2012 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Utah Utah presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Utah 2008 2016 United States presidential election in Utah 2016 November 6, 2012 x200px Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 6 740,600 72.55% President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 251,813 24.67% 250px County results 250px Congressional district results Romney #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) 2011 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 leading news organizations making election predictions considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Alongside neighboring Wyoming & Idaho, Utah has voted for the Republican ticket in each presidential election starting in 1968 and all but one starting 1952. Utah was the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. Romney won in a landslide, carrying 72.55% of the vote to Obama's 24.67%, a margin of 47.88% or 488,787 votes, the best raw vote margin in the state's history to date.Historical Election Results – Utah Voter Information https://voteinfo.utah.gov/historical-election-results/ December 2, 2020 voteinfo.utah.gov February 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190228163926/https://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2010Gen.xls dead He won every county in the state by margins of over 15%, except for Grand and Summit County, home to the cities of Moab and Park City, respectively. Romney flipped these counties along with Salt Lake County, where the state's largest city, Salt Lake City, is located. With a 47.88% margin, Utah would prove to be Romney's strongest state in the election, and it would also be Romney's largest outperformance of John McCain in 2008, winning the state by almost 20 points more.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 Romney was elected as a United States senator from Utah six years later in 2018, having moved there in 2014. Romney's vote share in Utah was also the highest of any presidential nominee in any state since Ronald Reagan's in Utah in 1984, and it remains so as of 2024. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the most recent time any presidential candidate has received more than 60% of the vote in Utah, as well as the last time any presidential candidate has carried every county. It is also the most recent election in which Salt Lake and Summit Counties have voted for the Republican presidential nominee. 2012 is also the most recent time that Utah has been the most Republican state in a presidential election. Primary elections Democratic primary Due to President Barack Obama running for reelection without serious opposition from the Democratic Party in 2012, no Democratic Primary was held in Utah. Republican primary 2012 Utah Republican primary Utah 2011 presidential no 2008 Utah Republican presidential primary 2008 2016 Utah Republican presidential primary 2016 2012 06 26 x125px Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney f25000 Massachusetts 40 220,865 93.07% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg Ron Paul ffcc00 0 11,209 4.72% Texas Utah Republican presidential primary by county, 2012.svg 225px Utah results by county. #f25000 Mitt Romney The 2012 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on 26 June 2012.http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN January 12, 2012 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 (Latter Day Saints) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 93.07% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/polls?mod=wsj_elections_2012_nav#cand=Romney&race=2&region=US&src=rcpo Wall Street Journal April 10, 2012 April 11, 2012 April 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120422124830/http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/polls?mod=wsj_elections_2012_nav#cand=Romney&race=2&region=US&src=rcpo dead Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865551448/Poll-Utah-voters-believe-Romneys-Mormon-faith-hurting-him-less-this-time.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120305021116/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865551448/Poll-Utah-voters-believe-Romneys-Mormon-faith-hurting-him-less-this-time.html dead March 5, 2012 Deseret News April 3, 2012 and won the primary by more than a landslide, and no other candidate could either scrape past 5% of the vote, awarding him all 40 delegates. 2012 Utah Republican presidential primaryRepublican for president http://electionresults.utah.gov/300000.html Utah Election Results State of Utah August 27, 2012July 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates 14px Mitt Romney 220,865 93.07% 40 Ron Paul 11,209 4.72% 0 Rick Santorum 3,541 1.49% 0 Newt Gingrich 1,124 0.47% 0 Fred Karger 578 0.24% 0 Pledged party leaders: 3 Total: 237,317 100.0% 40 Key: Withdrew prior to contest 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 TERM November 5, 2012Solid RNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEight https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome November 7, 2012Solid RNovember 6, 2012 Candidate ballot access Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution Gloria Estela 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)June 2022 Write-in access: Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform Results 2012 United States presidential election in Utahhttp://electionresults.utah.gov/xmlData/300000.html Utah Secretary of State 2012-11-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302205439/http://electionresults.utah.gov/xmlData/300000.html 2012-03-02 dead PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 740,600 72.55%6 Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 251,813 24.67% 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 3,460 0.34% 0 Totals 1,020,861 100.00% 6 By county Countyhttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=49&year=2012&f=1&off=0 2012 Presidential General Election Results - UtahMitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticGary JohnsonLibertarianVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Beaver2,17484.92%34613.52%170.66%230.90%1,82871.40%2,560Box Elder17,10188.11%1,98410.22%1500.77%1730.89%15,11777.89%19,408Cache35,03982.85%6,24414.76%5431.28%4671.10%28,79568.09%42,293Carbon5,09067.27%2,27530.06%881.16%1141.51%2,81537.21%7,567Daggett40678.08%9418.08%163.08%40.77%31260.00%520Davis96,86180.00%21,88918.08%1,2171.01%1,1020.91%74,97261.92%121,069Duchesne5,69889.32%5819.11%410.64%590.92%5,11780.21%6,379Emery3,77784.90%56912.79%481.08%551.23%3,20872.11%4,449Garfield1,83283.96%30814.12%170.78%251.15%1,52469.84%2,182Grand1,99650.53%1,72743.72%711.80%1563.95%2696.81%3,950Iron14,20084.47%2,14812.78%2021.20%2611.55%12,05271.69%16,811Juab3,44885.99%45111.25%270.67%842.09%2,99774.74%4,010Kane2,52274.81%74422.07%471.39%581.72%1,77852.74%3,371Millard4,47888.59%4318.53%430.85%1032.04%4,04780.06%5,055Morgan4,11489.49%4038.77%360.78%440.95%3,71180.72%4,597Piute69789.13%749.46%50.64%60.77%62379.67%782Rich91590.15%838.18%60.59%111.09%83281.97%1,015Salt Lake223,81158.26%146,14738.04%5,5211.44%8,6952.26%77,66420.22%384,174San Juan3,07457.92%2,13940.31%420.79%520.98%93517.61%5,307Sanpete8,40688.05%98010.27%690.72%920.96%7,42677.78%9,547Sevier7,20789.32%7389.15%560.69%680.84%6,46980.17%8,069Summit8,88450.49%8,07245.87%3011.71%3401.93%8124.62%17,597Tooele14,26873.77%4,52423.39%2321.20%3181.64%9,74450.38%19,342Uintah10,42189.75%9978.59%710.61%1221.05%9,42481.16%11,611Utah156,95088.32%17,2819.72%2,1201.19%1,3620.77%139,66978.60%177,713Wasatch7,22074.90%2,19122.73%900.93%1391.45%5,02952.17%9,640Washington44,69882.43%8,33715.37%5411.00%6501.19%36,36167.06%54,226Wayne1,08982.06%21516.20%60.45%171.28%87465.86%1,327Weber54,22471.08%19,84126.01%9491.24%1,2761.68%34,38345.07%76,290Totals740,60072.55%251,81324.67%12,5721.23%15,8761.55%488,78747.88%1,020,861 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend relative to the stateLegend #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% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 300px County flips Legend Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Grand (largest city: Moab) Salt Lake (largest city: Salt Lake City) Summit (largest city: Park City) By congressional district Mitt Romney won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.Utah 2012 pres-by-cd https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rV_11QM-RuSdv-uIfkVuBnuZo7csjtCJeExJVw3yAxk/edit?gid=1109478469#gid=1109478469 District Romney Obama RepresentativeUtah 1 1st 77% 20%Rob BishopUtah 2 2nd 68% 29%Chris StewartUtah 3 3rd 78% 19%Jason Chaffetz Utah 4 4th 67% 30%Jim Matheson See also United States presidential elections in Utah 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Utah Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Utah The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order 2012 United States President Utah