United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012

Georgia Republican primary, 2012
	March 6, 2012
	March 6, 2012
	Georgia results by county Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012
	November 6, 2012
	November 6, 2012
Romney 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Obama 40-50% 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 Georgia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose 16 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democrat 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. Early County is the only county to have flipped from Republican to Democrat. Chattahoochee County is the only county to have flipped from Democrat to Republican. Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin. Romney received 53.30% of the vote to Obama's 45.48%. Obama is the first Democrat to win two terms without winning Georgia either time.

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democrat
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian

Write-In Candidate Access:

Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	2,078,688	53.30%	16
	Democrat	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,773,827	45.48%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	45,324	1.16%	0
	Green (Write-in)	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,516	0.04%	0
	Constitution (Write-in)	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	432	0.01%	0
	Justice (Write-in)	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	154	0.00%	0
	Other Write-ins	Other Write-ins		109	0.00%	0
Totals				3,900,050	100.00%	16
Voter turnout (registered voters)						71.36%

By county

County	Obama	Obama#	Romney	Romney#	Johnson	Johnson	Total
Appling	24.81%	1,756	73.89%	5,231	1.30%	92	7,079
Atkinson	32.05%	930	66.78%	1,938	1.17%	34	2,902
Bacon	20.13%	791	78.70%	3,092	1.17%	46	3,929
Baker	49.87%	790	49.49%	784	0.63%	10	1,584
Baldwin	52.23%	8,469	46.78%	7,585	0.99%	160	16,214
Banks	12.58%	779	86.46%	5,353	0.95%	59	6,191
Barrow	23.91%	6,019	74.37%	18,719	1.72%	433	25,171
Bartow	23.46%	8,383	75.12%	26,847	1.42%	508	35,738
Ben Hill	42.17%	2,508	57.09%	3,395	0.74%	44	5,947
Berrien	20.49%	1,268	78.18%	4,837	1.33%	82	6,187
Bibb	59.63%	38,538	39.62%	25,606	0.74%	481	64,625
Bleckley	25.82%	1,266	73.14%	3,586	1.04%	51	4,903
Brantley	15.65%	939	82.70%	4,963	1.65%	99	6,001
Brooks	46.48%	3,101	52.80%	3,522	0.72%	48	6,671
Bryan	27.57%	3,695	71.16%	9,537	1.28%	171	13,403
Bulloch	39.83%	9,572	58.92%	14,159	1.25%	301	24,032
Burke	55.28%	5,403	43.98%	4,298	0.74%	72	9,773
Butts	31.65%	2,966	67.29%	6,306	1.07%	100	9,372
Calhoun	59.30%	1,297	40.37%	883	0.32%	7	2,187
Camden	35.44%	6,358	63.10%	11,318	1.46%	262	17,938
Candler	32.76%	1,155	66.48%	2,344	0.77%	27	3,526
Carroll	30.49%	12,635	68.16%	28,249	1.35%	561	41,445
Catoosa	22.66%	5,357	75.50%	17,848	1.84%	434	23,639
Charlton	31.81%	1,197	67.15%	2,527	1.04%	39	3,763
Chatham	55.49%	60,077	43.49%	47,083	1.02%	1,107	108,267
Chattahoochee	48.95%	726	49.36%	732	1.69%	25	1,483
Chattooga	28.49%	2,220	69.75%	5,434	1.76%	137	7,791
Cherokee	20.21%	19,813	78.00%	76,473	1.79%	1,755	98,041
Clarke	63.25%	25,386	34.39%	13,804	2.36%	948	40,138
Clay	61.48%	862	38.30%	537	0.21%	3	1,402
Clayton	84.81%	81,439	14.74%	14,158	0.44%	423	96,020
Clinch	34.47%	852	64.64%	1,598	0.89%	22	2,472
Cobb	42.89%	132,526	55.49%	171,464	1.62%	4,999	308,989
Coffee	34.97%	5,048	64.03%	9,242	1.00%	144	14,434
Colquitt	29.81%	3,971	69.37%	9,240	0.81%	108	13,319
Columbia	27.91%	16,420	70.91%	41,724	1.19%	698	58,842
Cook	33.88%	2,042	65.27%	3,934	0.85%	51	6,027
Coweta	27.30%	15,156	71.40%	39,633	1.30%	723	55,512
Crawford	33.16%	1,699	65.70%	3,366	1.13%	58	5,123
Crisp	42.78%	3,160	56.58%	4,179	0.64%	47	7,386
Dade	23.41%	1,404	74.34%	4,458	2.25%	135	5,997
Dawson	12.13%	1,241	86.41%	8,843	1.47%	150	10,234
Decatur	43.76%	4,580	55.58%	5,816	0.66%	69	10,465
DeKalb	77.86%	237,704	21.06%	64,308	1.08%	3,287	305,299
Dodge	31.56%	2,440	67.44%	5,214	1.00%	77	7,731
Dooly	53.11%	2,278	46.23%	1,983	0.65%	28	4,289
Dougherty	69.30%	26,209	30.25%	11,441	0.45%	172	37,822
Douglas	51.47%	28,410	47.51%	26,226	1.02%	565	55,201
Early	51.64%	2,762	47.78%	2,556	0.58%	31	5,349
Echols	15.70%	173	83.21%	917	1.09%	12	1,102
Effingham	23.78%	4,941	75.03%	15,591	1.19%	247	20,779
Elbert	39.06%	3,179	59.68%	4,857	1.27%	103	8,139
Emanuel	36.22%	2,919	63.10%	5,086	0.68%	55	8,060
Evans	35.56%	1,266	63.68%	2,267	0.76%	27	3,560
Fannin	20.26%	2,027	78.48%	7,853	1.27%	127	10,007
Fayette	33.70%	19,703	65.07%	38,046	1.24%	724	58,473
Floyd	29.36%	9,595	69.26%	22,636	1.39%	454	32,685
Forsyth	17.82%	14,544	80.70%	65,853	1.47%	1,201	81,598
Franklin	19.32%	1,499	78.79%	6,112	1.88%	146	7,757
Fulton	64.11%	250,514	34.72%	135,672	1.17%	4,568	390,754
Gilmer	17.76%	1,955	81.03%	8,920	1.21%	133	11,008
Glascock	13.20%	176	85.15%	1,135	1.65%	22	1,333
Glynn	36.07%	11,922	63.09%	20,853	0.84%	279	33,054
Gordon	20.38%	3,436	78.15%	13,174	1.47%	247	16,857
Grady	36.41%	3,419	63.06%	5,922	0.53%	50	9,391
Greene	38.43%	3,195	60.95%	5,067	0.61%	51	8,313
Gwinnett	44.62%	131,879	53.99%	159,563	1.39%	4,118	295,560
Habersham	15.73%	2,297	83.21%	12,148	1.06%	155	14,600
Hall	21.08%	12,489	77.51%	45,918	1.41%	834	59,241
Hancock	80.99%	3,301	18.74%	764	0.27%	11	4,076
Haralson	17.25%	1,787	81.44%	8,439	1.31%	136	10,362
Harris	26.75%	4,141	72.31%	11,193	0.94%	145	15,479
Hart	30.20%	2,869	68.58%	6,516	1.22%	116	9,501
Heard	22.75%	947	75.80%	3,155	1.44%	60	4,162
Henry	47.94%	43,374	51.18%	46,299	0.88%	796	90,469
Houston	39.10%	22,643	59.80%	34,631	1.10%	638	57,912
Irwin	30.79%	1,134	68.40%	2,519	0.81%	30	3,683
Jackson	17.90%	4,236	80.79%	19,122	1.32%	312	23,670
Jasper	30.60%	1,839	68.57%	4,121	0.83%	50	6,010
Jeff Davis	23.85%	1,271	74.93%	3,994	1.22%	65	5,330
Jefferson	58.31%	4,238	41.17%	2,992	0.52%	38	7,268
Jenkins	46.37%	1,424	53.21%	1,634	0.42%	13	3,071
Johnson	34.60%	1,305	64.69%	2,440	0.72%	27	3,772
Jones	35.31%	4,272	63.97%	7,740	0.72%	87	12,099
Lamar	34.29%	2,602	64.51%	4,896	1.20%	91	7,589
Lanier	37.46%	1,108	61.26%	1,812	1.28%	38	2,958
Laurens	38.32%	7,508	60.98%	11,947	0.69%	136	19,591
Lee	23.42%	3,187	75.77%	10,310	0.81%	110	13,607
Liberty	64.64%	10,427	34.45%	5,558	0.91%	147	16,132
Lincoln	35.84%	1,586	63.41%	2,806	0.75%	33	4,425
Long	37.88%	1,434	60.75%	2,300	1.37%	52	3,786
Lowndes	44.34%	17,118	54.85%	21,176	0.82%	316	38,610
Lumpkin	18.84%	2,049	79.36%	8,633	1.80%	196	10,878
Macon	67.16%	3,211	32.32%	1,545	0.52%	25	4,781
Madison	22.44%	2,486	76.19%	8,441	1.37%	152	11,079
Marion	44.55%	1,411	54.66%	1,731	0.79%	25	3,167
McDuffie	42.16%	4,041	57.12%	5,475	0.72%	69	9,585
McIntosh	45.16%	2,860	53.77%	3,405	1.07%	68	6,333
Meriwether	46.74%	4,328	52.44%	4,855	0.82%	76	9,259
Miller	30.61%	848	68.74%	1,904	0.65%	18	2,770
Mitchell	49.33%	4,081	50.20%	4,153	0.47%	39	8,273
Monroe	30.83%	3,779	68.13%	8,352	1.04%	128	12,259
Montgomery	29.63%	1,135	69.49%	2,662	0.89%	34	3,831
Morgan	30.51%	2,751	68.52%	6,178	0.96%	87	9,016
Murray	22.68%	2,542	75.29%	8,439	2.03%	228	11,209
Muscogee	60.30%	42,458	39.01%	27,469	0.69%	483	70,410
Newton	50.55%	21,844	48.54%	20,979	0.91%	393	43,216
Oconee	24.88%	4,140	73.44%	12,222	1.69%	281	16,643
Oglethorpe	30.57%	1,913	67.91%	4,250	1.52%	95	6,258
Paulding	27.56%	15,779	71.21%	40,771	1.23%	704	57,254
Peach	53.40%	6,141	45.92%	5,280	0.68%	78	11,499
Pickens	15.59%	1,975	83.22%	10,545	1.19%	151	12,671
Pierce	16.42%	1,124	82.78%	5,666	0.80%	55	6,845
Pike	16.73%	1,355	82.23%	6,660	1.04%	84	8,099
Polk	26.57%	3,608	72.15%	9,798	1.28%	174	13,580
Pulaski	33.12%	1,219	66.40%	2,444	0.49%	18	3,681
Putnam	31.69%	2,917	67.46%	6,210	0.85%	78	9,205
Quitman	54.26%	612	45.21%	510	0.53%	6	1,128
Rabun	20.95%	1,558	77.35%	5,753	1.71%	127	7,438
Randolph	58.01%	1,749	41.43%	1,249	0.56%	17	3,015
Richmond	66.52%	52,461	32.74%	25,821	0.74%	583	78,865
Rockdale	57.76%	21,878	41.37%	15,671	0.87%	330	37,879
Schley	25.63%	448	73.57%	1,286	0.80%	14	1,748
Screven	45.45%	2,769	53.91%	3,285	0.64%	39	6,093
Seminole	39.18%	1,475	59.60%	2,244	1.22%	46	3,765
Spalding	39.45%	9,884	59.47%	14,901	1.09%	272	25,057
Stephens	22.43%	2,123	76.13%	7,207	1.45%	137	9,467
Stewart	63.60%	1,307	36.01%	740	0.39%	8	2,055
Sumter	53.89%	6,370	45.45%	5,372	0.66%	78	11,820
Talbot	64.87%	2,264	34.44%	1,202	0.69%	24	3,490
Taliaferro	66.18%	636	33.40%	321	0.42%	4	961
Tattnall	28.45%	1,894	70.62%	4,702	0.93%	62	6,658
Taylor	44.42%	1,571	55.07%	1,948	0.51%	18	3,537
Telfair	41.62%	1,804	57.20%	2,479	1.18%	51	4,334
Terrell	57.84%	2,544	41.70%	1,834	0.45%	20	4,398
Thomas	40.39%	7,651	58.88%	11,153	0.73%	139	18,943
Tift	33.43%	4,481	65.97%	8,843	0.60%	80	13,404
Toombs	29.36%	2,740	69.85%	6,519	0.79%	74	9,333
Towns	20.54%	1,265	78.49%	4,834	0.97%	60	6,159
Treutlen	39.01%	1,068	60.12%	1,646	0.88%	24	2,738
Troup	40.53%	7,858	58.48%	11,339	1.00%	193	19,390
Turner	42.41%	1,508	57.00%	2,027	0.59%	21	3,556
Twiggs	54.04%	2,269	45.37%	1,905	0.60%	25	4,199
Union	19.30%	2,137	79.22%	8,771	1.48%	164	11,072
Upson	35.13%	3,955	64.22%	7,229	0.65%	73	11,257
Walker	24.08%	5,269	74.25%	16,245	1.67%	365	21,879
Walton	21.66%	8,139	77.24%	29,018	1.10%	413	37,570
Ware	32.64%	3,892	66.54%	7,933	0.82%	98	11,923
Warren	60.47%	1,525	39.25%	990	0.28%	7	2,522
Washington	53.49%	4,705	45.85%	4,033	0.66%	58	8,796
Wayne	25.29%	2,594	73.63%	7,553	1.08%	111	10,258
Webster	48.77%	573	50.89%	598	0.34%	4	1,175
Wheeler	35.74%	772	63.24%	1,366	1.02%	22	2,160
White	15.95%	1,670	82.58%	8,647	1.47%	154	10,471
Whitfield	26.81%	7,193	71.90%	19,290	1.29%	345	26,828
Wilcox	33.90%	1,059	65.62%	2,050	0.48%	15	3,124
Wilkes	43.83%	2,080	55.37%	2,628	0.80%	38	4,746
Wilkinson	49.01%	2,180	50.47%	2,245	0.52%	23	4,448
Worth	29.56%	2,486	69.73%	5,864	0.71%	60	8,410

Democrat primary

Incumbent president Barack Obama was unopposed in the Georgia primary, therefore winning all of the state's delegates.

Republican primary

The 2012 Georgia Republican primary took place on March 6, 2012.^[2]^[3]

Georgia has 76 delegates to the Republic National Convention. The three super delegates are awarded winner-take-all to the statewide winner. Thirty-one delegates are awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide. Another 42 delegates are allocated by Congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in a district, he wins all 3 delegates. If no one get majority, the delegates are split 2 and 1 between the top two candidates respectively.^[4]

Georgia Republican primary, 2012^[5]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Estimated national delegates ^[6]
Newt Gingrich	425,395	47.2%	54
Mitt Romney	233,611	25.9%	19
Rick Santorum	176,259	19.6%	3
Ron Paul	59,100	6.6%	0
Jon Huntsman Jr.	1,813	0.2%	0
Michele Bachmann	1,714	0.2%	0
Rick Perry	1,696	0.2%	0
Buddy Roemer	1,142	0.13%	0
Gary Johnson	740	0.08%	0
Undecided or Other			0
Totals	901,470	100.0%	76

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest.

References

↑ "Georgia Election Results". Secretary of State of Georgia. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
↑ Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
↑ Georgia Election Results, Retrieved March 23, 2012.
↑ Georgia Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

External links

The Green Papers: for Georgia
The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

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[1] "Georgia Election Results". Secretary of State of Georgia. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.

[2] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

[3] "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[4] Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.

[5] Georgia Election Results, Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[6] Georgia Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

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