2012 United States presidential election in Alabama

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries in Alabama
	March 13, 2012
	March 13, 2012
	Alabama results by county Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Tie

2012 Democratic Party presidential primary in Alabama
	March 13, 2012
	March 13, 2012
69 Democratic National Convention delegates (63 pledged, 6 unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Alabama results by county Barack Obama Uncommitted

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
	November 6, 2012
	November 6, 2012
Turnout	73.2%
Romney 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Obama 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose 9 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.

In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not gone Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.[1]

Mitt Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote. Barack Obama received 38.36% of the vote, a 22.19% margin of victory.[2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic nominee as of 2020.

Democratic primary

On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted. [3] Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama. [4] Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.

Republican primary

The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.[5][6] Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[7]

Alabama Republican primary, 2012[8]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	AP [9]	CNN [10]	FOX
Rick Santorum	215,105	34.55%	22	18	–
Newt Gingrich	182,276	29.28%	14	9	–
Mitt Romney	180,321	28.97%	11	9	–
Ron Paul	30,937	4.97%	0	0	–
Rick Perry (withdrawn)	1,867	0.30%	0	0	–
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn)	1,700	0.27%	0	0	–
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn)	1,049	0.17%	0	0	–
Uncommitted	9,259	1.49%	0	0	–
Unprojected delegates			3	14	50
Total:	622,514	100.00%	50	50	50

General election

Polling

Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently showed Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.

Predictions

The latest predictions:

Cook Political Report: Solid Republican[11]
Electoral-vote.com: Strongly Republican[12]
Real Clear Politics: Safe Romney[13]
CNN: Safe Romney[14]
MSNBC: Republican[15]
The Washington Post: Solid Republican[16]
270 to win: Safe Romney[17]
Belanger Report: Safe Romney
FiveThirtyEight: Solid Romney[18]

Candidate ballot access

Write-in candidate access:

Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	1,255,925	60.55%	9
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	795,696	38.36%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	12,328	0.59%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins		4,011	0.19%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	3,397	0.16%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	2,981	0.14%	0
Totals				2,074,338	100.00%	9

Results by county

County	Romney#	Romney%	Obama#	Obama%	Other#	Other%	Total votes
Autauga	17,379	72.49%	6,363	26.54%	231	0.96%	23,973
Baldwin	66,016	77.22%	18,424	21.55%	1,051	1.23%	85,491
Barbour	5,550	48.19%	5,912	51.33%	55	0.48%	11,517
Bibb	6,132	72.83%	2,202	26.15%	86	1.02%	8,420
Blount	20,757	86.27%	2,970	12.34%	333	1.38%	24,060
Bullock	1,251	23.51%	4,061	76.31%	10	0.19%	5,322
Butler	5,087	53.54%	4,374	46.03%	41	0.43%	9,502
Calhoun	30,278	65.30%	15,511	33.45%	575	1.24%	46,364
Chambers	7,626	52.13%	6,871	46.97%	132	0.90%	14,629
Cherokee	7,506	76.65%	2,132	21.77%	154	1.57%	9,792
Chilton	13,932	79.68%	3,397	19.43%	156	0.89%	17,485
Choctaw	4,152	52.06%	3,786	47.47%	38	0.48%	7,976
Clarke	7,470	53.90%	6,334	45.70%	56	0.40%	13,860
Clay	4,817	72.12%	1,777	26.61%	85	1.27%	6,679
Cleburne	5,272	83.43%	971	15.37%	76	1.20%	6,319
Coffee	14,666	73.99%	4,925	24.85%	230	1.16%	19,821
Colbert	13,936	59.44%	9,166	39.10%	342	1.46%	23,444
Conecuh	3,439	48.95%	3,555	50.60%	31	0.44%	7,025
Coosa	3,049	57.72%	2,191	41.48%	42	0.80%	5,282
Covington	12,153	78.72%	3,158	20.45%	128	0.83%	15,439
Crenshaw	4,331	67.42%	2,050	31.91%	43	0.67%	6,424
Cullman	28,999	83.92%	5,052	14.62%	504	1.46%	34,555
Dale	13,108	70.47%	5,286	28.42%	207	1.11%	18,601
Dallas	6,288	29.99%	14,612	69.70%	64	0.31%	20,964
DeKalb	18,331	76.54%	5,239	21.87%	380	1.59%	23,950
Elmore	26,253	73.86%	8,954	25.19%	339	0.95%	35,546
Escambia	9,287	62.35%	5,489	36.85%	118	0.79%	14,894
Etowah	29,130	68.34%	12,803	30.04%	691	1.62%	42,624
Fayette	6,054	76.07%	1,817	22.83%	87	1.09%	7,958
Franklin	7,567	69.54%	3,171	29.14%	143	1.31%	10,881
Geneva	9,175	80.97%	2,039	17.99%	117	1.03%	11,331
Greene	804	15.05%	4,521	84.62%	18	0.34%	5,343
Hale	3,210	37.12%	5,411	62.58%	26	0.30%	8,647
Henry	5,628	64.20%	3,083	35.17%	55	0.63%	8,766
Houston	29,270	69.72%	12,367	29.46%	347	0.83%	41,984
Jackson	14,439	69.98%	5,822	28.22%	371	1.80%	20,632
Jefferson	141,683	46.53%	159,876	52.50%	2,964	0.97%	304,523
Lamar	5,457	76.05%	1,646	22.94%	73	1.02%	7,176
Lauderdale	23,911	64.57%	12,511	33.78%	610	1.65%	37,032
Lawrence	8,874	62.72%	5,069	35.83%	205	1.45%	14,148
Lee	32,194	59.08%	21,381	39.23%	921	1.69%	54,496
Limestone	25,295	71.17%	9,829	27.66%	416	1.17%	35,540
Lowndes	1,756	23.34%	5,747	76.39%	20	0.27%	7,523
Macon	1,331	12.80%	9,045	87.00%	20	0.19%	10,396
Madison	90,884	58.47%	62,015	39.90%	2,529	1.63%	155,428
Marengo	5,336	46.23%	6,167	53.43%	40	0.35%	11,543
Marion	9,697	79.95%	2,249	18.54%	183	1.51%	12,129
Marshall	25,867	79.24%	6,299	19.30%	478	1.46%	32,644
Mobile	94,893	54.18%	78,760	44.97%	1,487	0.85%	175,140
Monroe	5,741	53.57%	4,914	45.85%	62	0.58%	10,717
Montgomery	38,332	37.56%	63,085	61.81%	650	0.64%	102,067
Morgan	35,391	71.56%	13,439	27.17%	629	1.27%	49,459
Perry	1,506	24.68%	4,568	74.87%	27	0.44%	6,101
Pickens	5,124	53.26%	4,455	46.30%	42	0.44%	9,621
Pike	7,963	56.38%	6,035	42.73%	125	0.89%	14,123
Randolph	7,224	69.32%	3,078	29.54%	119	1.14%	10,421
Russell	8,278	43.78%	10,500	55.53%	132	0.70%	18,910
Shelby	71,436	77.03%	20,051	21.62%	1,255	1.35%	92,742
St. Clair	29,031	82.39%	5,801	16.46%	403	1.14%	35,235
Sumter	1,586	22.56%	5,421	77.11%	23	0.33%	7,030
Talladega	19,246	57.60%	13,905	41.61%	265	0.79%	33,416
Tallapoosa	12,396	65.76%	6,319	33.52%	136	0.72%	18,851
Tuscaloosa	45,748	58.08%	32,048	40.68%	976	1.24%	78,772
Walker	21,651	75.74%	6,557	22.94%	377	1.32%	28,585
Washington	5,761	65.56%	2,976	33.87%	50	0.57%	8,787
Wilcox	1,679	25.61%	4,868	74.26%	8	0.12%	6,555
Winston	8,312	85.44%	1286	13.22%	130	1.34%	9,728

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Barbour (largest city: Eufaula)
Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

References

"Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. 2008-11-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho". Retrieved January 4, 2013.
Kennedy, H. Mark (April 6, 2012). "Democratic Party Primary Results Recertification" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
"Alabama Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News. Halifax Media Group. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
"Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Alabama – AP/Google
Alabama CNN
"Presidential | The Cook Political Report". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily
RealClearPolitics – Electoral Map
"CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs". CNN. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
NBC News
"2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post.
http://www.270towin.com/states/Alabama/
"New Home for FiveThirtyEight". The New York Times.

External links

Official website of the Alabama Republican Party
Official website of the Alabama Democratic Party
Official website of the Alabama Green Party
The Green Papers: for Alabama
The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

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[2] "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho". Retrieved January 4, 2013.

[3] Kennedy, H. Mark (April 6, 2012). "Democratic Party Primary Results Recertification" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[4] "Alabama Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.

[5] Alabama Republican – The Green Papers

[6] Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News. Halifax Media Group. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[7] "Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] Alabama – AP/Google

[10] Alabama CNN

[11] "Presidential | The Cook Political Report". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-07.

[12] Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily

[13] RealClearPolitics – Electoral Map

[14] "CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs". CNN. Retrieved June 7, 2012.

[15] NBC News

[16] "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post.

[17] ttp://www.270towin.com/states/Alabama/

[18] "New Home for FiveThirtyEight". The New York Times.