United States presidential election in Utah, 2012

United States presidential election in Utah, 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 740,600 251,813
Percentage 72.62% 24.69%
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 Utah took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Utah 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. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Utah is among the most heavily Republican states, voting for the Republican ticket in every presidential election since 1968, and is also the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. He carried every county in the state, all by large margins. However, Obama won reelection nationwide.

With 72.62% of the popular vote, Utah would proved to be Romney's strongest state in the 2012 election.[1]

Democratic primary

Due to Obama running for reelection without serious opposition for the Democratic Party in 2012, no Democratic Primary was held in Utah.

Republican primary

Utah Republican primary, 2012
June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26)

 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count 40 0
Popular vote 220,865 11,209
Percentage 93.07% 4.72%
Utah results by county.
  Mitt Romney

The Republican primary took place on 26 June 2012.[2] 37 delegates were chosen, for a total of 40 delegates to go to the national convention, all pledged to the primary winner.

In 2008, Mitt Romney received major support from the Mormon (LDS) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 89.49% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012[3][4] and won the primary by a large margin.[5]

Utah Republican primary, 2012[5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 220,865 93.1% 40
Ron Paul 11,209 4.72% 0
Rick Santorum 3,541 1.5% 0
Newt Gingrich 1,124 0.5% 0
Fred Karger 578 0.2% 0
Pledged party leaders: 3
Total: 237,317 100.0% 40
Key:Withdrew prior to contest

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

  • Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  • Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
  • Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
  • Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  • Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
  • Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
  • Gloria La Riva/Filberto Ramirez Jr., Socialism and Liberation (as stand-ins for Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio, who may not appear on the Utah ballot due to their Constitutional ineligibility to be president and vice president)

Write in Access:

  • Andre Barnett/Ken Cross, Reform

Results

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012[6]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 740,600 72.62% 6
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 251,813 24.69% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 12,572 1.23% 0
Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 5,335 0.52% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,817 0.37% 0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2,871 0.28% 0
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva Filberto Ramirez Jr. 393 0.04% 0
Others Others 2,414 0.24% 0
Totals 1,019,815 100.00% 6

Results breakdown

By county

County Romney Votes Obama Votes Others Votes Total[7]
Beaver84.92%2,17413.52%3461.56%402,560
Box Elder88.11%17,10110.22%1,9841.66%32319,408
Cache82.85%35,03914.76%6,2442.40%1,01042,293
Carbon67.27%5,09030.06%2,2752.66%2027,567
Daggett78.08%40618.08%943.85%20520
Davis80.00%96,86118.08%21,8891.92%2,319121,069
Duchesne89.32%5,6989.11%5811.57%1006,379
Emery84.90%3,77712.79%5692.31%1034,449
Garfield83.96%1,83214.12%3081.92%422,182
Grand50.53%1,99643.72%1,7275.75%2273,950
Iron84.47%14,20012.78%2,1482.75%46316,811
Juab85.99%3,44811.25%4512.76%1114,010
Kane74.81%2,52222.07%7443.11%1053,371
Millard88.59%4,4788.53%4312.89%1465,055
Morgan89.49%4,1148.77%4031.73%804,597
Piute89.13%6979.46%741.41%11782
Rich90.15%9158.18%831.98%171,015
Salt Lake58.26%223,81138.04%146,1473.70%14,216384,174
San Juan57.92%3,07440.31%2,1391.77%945,307
Sanpete88.05%8,40610.27%9801.69%1619,547
Sevier89.32%7,2079.15%7381.54%1248,069
Summit50.49%8,88445.87%8,0723.64%64117,597
Tooele73.77%14,26823.39%4,5242.84%55019,342
Uintah89.75%10,4218.59%9971.66%19311,611
Utah88.32%156,9509.72%17,2811.96%3,482177,713
Wasatch74.90%7,22022.73%2,1912.38%2299,640
Washington82.43%44,69815.37%8,3372.19%1,19154,226
Wayne82.06%1,08916.20%2151.73%231,327
Weber71.08%54,22426.01%19,8412.92%2,22576,290

By congressional district

Romney won all four congressional districts.

District Romney Obama Representative
1st 78% 20% Rob Bishop
2nd 68% 29% Chris Stewart
3rd 79% 20% Jason Chaffetz
4th 68% 30% Jim Matheson

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Republican for president". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Utah Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  7. ↑ "NPR and NewsHour 2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
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