United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012

United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012
November 6, 2012

 
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,677,844 971,869
Percentage 61.97% 35.90%
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose 10 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.

General election

Results

United States presidential election in Maryland, 2012[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 1,677,844 61.97% 10
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 971,869 35.90% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 30,195 1.12% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 17,110 0.63% 0
Others 10,309 0.38% 0
Totals 2,707,327 100.00% 10
Voter turnout (registered voters) 69.4%

By county

County Obama Votes Romney Votes Others Votes Totals
Allegany32.50%9,50164.80%18,9412.70%79029,232
Anne Arundel48.68%126,63548.75%126,8322.55%6,144259,614
Baltimore (City)87.21%202,32711.06%25,6611.73%4,008231,996
Baltimore (County)56.90%202,73340.61%144,6862.49%8,868356,287
Calvert44.97%19,99652.79%23,4742.24%99644,466
Caroline36.86%4,76160.99%7,8772.14%27712,915
Carroll31.77%27,33765.01%55,9393.22%2,76786,043
Cecil38.79%16,22258.58%24,4972.63%1,09841,817
Charles64.59%47,02833.74%24,5691.67%1,21572,812
Dorchester46.47%6,98852.19%7,8491.34%20215,039
Frederick46.80%53,40750.52%57,6572.68%3,064114,128
Garrett23.38%3,00074.44%9,5532.19%28112,834
Harford39.17%48,26358.23%71,7512.61%3,212123,226
Howard59.39%88,09438.05%56,4362.56%3,793148,323
Kent48.65%4,72549.38%4,7961.97%1919,712
Montgomery70.64%286,63327.35%110,9712.02%8,185405,789
Prince George's89.84%317,3429.13%32,2361.03%3,637353,215
Queen Anne's34.16%8,24263.87%15,4091.96%47424,125
Somerset50.39%5,24048.49%5,0421.12%11710,399
St. Mary's40.86%18,90056.42%26,1002.72%1,25846,258
Talbot42.77%8,57455.72%11,1721.51%30320,049
Washington39.51%23,28257.90%34,1132.59%1,52558,920
Wicomico45.88%18,68252.10%21,2142.01%81940,715
Worcester39.91%10,59058.45%15,5111.65%43726,538

Republican primary

Maryland Republican primary, 2012
April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)

 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 37 0
Popular vote 117,527 69,020
Percentage 49.2% 28.9%
 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 26,088 22,698
Percentage 10.9% 9.5%
Maryland results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Rick Santorum

The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary.[2]After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.

Maryland Republican primary, 2012[3][4]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 117,527 49.2% 37
Rick Santorum 69,020 28.9% 0
Newt Gingrich 26,088 10.9% 0
Ron Paul 22,698 9.5% 0
Jon Huntsman, Jr. 1,406 0.6% 0
Rick Perry 1,041 0.4% 0
Buddy Roemer 858 0.4% 0
Fred Karger 342 0.1% 0
Unprojected delegates: 3
Total: 238,987 100% 37

References

  1. ↑ "Maryland State Board of Elections". Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Republican Primary". New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf
  4. ↑ "maryland Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.
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