United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2012

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

 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 891,325 443,547
Percentage 66.77% 33.23%
County Results
Romney
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  >90%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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

Oklahoma in recent years has become one of the most conservative states in the nation; in both 2008 and 2004, Republicans took over 65% of the vote in Oklahoma and won every county in the state. In 2012, this Republican trend continued as Mitt Romney swept the state of Oklahoma with 66.77% of the vote, while Barack Obama took only 33.23%.

With 66.77% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to be Romney's third strongest state in the 2012 election after Utah and Wyoming.[1]

General Election

Results

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2012[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 891,325 66.77% 7
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 443,547 33.23% 0
Totals 1,334,872 100.00% 7

By county

County Obama% Obama# Romney% Romney# Total
Adair32.68%2,12767.32%4,3816,508
Alfalfa15.46%32284.54%1,7612,083
Atoka26.00%1,24374.00%3,5384,781
Beaver10.58%24489.42%2,0622,306
Beckham20.46%1,41779.54%5,5086,925
Blaine26.00%99274.00%2,8243,816
Bryan27.88%3,68172.12%9,52013,201
Caddo35.75%3,16464.25%5,6878,851
Canadian22.83%10,53777.17%35,62546,162
Carter28.66%4,90871.34%12,21417,122
Cherokee42.95%6,14457.05%8,16214,306
Choctaw29.49%1,49470.51%3,5725,066
Cimarron09.61%11590.39%1,0821,197
Cleveland37.03%34,77162.97%59,11693,887
Coal27.51%64972.49%1,7102,359
Comanche41.48%12,52158.52%17,66430,185
Cotton26.78%65773.22%1,7962,453
Craig32.92%1,74767.08%3,5595,306
Creek27.30%7,12872.70%18,98626,114
Custer24.06%2,35975.94%7,4469,805
Delaware29.39%4,19670.61%10,08014,276
Dewey14.38%30185.62%1,7922,093
Ellis12.55%22687.45%1,5751,801
Garfield23.77%4,73376.23%15,17719,910
Garvin26.98%2,55973.02%6,9259,484
Grady24.39%4,78675.61%14,83319,619
Grant19.00%39381.00%1,6752,068
Greer26.64%48873.36%1,3441,832
Harmon28.60%26471.40%659923
Harper12.06%17387.94%1,2611,434
Haskell27.69%1,17572.31%3,0694,244
Hughes32.56%1,37067.44%2,8384,208
Jackson24.67%1,95475.33%5,9657,919
Jefferson27.02%60572.98%1,6342,239
Johnston30.03%1,13769.97%2,6493,786
Kay28.69%4,62771.31%11,49916,126
Kingfisher15.57%89884.43%4,8705,768
Kiowa32.32%1,10667.68%2,3163,422
Latimer30.81%1,17069.19%2,6283,798
Le Flore29.43%4,66270.57%11,17715,839
Lincoln25.52%3,27374.48%9,55312,826
Logan27.73%4,72472.27%12,31417,038
Love29.80%1,03470.20%2,4363,470
McClain22.3%3,19477.7%11,11214,306
McCurtain24.2%2,44075.8%7,63510,075
McIntosh38.1%2,77961.9%4,5097,288
Major14.2%44685.8%2,7003,146
Marshall27.2%1,39672.8%3,7445,140
Mayes33.4%4,82366.6%9,63714,460
Murray29.9%1,54070.1%3,6065,146
Muskogee42.6%9,95257.4%13,40423,356
Noble24.68%1,14375.32%3,4884,631
Nowata30.52%1,24469.48%2,8324,076
Okfuskee34.98%1,25665.02%2,3353,591
Oklahoma41.67%106,98258.33%149,728256,710
Okmulgee41.27%5,43258.73%7,73113,163
Osage37.36%6,70462.64%11,24217,946
Ottawa35.18%3,50964.82%6,4669,975
Pawnee29.99%1,81370.01%4,2326,045
Payne35.82%9,19864.18%16,48125,679
Pittsburg30.83%4,83169.17%10,84115,672
Pontotoc30.62%3,94769.38%8,94512,892
Pottawatomie30.67%7,18869.33%16,25023,438
Pushmataha25.25%1,04374.75%3,0874,130
Roger Mills16.25%27283.75%1,4021,674
Rogers24.93%9,14875.07%27,55336,701
Seminole34.87%2,60065.13%4,8567,456
Sequoyah30.45%4,19369.55%9,57813,771
Stephens23.38%3,93976.62%12,90816,847
Texas14.88%86285.12%4,9305,792
Tillman33.30%90666.70%1,8152,721
Tulsa36.32%82,74463.68%145,062227,806
Wagoner27.15%7,79172.85%20,90028,691
Washington26.09%5,53273.91%15,66821,200
Washita19.05%82280.95%3,4944,316
Woods19.75%67180.25%2,7273,398
Woodward16.01%1,13383.99%5,9457,078

Democratic primary

President Obama faced four challengers in Oklahoma's Democratic Primary. Challenger Randall Terry took 12 counties with candidate Jim Rogers winning in three counties. Candidates Bob Ely and Darcy Richardson also appeared on Oklahoma's ballot but failed to obtain a majority of votes in any county.[3]

Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2012
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)

 
Candidate Barack Obama Randall Terry
Home state Illinois West Virginia
Delegate count 35 7
Popular vote 64,259 20,294
Percentage 57.07% 18.02%
 
Candidate Jim Rogers Darcy Richardson
Home state Oklahoma Florida
Delegate count 3 0
Popular vote 15,535 7,192
Percentage 13.80% 6.39%
Oklahoma results by county
  Barack Obama
  Randall Terry
  Jim Rogers
Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2012[4]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected national delegates[4]
Barack Obama 64,259 57.07% 35
Randall Terry 20,294 18.02% 7
Jim Rogers 15,535 13.80% 3
Darcy Richardson 7,192 6.39% 0
Bob Ely 5,318 4.72% 0
Totals 112,598 100.00% 45

Republican primary

Oklahoma Republican primary, 2012
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)

 
Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt Romney
Home state Pennsylvania Massachusetts
Delegate count 14 13
Popular vote 96,849 80,356
Percentage 33.8% 28%
 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 13 0
Popular vote 78,730 27,596
Percentage 27.5% 9.6%
Oklahoma results by county
  Rick Santorum
  Mitt Romney
  Newt Gingrich
  Tie

The Republican primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.[5][6]

Oklahoma has 43 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three super delegates are unbound by the primary results. 15 delegates are allocated by congressional districts, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in the district, he takes all 3 delegates; if no one gets a majority, the delegates are split either 2-to-1 or 1-1-1 depending on how many candidates get at least 15% of the vote. Another 25 delegates are awarded to the candidate who wins a majority in the state, or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 15% of the vote statewide if no one gets majority.[7]

Oklahoma Republican primary, 2012[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected national delegates[9]
Rick Santorum 96,849 33.8% 14
Mitt Romney 80,356 28.0% 13
Newt Gingrich 78,730 27.5% 13
Ron Paul 27,596 9.6% 0
Rick Perry 1,291 0.45% 0
Michele Bachmann 951 0.33% 0
Jon Huntsman 750 0.26% 0
Unprojected delegates 3
Totals 286,523 100.0% 43
Key:Withdrew
prior to contest

Republican Conventions for Oklahoma's Congressional Districts

Fifteen delegates to the 2012 Republican national convention were elected at congressional-district conventions March 31 to April 14, 2012 — three from each of Oklahoma's five congressional districts.[10][11]

Oklahoma Republican Convention

The Oklahoma Republican State Convention was held May 11–12, 2012 in Norman. Irregularities were reported.[10][12]

At least two Ron Paul supporters said they were physically attacked by Romney supporters.[13][14]

Oklahoma's (Republican) Governor Mary Fallin tried to speak at the convention. After loud chants of "Ron Paul" from the floor, she stated (referring to Romney) "We have a presidential nominee", resulting in loud booing.[14]

Paul supporters said that the convention was stopped with unfinished business, without a two-thirds vote, and therefore against parliamentary procedure.[15] It was reported that, after the convention was said to be adjourned, a partition in the room was moved, isolating many attendees from the rest of the body. The lights were turned out momentarily.[12]

After the convention was stopped and the chairman left, many Paul supporters assembled outside and held a rump convention, chaired by Jake Peters, at which they elected a slate of Paul supporters as delegates to the national convention.[14][16]

Four Paul supporters, including Jake Peters, made a formal complaint to the Oklahoma Republican Party, saying that Party rules were broken by failing to take a roll-call vote on the delegate slate and that the convention was adjourned without the required vote. The complaint asserted that state law is involved in the Republican Party's nominating process and cited case law to the effect that party process should be considered "an integral part of the State's election system".[15][17][18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Oklahoma State Election Board". Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  3. ↑ Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2012
  4. 1 2 The Green Papers, Retrieved July 8, 2015
  5. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ State of Oklahoma Unofficial Results, Retrieved March 23, 2012
  9. ↑ The Green Papers, Retrieved April 27
  10. 1 2 "Oklahoma Republican Presidential Nominating Process". Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ McNutt, Michael (May 13, 2012). "Oklahoma Republicans elect delegates to national convention". newsok.com. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Rachel Maddow Discusses Ron Paul & GOP Conventions Chaos". May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  13. ↑ "2 Romney Supporters ASSAULT 2 Ron Paul Supporters in OK". www.youtube.com R11110000. May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 "Violent OK GOP State Convention". newsODP/www.youtube.com. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Ron Paul Supporters Submit Challenge to Oklahoma GOP State Convention". Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rump Convention in OK – May 12, 2012". Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Rules of the Oklahoma Republican Party, Amended August 27, 2011" (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business". Oklahoma Republican State Convention. May 12, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
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