United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2012

Nebraska Republican primary, 2012
	May 15, 2012
	May 15, 2012
	Nebraska results by county Mitt Romney (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2012
	November 6, 2012
	November 6, 2012
Romney 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Obama 50-60%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

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

On election day, Mitt Romney carried the state of Nebraska, taking 59.80% of the vote to Barack Obama's 38.03%, a margin of 21.77%. Nebraska is one of two states (along with Maine) which splits its electoral votes based on the winner in each congressional district. In 2012, Romney won all 3 congressional districts, thus winning all 5 of the state's electoral votes. This was a change from 2008, when the state as a whole had voted for Republican John McCain but Democrat Barack Obama still won an electoral vote from the state. Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, home to Omaha, had split with the rest of the state and awarded one of Nebraska's electoral votes to a Democratic presidential nominee for the first time since 1964. Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, Indiana, and North Carolina were the only sources of electoral votes to change hands from Obama to the Republicans between 2008 and 2012.

General Election

Results

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	475,064	59.80%	5
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	302,081	38.03%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	11,109	1.40%	0
	Write-Ins			3,717	0.47%	0
	Independent	Randall Terry	Missy Smith	2,408	0.30%	0
Totals				794,379	100.00%	5

Results By Congressional District

Romney won all three of Nebraska's congressional districts.^[1]

District	Romney %	Romney #	Obama %	Obama #	Johnson %	Johnson #	Terry %	Terry #	Representative
1st	57.43%	152,021	40.83%	108,082	1.45%	3,847	0.28%	762	Jeff Fortenberry
2nd	52.85%	140,976	45.70%	121,889	1.27%	3,393	0.18%	469	Lee Terry
3rd	70.23%	182,067	27.82%	72,110	1.44%	3,869	0.45%	1,177	Adrian Smith

By county

County	Romney	Votes	Obama	Votes	Others	Votes	Total
Adams	65.98%	8,316	32.23%	4,062	1.79%	226	12,604
Antelope	80.55%	2,585	17.79%	571	1.65%	53	3,209
Arthur	86.97%	227	11.49%	30	1.53%	4	261
Banner	84.56%	345	13.48%	55	1.96%	8	408
Blaine	89.04%	268	9.63%	29	1.33%	4	301
Boone	76.31%	2,136	21.97%	615	1.71%	48	2,799
Box Butte	61.29%	2,869	36.15%	1,692	2.56%	120	4,681
Boyd	81.51%	873	17.55%	188	0.93%	10	1,071
Brown	84.01%	1,298	14.43%	223	1.55%	24	1,545
Buffalo	69.76%	13,570	27.58%	5,365	2.66%	518	19,453
Burt	60.31%	2,016	38.29%	1,280	1.41%	47	3,343
Butler	71.48%	2,729	26.93%	1,028	1.60%	61	3,818
Cass	62.36%	7,453	35.96%	4,298	1.68%	201	11,952
Cedar	76.00%	3,278	22.21%	958	1.79%	77	4,313
Chase	85.07%	1,584	13.64%	254	1.29%	24	1,862
Cherry	83.78%	2,557	14.29%	436	1.93%	59	3,052
Cheyenne	74.67%	3,134	23.42%	983	1.91%	80	4,197
Clay	75.89%	2,213	22.70%	662	1.41%	41	2,916
Colfax	66.96%	2,051	31.64%	969	1.40%	43	3,063
Cuming	72.76%	2,858	25.84%	1,015	1.40%	55	3,928
Custer	78.52%	4,251	19.69%	1,066	1.79%	97	5,414
Dakota	51.00%	3,048	47.36%	2,831	1.64%	98	5,977
Dawes	67.01%	2,435	30.32%	1,102	2.67%	97	3,634
Dawson	69.93%	5,369	28.08%	2,156	1.99%	153	7,678
Deuel	75.40%	763	21.25%	215	3.36%	34	1,012
Dixon	65.45%	1,745	32.63%	870	1.91%	51	2,666
Dodge	60.55%	8,937	37.86%	5,588	1.59%	234	14,759
Douglas	51.44%	109,579	47.17%	100,475	1.39%	2,957	213,011
Dundy	80.65%	792	17.92%	176	1.43%	14	982
Fillmore	70.05%	1,972	28.21%	794	1.74%	49	2,815
Franklin	72.69%	1,110	24.95%	381	2.36%	36	1,527
Frontier	77.49%	1,005	20.89%	271	1.62%	21	1,297
Furnas	79.77%	1,767	19.05%	422	1.17%	26	2,215
Gage	57.27%	5,470	40.52%	3,870	2.22%	212	9,552
Garden	76.19%	829	22.24%	242	1.56%	17	1,088
Garfield	82.07%	769	15.90%	149	2.03%	19	937
Gosper	75.13%	734	23.54%	230	1.33%	13	977
Grant	88.71%	322	8.26%	30	3.03%	11	363
Greeley	69.43%	820	28.79%	340	1.78%	21	1,181
Hall	62.94%	12,412	35.35%	6,971	1.71%	338	19,721
Hamilton	74.25%	3,582	23.55%	1,136	2.20%	106	4,824
Harlan	78.79%	1,248	19.63%	311	1.58%	25	1,584
Hayes	88.41%	473	9.35%	50	2.24%	12	535
Hitchcock	79.02%	1,175	18.29%	272	2.69%	40	1,487
Holt	79.79%	3,789	18.15%	862	2.06%	98	4,749
Hooker	83.76%	330	14.97%	59	1.27%	5	394
Howard	66.18%	1,890	32.00%	914	1.82%	52	2,856
Jefferson	63.11%	2,156	34.69%	1,185	2.20%	75	3,416
Johnson	59.46%	1,223	38.41%	790	2.14%	44	2,057
Kearney	74.18%	2,341	24.11%	761	1.71%	54	3,156
Keith	75.29%	3,044	22.95%	928	1.76%	71	4,043
Keya Paha	81.50%	392	16.63%	80	1.87%	9	481
Kimball	73.39%	1,222	23.48%	391	3.12%	52	1,665
Knox	71.68%	2,878	26.28%	1,055	2.04%	82	4,015
Lancaster	49.63%	61,480	48.69%	60,315	1.67%	2,073	123,868
Lincoln	69.08%	10,545	28.49%	4,350	2.43%	371	15,266
Logan	82.60%	356	15.78%	68	1.62%	7	431
Loup	81.46%	290	17.42%	62	1.12%	4	356
Madison	73.08%	9,874	24.93%	3,368	2.00%	270	13,512
McPherson	81.72%	237	14.14%	41	4.14%	12	290
Merrick	71.65%	2,490	26.62%	925	1.73%	60	3,475
Morrill	77.11%	1,681	20.87%	455	2.02%	44	2,180
Nance	68.45%	1,098	29.74%	477	1.81%	29	1,604
Nemaha	63.31%	1,979	34.84%	1,089	1.86%	58	3,126
Nuckolls	72.03%	1,563	26.13%	567	1.84%	40	2,170
Otoe	61.20%	4,226	36.81%	2,542	1.98%	137	6,905
Pawnee	67.44%	897	29.77%	396	2.78%	37	1,330
Perkins	81.42%	1,135	17.07%	238	1.51%	21	1,394
Phelps	77.91%	3,372	20.22%	875	1.87%	81	4,328
Pierce	79.29%	2,707	18.66%	637	2.05%	70	3,414
Platte	75.20%	9,963	23.36%	3,095	1.44%	191	13,249
Polk	77.11%	1,886	21.55%	527	1.35%	33	2,446
Red Willow	79.19%	3,855	19.31%	940	1.50%	73	4,868
Richardson	65.41%	2,407	32.07%	1,180	2.53%	93	3,680
Rock	85.39%	672	13.09%	103	1.52%	12	787
Saline	52.11%	2,518	46.19%	2,232	1.70%	82	4,832
Sarpy	60.93%	40,318	37.34%	24,709	1.72%	1,139	66,166
Saunders	65.91%	6,725	32.14%	3,279	1.95%	199	10,203
Scotts Bluff	67.98%	9,427	30.24%	4,193	1.78%	247	13,867
Seward	66.46%	5,003	31.70%	2,386	1.85%	139	7,528
Sheridan	82.09%	2,021	15.84%	390	2.07%	51	2,462
Sherman	60.94%	919	36.41%	549	2.65%	40	1,508
Sioux	84.76%	623	13.74%	101	1.50%	11	735
Stanton	74.15%	1,945	23.14%	607	2.71%	71	2,623
Thayer	70.54%	1,853	27.56%	724	1.90%	50	2,627
Thomas	88.24%	360	10.29%	42	1.47%	6	408
Thurston	41.29%	823	57.85%	1,153	0.85%	17	1,993
Valley	75.78%	1,643	22.79%	494	1.43%	31	2,168
Washington	67.75%	6,857	30.66%	3,103	1.59%	161	10,121
Wayne	68.13%	2,493	29.35%	1,074	2.51%	92	3,659
Webster	72.54%	1,255	25.43%	440	2.02%	35	1,730
Wheeler	77.35%	345	20.85%	93	1.79%	8	446
York	77.08%	4,815	21.64%	1,352	1.28%	80	6,247

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was not held as Barack Obama ran unopposed and had secured enough delegates for nomination.^[2]

Republican primary

The Republican primary was on May 15, 2012.^[3] This primary was purely of an advisory nature. From June 1 to June 10 caucuses county conventions caucused to elect delegates to the state convention. These delegates were not bound to vote for any candidate, but at the state convention on July 14, elected 32 bound National delegates. 3 party leaders attended the National Convention unbound, making a total of 35 voting delegates going to the national convention from Nebraska.

Nebraska Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	131,436	70.89%	30
Rick Santorum	25,830	13.93%	0
Ron Paul	18,508	9.98%	2
Newt Gingrich	9,628	5.19%	0
Unpledged delegates:			3
Total:	185,402	100.0%	35

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Convention

The State Convention was held in Grand Island on July 14, 2012.

Convention Results^[4]^[5]
Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	State	Party leaders	Total
Mitt Romney	3	1	3	23	2	32
Ron Paul	0	2	0	0	0	2
Unknown	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	9			23	3	35

References

↑ "Official Results of Nebraska General Election - November 6, 2012" (PDF). Retrieved April 16, 2013.
↑ "Nebraska Results". Retrieved 7 November 2012.
↑ http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2012/pdf/canvass-report-2012-primary.pdf
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
↑ http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/NE-R

External links

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

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[1] "Official Results of Nebraska General Election - November 6, 2012" (PDF). Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[2] "Nebraska Results". Retrieved 7 November 2012.

[3] ttp://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2012/pdf/canvass-report-2012-primary.pdf

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-07-19.

[5] ttp://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/NE-R

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