2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota 2016 x200px Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped.jpg Mitt Romney North Dakota Republican Party Massachusetts Paul Ryan 3 188,163 58.32% President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party Illinois Joe Biden 0 124,827 38.69% 2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota results map by county.svg 300px County results Romney #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% Obama #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #1666CB 70–80% President Barack Obama Democratic-NPL Barack Obama Democratic-NPL The 2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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. North Dakota voters chose three 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. Mitt Romney handily won the state with 58.32% of the vote to Barack Obama's 38.69%, a 19.63% margin of victory, considerably higher than McCain's 8.65% margin of victory. He flipped seven counties that Obama carried in 2008, including Cass County, home to Fargo, the state's largest city. Obama was the first Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to win without Mountrail County. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won Benson, Ransom, Sargent, and Steele counties. Despite Romney's comfortable margin of victory, Democratic candidate Heidi Heitkamp narrowly won the concurrent senate election. Caucuses Democratic caucuses June 2022 Republican caucuses 2012 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses The 2012 North Dakota Republican caucuses were held on March 6, 2012.North Dakota Republican Delegation 2012 https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/ND-R 2012-04-08 The Green Papers North Dakota has 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention;Nate Silver Nate Silver March 4, 2012 Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates FiveThirtyEight http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/romney-could-win-majority-of-super-tuesday-delegates/ March 5, 2012 despite Rick Santorum's nominal win in the preference poll conducted during the caucuses, the majority of the delegates elected by the state party convention later in March said they supported Romney.Wetzel Dale 2012-04-07 Santorum delegate plan hits wall in North Dakota http://wtop.com/?nid=278&sid=2817738 dead WTOP-FM Associated Press 2012-04-08 https://archive.today/20120715225034/http://wtop.com/?nid=278&sid=2817738 2012-07-15 2012 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuseshttp://www.northdakotagop.org/caucus/ NDGOP Presidential Caucus Information North Dakota Republican Party 2012-05-07 usurped https://archive.today/20120527093653/http://www.northdakotagop.org/caucus/ 2012-05-27 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Rick Santorum4,51039.7% 6Ron Paul 3,186 28.1% 2Mitt Romney 2,691 23.7%20Newt Gingrich 962 8.5% 0Unprojected delegates0Totals11,349100.0%28 Convention controversy The North Dakota Republican Party held its state convention from Friday, March 30 to Sunday, April 1, where twenty-five unbound National Convention delegates were elected. Rick Santorum had won the straw poll at the Legislative Districts caucuses on Super Tuesday with a large margin to Ron Paul in second place and Mitt Romney in third place. The party leadership's recommended slate of delegates was to reflect this straw poll result. However, the slate gave Romney a large majority of the delegates. Former NDGOP Chairman Gary Emineth called the vote undemocratic and a railroad job.RealClearPolitics - Politics - Mar 31, 2012 - Unrest over ND GOP national convention delegates https://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2012/Mar/31/unrest_over_nd_gop_national_convention_delegates.html 2024-06-04 www.realclearpolitics.com General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeMargin oferror BarackObama (D) MittRomney (R) Other UndecidedMason-Dixon Valley News Live / Mason-Dixon Poll #3 - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/19945942/valley-news-live-mason-dixon-poll https://web.archive.org/web/20121103023432/http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/19945942/valley-news-live-mason-dixon-poll 2012-11-03 www.valleynewslive.com October 26–28 625 ± 4.0% 40%54% 3% 3%Forum/Essmanhttp://race42012.com/2012/10/23/poll-watch-forum-communications-north-dakota-2012-presidential-survey/ Poll Watch: Forum Communications North Dakota 2012 Presidential Surve… February 1, 2013 archive.ph September 9, 2024 February 1, 2013 https://archive.today/20130201023057/http://race42012.com/2012/10/23/poll-watch-forum-communications-north-dakota-2012-presidential-survey/ bot: unknown October 12–15 500 ± 4.3% 32%57% - 11%Rasmussen Reportshttps://www.rasmussenreports.com:443/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/north_dakota/election_2012_north_dakota_president Election 2012: North Dakota President www.rasmussenreports.com October 17–18 600 ± 4.0% 40%54% 2% 4%Mason-Dixon Poll - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/19767078/poll https://web.archive.org/web/20121011025651/http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/19767078/poll 2012-10-11 www.valleynewslive.com October 3–5 625 ± 4.0% 40%54% 1% 5%Rasmussen Reports July 10–11, 2012 400 ± - 5% 36%51% 6% 7%Mason-Dixon Primary Election Poll: House and President on KFYR-TV North Dakota's NBC News Leader http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=57558 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722174015/http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=57558 2012-07-22 www.kfyrtv.com June 4–12 625 ± 4.0% 39%52% – – ‡Likely primary voters Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostHuffington Post Election Dashboard HuffPost https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/https://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 North Dakotahttp://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY North Dakota Secretary of State 2012-11-11 PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 188,163 58.32% 3 Democratic-NPL Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 124,827 38.69% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 5,238 1.62% 0 Other 1,860 0.58% 0 Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 1,362 0.42% 0 Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 1,186 0.37% 0 Totals 322,932 100.00% 3 By county CountyMitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocratic-NPLVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams91871.38%32825.51%403.11%59045.87%1,286Barnes2,96453.68%2,39443.35%1642.97%57010.33%5,522Benson86840.24%1,23557.26%542.50%-367-17.02%2,157Billings47281.66%8915.40%162.94%38366.26%578Bottineau2,28064.14%1,18333.28%922.58%1,09730.86%3,555Bowman1,28073.69%41423.83%432.48%86649.86%1,737Burke76975.17%23022.48%242.35%53952.69%1,023Burleigh27,95164.42%14,12232.55%1,3143.03%13,82931.87%43,387Cass36,85549.90%34,71247.00%2,2883.10%2,1432.90%73,855Cavalier1,19557.76%81839.54%562.70%37718.22%2,069Dickey1,61063.51%85333.65%722.84%75729.86%2,535Divide73363.08%38533.13%443.79%34829.95%1,162Dunn1,50674.04%50824.98%200.98%99849.06%2,034Eddy63454.80%48642.01%373.19%14812.79%1,157Emmons1,43576.17%38320.33%663.50%1,05255.84%1,884Foster1,03061.24%60736.09%452.67%42325.15%1,682Golden Valley74279.96%16217.46%242.58%58062.50%928Grand Forks15,06050.15%14,03246.73%9373.12%1,0283.42%30,029Grant1,02572.54%33423.64%543.82%69148.90%1,413Griggs77157.41%53639.91%362.68%23517.50%1,343Hettinger1,00073.42%31322.98%493.60%68750.44%1,362Kidder87065.51%39329.59%654.90%47735.92%1,328LaMoure1,37762.76%74033.73%773.51%63729.03%2,194Logan81075.49%23221.62%312.89%57853.87%1,073McHenry1,67861.87%94334.77%913.36%73527.10%2,712McIntosh1,03567.65%45930.00%362.35%57637.65%1,530McKenzie2,45871.23%92726.86%661.91%1,53144.37%3,451McLean3,14163.61%1,67033.82%1272.57%1,47129.79%4,938Mercer3,15270.75%1,16626.17%1373.08%1,98644.58%4,455Morton8,68063.76%4,46932.83%4643.41%4,21130.93%13,613Mountrail1,96256.75%1,40340.58%922.67%55916.17%3,457Nelson86551.55%76745.71%462.74%985.84%1,678Oliver69368.41%28127.74%393.85%41240.67%1,013Pembina1,89958.34%1,25338.49%1033.17%64619.85%3,255Pierce1,46567.26%66030.30%532.44%80536.96%2,178Ramsey2,66553.31%2,16443.29%1703.40%50110.02%4,999Ransom1,00941.61%1,34355.38%733.01%-334-13.77%2,425Renville85166.59%39831.14%292.27%45335.45%1,278Richland4,22955.55%3,19842.01%1862.44%1,03113.54%7,613Rolette1,09223.99%3,35373.66%1072.35%-2,261-49.67%4,552Sargent87943.80%1,07553.56%532.64%-196-9.76%2,007Sheridan64278.10%16319.83%172.07%47958.27%822Sioux22519.67%90078.67%191.66%-675-59.00%1,144Slope34178.03%8318.99%132.98%25859.04%437Stark8,52173.25%2,81224.17%3002.58%5,70949.08%11,633Steele49847.79%51849.71%262.50%-20-1.92%1,042Stutsman5,68559.48%3,58537.51%2883.01%2,10021.97%9,558Towner62352.71%51643.65%433.64%1079.06%1,182Traill1,99650.91%1,81146.19%1142.90%1854.72%3,921Walsh2,65655.44%1,98541.43%1503.13%67114.01%4,791Ward16,23063.74%8,44133.15%7923.11%7,78930.59%25,463Wells1,65469.53%67328.29%522.18%98141.24%2,379Williams7,18473.25%2,32223.67%3023.08%4,86249.58%9,808Totals188,16358.32%124,82738.69%9,6372.99%63,33619.63%322,627 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Cass (largest city: Fargo) Eddy (largest city: New Rockford) Grand Forks (largest city: Grand Forks) Mountrail (largest city: Stanley) Nelson (largest city: Lakota) Towner (largest city: Cando) Traill (largest city: Mayville) right 250px Swing by county 250px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #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% #d40000 Republican — >15% 250px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is an at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results. District Romney Obama RepresentativeAt-large 58.32% 38.7%Kevin Cramer See also United States presidential elections in North Dakota 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries North Dakota Republican Party References External links https://archive.today/20130415120520/http://www.northdakotagop.org/ North Dakota GOP website el North Dakota Republican State Committee Rules and Modes of Procedure The Green Papers: for North Dakota The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order North Dakota United States President Category:2012 controversies in the United States 2012