2012 United States presidential election in Montana

The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana 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. Montana 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.

2012 United States presidential election in Montana

November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 267,928 201,839
Percentage 55.35% 41.70%

County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

Romney carried Montana with 55.35% of the vote to Obama's 41.70%, with a 13.65% margin of victory. Montana was the second-best state performance for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, carrying about 3% of the vote.

Romney performed much better than John McCain had in 2008, when he narrowly won over Obama with only a 2.38% margin of victory. Romney also won over five counties that voted for Obama in 2008. Most of the counties Obama won were either majority Native American (such as Big Horn, Blaine, Glacier, and Roosevelt) or have some of Montana's most populous cities and towns, such as Missoula County (containing its namesake city, the second largest in the state and home of the University of Montana) and Silver Bow County (home to Butte and Montana Tech). As of 2020 this is the last time a Republican won Gallatin County and the Democrats won Hill County and Roosevelt County.

Republican primary

2012 Montana Republican caucuses

June 16, 2012 (2012-06-16)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Texas Pennsylvania

Montana results by county
  Mitt Romney
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)


Members of the Montana delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention

The Republican caucuses took place on June 14 to 16, 2012 as the Montana state convention. Ten days before, the state delegates were selected by the central committee in each county[1][2][3] 23 delegates were to have been chosen, for a total of 26 delegates to go to the national convention. Prior to selecting delegates, a non-binding primary election was held June 5, 2012. Results were announced before the Republican National Convention in August.

2012 Montana Republican primary[4]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 96,121 68.4%
Ron Paul 20,227 14.4%
Rick Santorum 12,546 8.9%
Newt Gingrich 6,107 4.3%
No Preference 5,456 3.9%
Unpledged delegates: 25
Total: 140,457 26
Key:Withdrew prior to contest

General election

The Republican ticket won by a margin of 13.65%

U.S. presidential election in Montana, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitt Romney 267,928 55.35
Democratic Barack Obama 201,839 41.70
Libertarian Gary Johnson 14,165 2.93
Others Others 116 0.02
Total votes 484,048 100.0

By county

County Obama% Obama# Romney% Romney# Others% Others# Total
Beaverhead28.49%1,37168.35%3,2893.16%1524,812
Big Horn62.30%2,88236.04%1,6671.66%774,626
Blaine56.52%1,61641.20%1,1782.27%652,859
Broadwater25.37%76471.47%2,1523.16%953,011
Carbon36.71%2,14660.43%3,5332.86%1675,846
Carter12.09%9685.39%6782.52%20794
Cascade44.07%15,23253.08%18,3452.86%98734,564
Chouteau34.67%97862.32%1,7583.01%852,821
Custer34.17%1,83362.87%3,3732.96%1595,365
Daniels23.54%23773.49%7402.98%301,007
Dawson27.56%1,21968.48%3,0293.96%1754,423
Deer Lodge64.13%2,86032.47%1,4483.41%1524,460
Fallon16.87%23780.28%1,1282.85%401,405
Fergus27.01%1,64070.12%4,2572.87%1746,071
Flathead31.95%13,89265.11%28,3092.93%1,27543,476
Gallatin45.86%21,96150.87%24,3583.26%1,56347,882
Garfield09.43%6688.86%6221.71%12700
Glacier65.68%2,92431.78%1,4152.54%1134,452
Golden Valley22.96%11073.28%3513.76%18479
Granite31.26%53364.93%1,1073.81%651,705
Hill49.90%3,40346.39%3,1643.71%2536,820
Jefferson34.85%2,27262.19%4,0552.96%1936,520
Judith Basin27.74%33770.29%8541.98%241,215
Lake43.63%5,80553.63%7,1352.74%36413,304
Lewis and Clark46.88%15,62050.43%16,8032.69%89533,318
Liberty26.01%25771.05%7022.94%29988
Lincoln28.71%2,55268.14%6,0573.15%2808,889
Madison28.45%1,28969.09%3,1302.45%1114,530
McCone22.46%22375.03%7452.52%25993
Meagher27.67%26968.93%6703.4%33972
Mineral34.71%70060.29%1,2165.01%1012,017
Missoula57.39%32,82439.61%22,6523.%1,71657,192
Musselshell20.44%49276.15%1,8333.41%822,407
Park43.15%3,78353.71%4,7093.15%2768,768
Petroleum16.44%4980.54%2403.02%9298
Phillips21.14%47175.76%1,6883.1%692,228
Pondera35.86%97561.53%1,6732.61%712,719
Powder River16.55%17081.11%8332.34%241,027
Powell31.99%88865.06%1,8062.95%822,776
Prairie23.76%16773.97%5202.28%16703
Ravalli32.81%7,28564.43%14,3072.77%61422,206
Richland21.57%1,00275.57%3,5102.86%1334,645
Roosevelt56.81%2,08641.23%1,5141.96%723,672
Rosebud40.36%1,42256.88%2,0042.75%973,523
Sanders29.15%1,72067.45%3,9803.41%2015,901
Sheridan34.49%66562.60%1,2072.9%561,928
Silver Bow64.79%10,85732.41%5,4302.8%46916,756
Stillwater26.54%1,24870.97%3,3372.49%1174,702
Sweet Grass22.44%47575.30%1,5942.27%482,117
Teton32.98%1,08264.40%2,1132.62%863,281
Toole27.69%58268.51%1,4403.81%802,102
Treasure25.05%11470.11%3194.84%22455
Valley35.89%1,38560.56%2,3373.55%1373,859
Wheatland27.42%27269.86%6932.72%27992
Wibaux18.01%9877.39%4214.6%25544
Yellowstone38.37%26,40358.86%40,5002.77%1,90468,807

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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