United States presidential election in Kansas, 2012

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

 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 689,809 439,908
Percentage 59.66% 38.05%
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose six 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. Romney and Ryan carried Kansas with 59.66% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.05%, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.[1]

Obama carried only two counties: Douglas, home to liberal Lawrence and the University of Kansas; and Wyandotte, home to Kansas City and the state's largest concentration of nonwhite voters. In 2008, Obama also carried Crawford County in southeast Kansas, but failed to do so this time.

General Election

Results

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2012
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 689,809 59.66% 6
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 439,908 38.05% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 20,409 1.77% 0
Reform Chuck Baldwin Joseph Martin 4,990 0.43% 0
Green (Write-In) Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 714 0.06% 0
Constitution (Write-In) Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 187 0.02% 0
Justice (Write-In) Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 95 0.01% 0
Peace & Freedom (Write-In) Roseanne Barr Cindy Sheehan 58 0.01% 0
Other Write-Ins Other Write-Ins 84 0.01% 0
Totals 1,156,254 100.00% 6

By county

County Obama% Obama# Romney% Romney# Others% Others# Total
Allen County35.20%1,86962.45%3,3162.35%1255,310
Anderson County28.48%94468.66%2,2762.87%953,315
Atchison County38.46%2,56758.69%3,9172.85%1906,674
Barber County20.83%48276.58%1,7722.59%602,314
Barton County22.21%2,29776.14%7,8741.64%17010,341
Bourbon County31.92%1,99665.59%4,1022.49%1566,254
Brown County26.95%1,07670.85%2,8292.20%883,993
Butler County27.92%7,28269.61%18,1572.48%64626,085
Chase County28.17%35868.84%8752.99%381,271
Chautauqua County17.18%28080.00%1,3042.82%461,630
Cherokee County34.19%2,93063.66%5,4562.16%1858,571
Cheyenne County16.34%23381.28%1,1592.38%341,426
Clark County17.11%17479.15%8053.74%381,017
Clay County22.63%83475.64%2,7881.74%643,686
Cloud County24.00%97472.79%2,9543.20%1304,058
Coffey County22.99%89874.32%2,9032.69%1053,906
Comanche County15.41%14382.65%7671.94%18928
Cowley County33.98%4,31963.58%8,0812.44%31012,710
Crawford County45.67%6,82651.58%7,7082.75%41114,945
Decatur County17.36%26679.50%1,2183.13%481,532
Dickinson County25.12%2,02072.52%5,8322.36%1908,042
Doniphan County26.51%90270.94%2,4142.56%873,403
Douglas County60.79%29,26736.14%17,4013.07%1,47748,145
Edwards County21.52%29876.46%1,0592.02%281,385
Elk County20.53%28176.63%1,0492.85%391,369
Ellis County26.10%3,05771.70%8,3992.20%25811,714
Ellsworth County25.88%70271.17%1,9302.95%802,712
Finney County29.52%2,68268.46%6,2192.01%1839,084
Ford County31.09%2,60066.99%5,6021.91%1608,362
Franklin County33.61%3,69463.55%6,9842.84%31210,990
Geary County42.47%3,33255.73%4,3721.80%1417,845
Gove County12.73%17684.45%1,1682.82%391,383
Graham County19.10%25678.81%1,0562.09%281,340
Grant County19.77%45678.53%1,8111.69%392,306
Gray County16.55%32481.87%1,6031.58%311,958
Greeley County16.87%11381.04%5432.09%14670
Greenwood County22.52%47874.89%1,5902.59%552,123
Hamilton County18.59%16379.02%6932.39%21877
Harper County23.02%55073.63%1,7593.35%802,389
Harvey County37.59%5,37360.08%8,5882.33%33314,294
Haskell County15.40%21583.02%1,1591.58%221,396
Hodgeman County16.89%17981.89%8681.23%131,060
Jackson County34.18%1,90163.42%3,5272.39%1335,561
Jefferson County37.15%2,97760.24%4,8272.61%2098,013
Jewell County15.30%22982.50%1,2352.20%331,497
Johnson County40.18%110,52657.58%158,4012.23%6,147275,074
Kearny County19.34%26879.15%1,0971.52%211,386
Kingman County22.69%73374.19%2,3973.13%1013,231
Kiowa County14.25%16385.31%976.44%51,144
Labette County38.78%3,11759.00%4,7422.21%1788,037
Lane County18.53%17279.63%7391.83%17928
Leavenworth County39.05%11,35758.65%17,0592.30%66929,085
Lincoln County19.49%28978.56%1,1651.96%291,483
Linn County26.19%1,17071.12%3,1772.69%1204,467
Logan County14.59%19783.41%1,1262.0%271,350
Lyon County43.04%5,11154.48%6,4702.48%29411,875
Marion County25.61%1,38571.90%3,8892.50%1355,409
Marshall County30.78%1,46966.94%3,1952.28%1094,773
McPherson County28.05%3,44969.49%8,5452.46%30312,297
Meade County15.10%25883.56%1,4281.35%231,709
Miami County31.72%4,71266.36%9,8581.93%28614,856
Mitchell County19.70%58478.48%2,3271.82%542,965
Montgomery County28.20%3,50169.50%8,6302.30%28612,417
Morris County28.02%71869.20%1,7732.77%712,562
Morton County14.79%18983.88%1,0721.33%171,278
Nemaha County19.90%1,00078.19%3,9301.91%965,026
Neosho County31.64%2,05065.93%4,2722.44%1586,480
Ness County15.10%21883.73%1,2091.18%171,444
Norton County17.12%39880.77%1,8782.11%492,325
Osage County32.84%2,26864.10%4,4273.06%2116,906
Osborne County17.63%32480.47%1,4791.90%351,838
Ottawa County19.02%55878.25%2,2952.73%802,933
Pawnee County27.53%71870.40%1,8362.07%542,608
Phillips County14.89%38283.24%2,1351.87%482,565
Pottawatomie County24.63%2,33571.78%6,8043.59%3409,479
Pratt County25.78%98072.90%2,7711.32%503,801
Rawlins County13.16%19084.70%1,2232.15%311,444
Reno County33.11%8,08564.36%15,7182.53%61924,422
Republic County17.76%47779.45%2,1342.79%752,686
Rice County24.75%91172.70%2,6762.55%943,681
Riley County42.54%8,97754.53%11,5072.92%61721,101
Rooks County14.67%36182.85%2,0382.48%612,460
Rush County23.38%36774.27%1,1662.36%371,570
Russell County18.53%59379.78%2,5531.69%543,200
Saline County32.75%7,04064.38%13,8402.87%61621,496
Scott County13.50%27784.21%1,7282.29%472,052
Sedgwick County40.13%71,97759.38%106,506.50%891179,374
Seward County28.79%1,49069.88%3,6171.33%695,176
Shawnee County48.33%36,97549.38%37,7822.29%1,75476,511
Sheridan County12.52%16885.99%1,1541.49%201,342
Sherman County22.00%57775.33%1,9762.67%702,623
Smith County17.70%35880.28%1,6242.03%412,023
Stafford County21.97%40475.31%1,3852.72%501,839
Stanton County18.84%14379.71%6051.45%11759
Stevens County12.39%25285.99%1,7491.62%332,034
Sumner County29.08%2,65868.48%6,2602.44%2239,141
Thomas County17.21%59880.25%2,7882.53%883,474
Trego County18.43%29179.86%1,2611.71%271,579
Wabaunsee County28.10%91869.05%2,2562.85%933,267
Wallace County08.52%6890.10%7191.38%11798
Washington County18.14%52480.17%2,3161.70%492,889
Wichita County15.91%15783.18%821.91%9987
Wilson County22.01%81876.00%2,8251.99%743,717
Woodson County26.26%38071.53%1,0352.21%321,447
Wyandotte County67.61%34,30230.54%15,4961.85%94050,738

Democratic caucuses

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Republican caucuses

Kansas Republican caucuses, 2017 kora
March 10, 2012 (2012-03-10)

 
Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt Romney
Home state Pennsylvania Massachusetts
Delegate count 33 7
Popular vote 15,290 6,250
Percentage 51.2% 20.9%
 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 4,298 3,767
Percentage 14.4% 12.6%
Kansas results by county
  Rick Santorum
  Mitt Romney
  No votes

The Republican caucuses were held on Saturday, March 10, 2012.[2][3] Kansas has 40 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. 25 of these delegates are allocated proportionally to candidates who exceed a 20% threshold in the statewide vote tally. The 15 remaining delegates are 'winner-take-all' delegates. 12 delegates are given (3 each) to the candidates with most votes in each of Kansas's 4 congressional districts. 3 delegates are awarded to the candidate with most votes statewide.[4]

Rick Santorum won the caucus and will receive 33 delegates. He won the state with 51% of the statewide vote and received most votes in all of the congressional districts, thus winning 15 delegates. As only Santorum and Mitt Romney exceeded the 20% threshold, 18 of the 25 proportionally allocated delegates were allocated to Santorum and 7 to Romney.

Kansas Republican caucuses, 2012
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Rick Santorum 15,290 51.2% 33
Mitt Romney 6,250 20.9% 7
Newt Gingrich 4,298 14.4% 0
Ron Paul 3,767 12.6% 0
Uncommitted 122 0.4% 0
Herman Cain 39 0.1% 0
Jon Huntsman 38 0.1% 0
Rick Perry 37 0.1% 0
Michele Bachmann 16 0.1% 0
Totals 29,857 100% 0
Key:Withdrew
prior to contest

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Kansas". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ Nate Silver (March 9, 2012). "Kansas Offers Santorum Chance for Big Delegate Grab". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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