2012 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Delaware 2008 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware 2016 November 6, 2012 x200px President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 3 242,584 58.61% Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 0 165,484 39.98% 120px County results 120px State House district results Obama #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% Romney #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware 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. Delaware 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. Biden's home state (and the state for whom he served as Senator from 1973 to 2009), Delaware decisively backed the Democratic ticket, with Obama carrying it by 18.63 percentage points. Widely considered a safe blue state in recent decades, all major news organizations expected this result, as no Republican presidential candidate has carried Delaware since 1988, making it part of the blue wall (states carried by Democrats in every election from 1992 to 2012). Primary elections Democratic primary The Democratic primary in Delaware was cancelled as President Obama was the only candidate to file for the ballot and received Delaware's entire delegation.Delaware Democratic Delegation 2012 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/DE-D 2020-10-30 www.thegreenpapers.com Republican primary 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary Delaware presidential no 2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary 2008 2016 Delaware Republican presidential primary 2016 2012 04 24 Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Massachusetts 17 16,143 56.5% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 0 7,742 27.1% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg Ron Paul Texas 0 3,017 10.6% Delaware Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg 110px Delaware results by county #ff6600 Mitt Romney ff6600 800080 ffcc00 x125px The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html January 11, 2012Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf January 23, 2012 Delaware Republican primary, 2012https://archive.today/20120530164015/http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml State of Delaware official election results Candidate Votes Percentage DelegatesMitt Romney 16,143 56.5% 17Newt Gingrich 7,742 27.1% 0Ron Paul 3,017 10.6% 0Rick Santorum 1,690 5.9% 0Unprojected delegates:0Total: 28,592 100%17 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 DNovember 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 DNovember 6, 2012 The 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 D November 6, 2012The Washington 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 DNovember 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 DNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal Ball https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERMSolid DNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEight https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcomeSolid DNovember 6, 2012 Candidate ballot access Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green Write-in candidate access: Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice Results 2012 United States presidential election in Delawarehttp://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml https://archive.today/20120530164015/http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml dead May 30, 2012 Official General Election Results 2012-11-07 2012-11-07 State of DelawarePartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 242,584 58.61% 3 Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 165,484 39.98% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 3,882 0.94% 0 Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 1,940 0.47% 0 Write-ins - - 31 0.01% 0 Totals 413,921 100.00% 3 Voter turnout 65.00% By county County Barack ObamaDemocratic Mitt RomneyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Kent 35,527 51.73% 32,135 46.79% 1,018 1.48% 3,392 4.94% 68,680 New Castle 167,082 66.30% 81,230 32.23% 3,700 1.47% 85,852 34.07% 252,012 Sussex 39,975 42.88% 52,119 55.90% 1,135 1.22% -12,144 -13.02% 93,229Totals242,58458.61%165,48439.98%5,8531.41%77,10018.63%413,921 right 110px Swing by county 110px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results. District Romney Obama RepresentativeAt-large 39.98% 58.61%John Carney See also United States presidential elections in Delaware 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Delaware Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Delaware The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order United States president 2012 Delaware