United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
November 6, 2012
Turnout 73.2% Decrease

 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 1,255,925 795,696
Percentage 60.55% 38.36%
County Results
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 21.6% 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.[2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column.

General Election

Candidate Ballot Access:

  • Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
  • Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  • Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  • Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
  • Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution

Write-In Candidate Access:

  • Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
  • Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,255,925 60.55% 9
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 797,696 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

CountyRomney#Romney%Obama#Obama%Other#Other%Total Votes
Autauga17,37972.49%6,36326.54%2310.96%23,973
Baldwin66,01677.22%18,42421.55%1,0511.23%85,491
Barbour5,55048.19%5,91251.33%550.48%11,517
Bibb6,13272.83%2,20226.15%861.02%8,420
Blount20,75786.27%2,97012.34%3331.38%24,060
Bullock1,25123.51%4,06176.31%100.19%5,322
Butler5,08753.54%4,37446.03%410.43%9,502
Calhoun30,27865.30%15,51133.45%5751.24%46,364
Chambers7,62652.13%6,87146.97%1320.90%14,629
Cherokee7,50676.65%2,13221.77%1541.57%9,792
Chilton13,93279.68%3,39719.43%1560.89%17,485
Choctaw4,15252.06%3,78647.47%380.48%7,976
Clarke7,47053.90%6,33445.70%560.40%13,860
Clay4,81772.12%1,77726.61%851.27%6,679
Cleburne5,27283.43%97115.37%761.20%6,319
Coffee14,66673.99%4,92524.85%2301.16%19,821
Colbert13,93659.44%9,16639.10%3421.46%23,444
Conecuh3,43948.95%3,55550.60%310.44%7,025
Coosa3,04957.72%2,19141.48%420.80%5,282
Covington12,15378.72%3,15820.45%1280.83%15,439
Crenshaw4,33167.42%2,05031.91%430.67%6,424
Cullman28,99983.92%5,05214.62%5041.46%34,555
Dale13,10870.47%5,28628.42%2071.11%18,601
Dallas6,28829.99%14,61269.70%640.31%20,964
DeKalb18,33176.54%5,23921.87%3801.59%23,950
Elmore26,25373.86%8,95425.19%3390.95%35,546
Escambia9,28762.35%5,48936.85%1180.79%14,894
Etowah29,13068.34%12,80330.04%6911.62%42,624
Fayette6,05476.07%1,81722.83%871.09%7,958
Franklin7,56769.54%3,17129.14%1431.31%10,881
Geneva9,17580.97%2,03917.99%1171.03%11,331
Greene80415.05%4,52184.62%180.34%5,343
Hale3,21037.12%5,41162.58%260.30%8,647
Henry5,62864.20%3,08335.17%550.63%8,766
Houston29,27069.72%12,36729.46%3470.83%41,984
Jackson14,43969.98%5,82228.22%3711.80%20,632
Jefferson141,68346.53%159,87652.50%2,9640.97%304,523
Lamar5,45776.05%1,64622.94%731.02%7,176
Lauderdale23,91164.57%12,51133.78%6101.65%37,032
Lawrence8,87462.72%5,06935.83%2051.45%14,148
Lee32,19459.08%21,38139.23%9211.69%54,496
Limestone25,29571.17%9,82927.66%4161.17%35,540
Lowndes1,75623.34%5,74776.39%200.27%7,523
Macon1,33112.80%9,04587.00%200.19%10,396
Madison90,88458.47%62,01539.90%2,5291.63%155,428
Marengo5,33646.23%6,16753.43%400.35%11,543
Marion9,69779.95%2,24918.54%1831.51%12,129
Marshall25,86779.24%6,29919.30%4781.46%32,644
Mobile94,89354.18%78,76044.97%1,4870.85%175,140
Monroe5,74153.57%4,91445.85%620.58%10,717
Montgomery38,33237.56%63,08561.81%6500.64%102,067
Morgan35,39171.56%13,43927.17%6291.27%49,459
Perry1,50624.68%4,56874.87%270.44%6,101
Pickens5,12453.26%4,45546.30%420.44%9,621
Pike7,96356.38%6,03542.73%1250.89%14,123
Randolph7,22469.32%3,07829.54%1191.14%10,421
Russell8,27843.78%10,50055.53%1320.70%18,910
Shelby71,43677.03%20,05121.62%1,2551.35%92,742
St. Clair29,03182.39%5,80116.46%4031.14%35,235
Sumter1,58622.56%5,42177.11%230.33%7,030
Talladega19,24657.60%13,90541.61%2650.79%33,416
Tallapoosa12,39665.76%6,31933.52%1360.72%18,851
Tuscaloosa45,74858.08%32,04840.68%9761.24%78,772
Walker21,65175.74%6,55722.94%3771.32%28,585
Washington5,76165.56%2,97633.87%500.57%8,787
Wilcox1,67925.61%4,86874.26%80.12%6,555
Winston8,31285.44%128613.22%1301.34%9,728

Polling

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

Predictions

The latest predictions:

  1. Cook Political Report: Solid Republican[3]
  2. Election Projection: Solid Romney[4]
  3. Electoral-vote.com: Strongly Republican[5]
  4. Real Clear Politics: Safe Romney[6]
  5. CNN: Safe Romney[7]
  6. MSNBC: Republican[8]
  7. The Washington Post: Solid Republican[9]
  8. 270 to win: Safe Romney[10]
  9. Belanger Report: Safe Romney
  10. FiveThirtyEight: Solid Romney[11]

Democratic primary

Alabama results by county
  Barack Obama
  Uncommited

Republican primary

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012
March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)

 
Candidate Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney
Home state Pennsylvania Georgia Massachusetts
Delegate count 17 12 10
Popular vote 215,105 182,276 180,321
Percentage 34.55% 29.28% 28.97%
Alabama results by county
  Rick Santorum
  Newt Gingrich
  Mitt Romney
  Tie

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.[12][13] Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[14]


Alabama Republican primary, 2012[15]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
AP
[16]		 CNN
[17]		 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Presidential | The Cook Political Report
  4. ↑ Election Projection: 2012 Elections – Polls, Projections, Results
  5. ↑ Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily
  6. ↑ RealClearPolitics – Electoral Map
  7. ↑ "CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs". CNN. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#.T9BgKrXCS04
  9. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post.
  10. ↑ http://www.270towin.com/states/Alabama/
  11. ↑ "New Home for FiveThirtyEight". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
  13. ↑ Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News. Halifax Media Group. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections.
  15. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  16. ↑ Alabama – AP/Google
  17. ↑ Alabama CNN
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