technical grounds.http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/louisiana_democratic_party_den.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120419055434/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/louisiana_democratic_party_den.html dead April 19, 2012 Louisiana Democratic Party denies 3 delegates to fringe candidate NOLA.com 2017-01-16 2012 Louisiana Democraticpresidential primaryhttps://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2012-03-24/resultsRace/Statewide Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results voterportal.sos.la.gov 2020-03-28CandidateVotes%Pledgeddelegateshttp://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/LA-D Louisiana Democratic Delegation 2012 www.thegreenpapers.com 2020-03-28Barack Obama (incumbent)115,15076.4660John Wolfe, Jr.17,80411.824Bob Ely9,8976.570Darcy Richardson7,7505.150Total150,601100%64 Republican primary and caucuses 2012 Louisiana Republican primary and caucuses Louisiana presidential no 2008 Louisiana Republican caucuses and primary 2008 2016 Louisiana Republican presidential primary 2016 2012 03 24 Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 10 91,321 49.0% Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Massachusetts 5 49,758 26.7% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 0 29,656 15.9% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 crop.jpg Ron Paul Texas 0 11,467 6.2% Louisiana Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg 250px Parish results #008000 Rick Santorum #ff6600 Mitt Romney 008000 ff6600 800080 ffcc00 x125px The 2012 Louisiana Republican primary took place on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Additionally, caucuses were held on April 28.http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN January 11, 2012http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission January 23, 2012 Louisiana had 46 delegates to the Republican National Convention. 20 were awarded based on the primary outcome, and the other 26 by the caucuses. Primary The 20 delegate allocation was proportional among candidates who received at least 25% of the statewide vote. Candidates who did not reach the 25% threshold lost the delegates they otherwise would have won, and those delegates became uncommitted then.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/g-o-p-campaign-could-end-soon-but-not-in-louisiana/?gwh=627EAEB1810F5BDE56C0141653172EE3 G.O.P. Campaign Could End Soon — But Not in Louisiana Nate Silver Nate Silver March 24, 2012 March 25, 2012 FiveThirtyEight On March 24, Rick Santorum was declared the winner of the state's primary.Rick Santorum wins Louisiana primary + 2012 Louisiana Republican primary Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count GPThe Green Papers, "2012 Louisiana Republican Primary" . The Green Papers. CNNCNN, "Republican Primary" . CNN. MSNBCMSNBC, "Republican Primary" . MSNBC. 14px Rick Santorum 91,321 48.99% 10 10 10 Mitt Romney 49,758 26.69% 5 5 6 Newt Gingrich 29,656 15.91% 0 0 0 Ron Paul 11,467 6.15% 0 0 0 Buddy Roemer 2,203 1.18% 0 0 0 Rick Perry 955 0.51% 0 0 0 Michele Bachmann 622 0.33% 0 0 0 Jon Huntsman, Jr. 242 0.13% 0 0 0 Randy Crow 186 0.10% 0 0 0 Unprojected delegates: 5 5 4 Total: 186,410 100.00% 20 20 20 http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03242012/03242012_Statewide.html Unofficial Election Results LA Secretary of State March 25, 2012 Caucuses, delegate dispute, and ultimate agreement Although Ron Paul won just 6% of the vote in the primary on March 24 (in which almost 190,000 voters cast ballots), he carried four of Louisiana's six congressional districts in the congressional district caucuses held the following month (in which fewer than 10,000 people took part).Jonathan Tilove, Louisiana Republican convention devolves into separate meetings, The Times-Picayune (June 10, 2012). Paul's showing in the April district caucuses "guaranteed him 12 of the state's 46 national convention delegates and, as important, gave his forces 111 of the 180 delegates to the state convention," which chose the actual delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/ron_paul_supporters_dominate_l.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120429041156/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/ron_paul_supporters_dominate_l.html dead April 29, 2012 Ron Paul supporters dominate Louisiana's Republican presidential caucuses April 28, 2012 The Times-Picayune Tilove Jonathan In advance of the June 2 Louisiana State Republican Convention in Shreveport, pro-Paul delegates and others clashed with officials and loyalists of the state Republican Party, which "issued supplemental rules on the eve of the convention to keep the Paul forces from wresting more than the 17 delegates which, in their view, was their due." The convention itself was described as a "riotous" and chaotic scene, as the police removed two Paul supporters, arresting one, and the convention devolved into two separate conventions, "as the Paul delegates turned their chairs around and conducted their convention facing one way, while the state party and its loyalists conducted their parallel convention facing the other." The split convention resulted in two rival slates of 46 delegates.Melina Deslatte, Dispute over La. delegates to GOP convention goes national https://web.archive.org/web/20160701061937/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120801/WIRE/120809973 July 1, 2016 , Associated Press (August 1, 2012). The national Republican Party accepted the slate submitted by Louisiana Republican Party chairman Roger Villere as the official slate. In late July, however, Paul's campaign announced that it would challenge all the Louisiana delegates, asserting that "our rump convention is the legitimate delegation and they have a right to be seated at the Republican National Convention."Adam Levy, Ron Paul campaign to challenge all Louisiana delegates, CNN (July 27, 2012). In its official challenge to the delegate slate filed in August, Paul's campaign likened Villere to the leader of "a North Korean politburo"; in response, the executive director of the Louisiana Republican Party said that Paul's challenge was "full of personal attacks, hyperbole and unfounded assumption."Jonathan Tilove Ron Paul supporters won't back down in Louisiana GOP dispute, The Times-Picayune (August 6, 2012). The dispute was to be adjudicated by the Contest Committee of the national Republican Party, with a possible appeal to the full Republican National Committee and then to the Credential Committee of the convention. However, in late August—one week prior to the convention—the Paul campaign made an agreement with the Republican Party of Louisiana in which Paul would get 17 of the state's 46 delegates, with the rest of the state's delegates supporting then-presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.Stephen Ohlemacher, Paul adds delegates in Louisiana compromise, Associated Press (August 21, 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 July 8, 2012 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 LouisianaLouisiana Secretary of State http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11062012/11062012_Presidential.html Louisiana Secretary of State PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,152,262 57.78% 8 Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 809,141 40.58% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 18,157 0.91% 0 Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 6,978 0.35% 0 Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2,508 0.13% 0 Others 1,766 0.09% 0 Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 1,368 0.07% 0Socialism and Liberation Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 622 0.03% 0Prohibition PartyJack FellureToby Davis 519 0.03% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris Alyson Kennedy 389 0.02% 0 Socialist Equality Jerry White Phyllis Scherrer 355 0.02% 0 Totals 1,994,065 100.00% 8 Voter turnout (registered voters) 67.26% By parish ParishMitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Acadia19,93174.27%6,56024.45%3441.28%13,37149.82%26,835Allen6,49569.79%2,61728.12%1952.09%3,87841.67%9,307Ascension33,85666.29%16,34932.01%8681.70%17,50734.28%51,073Assumption6,08355.34%4,75443.25%1551.41%1,32912.09%10,992Avoyelles10,67062.65%6,07735.68%2851.67%4,59326.97%17,032Beauregard11,11278.12%2,82824.45%2852.00%8,28453.67%14,225Bienville3,64150.55%3,49048.45%721.00%1512.10%7,203Bossier34,98872.05%12,95626.68%6181.27%22,03245.37%48,562Caddo52,45946.94%58,04251.93%1,2641.13%-5,583-4.99%111,765Calcasieu51,85063.44%28,35934.70%1,5171.86%23,49128.74%81,726Caldwell3,64077.18%1,01621.54%601.28%2,62455.64%4,716Cameron3,26087.07%40810.90%762.03%2,85276.17%3,744Catahoula2,74465.44%1,40833.58%410.98%1,33631.86%4,193Claiborne3,64954.20%3,01444.77%691.03%6359.43%6,732Concordia5,45058.10%3,83340.86%971.04%1,61717.24%9,380DeSoto7,35356.34%5,55342.55%1451.11%1,80013.79%13,051East Baton Rouge92,29246.57%102,65651.80%3,2231.63%-10,364-5.23%198,171East Carroll1,50837.62%2,47861.83%220.55%-970-24.21%4,008East Feliciana5,39752.87%4,64845.53%1641.60%7497.34%10,209Evangeline10,18164.56%5,33033.80%2591.64%4,85130.76%15,770Franklin6,29467.42%2,92131.29%1211.29%3,37336.13%9,336Grant7,08281.71%1,42216.41%1631.88%5,66065.30%8,667Iberia20,89262.56%12,13236.33%3731.11%8,76026.23%33,397Iberville7,27142.74%9,54856.12%1951.14%-2,277-13.38%17,014Jackson5,13268.16%2,30530.61%921.23%2,82737.55%7,529Jefferson102,53658.15%70,38439.91%3,4231.94%32,15218.24%176,343Jefferson Davis10,01472.91%3,48425.37%2361.72%6,53047.54%13,734Lafayette64,99265.89%31,76832.21%1,8821.90%33,22433.68%98,642Lafourche28,59273.17%9,62324.63%8602.20%18,96948.54%39,075LaSalle5,72687.13%76411.63%821.24%4,96275.50%6,572Lincoln10,73956.54%7,95641.89%2981.57%2,78314.65%18,993Livingston45,51384.19%7,45113.78%1,0982.03%38,06270.41%54,062Madison2,00038.56%3,15460.81%330.63%-1,154-22.25%5,187Morehouse6,59152.25%5,88846.68%1351.07%7035.57%12,614Natchitoches9,07752.60%7,94246.02%2391.38%1,1356.58%17,258Orleans28,00317.74%126,72280.30%3,0881.96%-98,719-62.56%157,813Ouachita40,94859.80%26,64538.91%8811.29%14,30320.89%68,474Plaquemines6,47163.20%3,59935.15%1691.65%2,87228.05%10,239Pointe Coupee6,54853.91%5,43644.75%1631.34%1,1129.16%12,147Rapides37,19364.10%20,04534.55%7811.35%17,14829.55%58,019Red River2,48351.65%2,25346.87%711.48%2304.78%4,807Richland5,84662.66%3,38736.31%961.03%2,45926.35%9,329Sabine7,73876.97%2,19421.82%1211.21%5,54455.15%10,053St. Bernard8,50160.92%5,05936.25%3952.83%3,44224.67%13,955St. Charles15,93762.91%8,89635.12%5001.97%7,04127.79%25,333St. Helena2,52939.55%3,78059.12%851.33%-1,251-19.57%6,394St. James5,20942.03%7,05956.95%1271.02%-1,850-14.92%12,395St. John the Baptist7,62036.07%13,17962.39%3241.54%-5,559-26.32%21,123St. Landry21,47551.56%19,66847.23%5041.21%1,8074.33%41,647St. Martin15,65361.55%9,42237.05%3581.40%6,23124.50%25,433St. Mary13,88558.74%9,45039.97%3051.29%4,43518.77%23,640St. Tammany84,72375.04%25,72822.79%2,4512.17%58,99552.25%112,902Tangipahoa31,59063.06%17,72235.37%7871.57%13,86827.69%50,099Tensas1,23043.74%1,56455.62%180.64%-334-11.88%2,812Terrebonne29,50369.68%12,07428.52%7641.80%17,42941.16%42,341Union7,56170.23%3,07528.56%1301.21%4,48641.67%10,766Vermilion18,91075.68%5,72022.89%3571.43%13,19052.79%24,987Vernon12,15077.83%3,17320.33%2871.84%8,97757.50%15,610Washington11,79863.49%6,46634.80%3171.71%5,33228.69%18,581Webster11,40061.90%6,80236.94%2141.16%4,59824.96%18,416West Baton Rouge6,92254.19%5,69244.56%1601.25%1,2309.63%12,774West Carroll3,62879.77%85318.76%671.47%2,77561.01%4,548West Feliciana3,25756.38%2,44142.25%791.37%81614.13%5,777Winn4,54169.50%1,91929.37%741.13%2,62240.13%6,534Totals1,152,26257.78%809,14140.58%32,6621.64%343,12117.20%1,994,065 right 300px Swing by parish 300px Trend relative to the state by parish Legend #00a1c8 Democratic—+>15% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #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% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% By congressional district Romney won five of six 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 RepresentativeLouisiana 1 1st 70.85% 26.86%Steve ScaliseLouisiana 2 2nd 22.81% 75.84%Cedric RichmondLouisiana 3 3rd 66.1% 32.26%Charles BoustanyLouisiana 4 4th 59% 39.66%John FlemingLouisiana 5 5th 61% 37.66%Rodney AlexanderLouisiana 6 6th 66.15% 31.96%Bill Cassidy See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Louisiana Republican Party Notes References External links The Green Papers: for Louisiana The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order Louisiana United States president 2012