United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012

Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012
	April 3, 2012
	April 3, 2012
	Wisconsin results by county Mitt Romney Rick Santorum

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012
	November 6, 2012
	November 6, 2012
Turnout	70.35%[1]
Obama 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Romney 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Wisconsin voters chose 10 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.

When all ballots were counted, Obama won 52.83% of the vote to Romney's 45.89%, a 6.94% margin of victory.^[2]

While this represented a reduced margin from Obama's nearly 14-point sweep in 2008, it was still a stronger Democratic win in Wisconsin than was achieved by either John Kerry in 2004 or Al Gore in 2000; in both of those years Democrats won the state by a margin of less than 1 point. Obama-Biden's win was also surprisingly comfortable in spite of the fact that Wisconsin was the home state of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, making him the first Republican vice presidential candidate to lose their home state since Jack Kemp lost New York in 1996.

General Election

Results

Although Paul Ryan was from Wisconsin, the Republicans lost by around a seven-point margin. This kept Wisconsin a Democratic state.

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,620,985	52.83%	10
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	1,407,966	45.89%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	20,439	0.67%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	7,665	0.25%	0
	Write-Ins	Write-Ins		5,170	0.17%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	4,930	0.16%	0
	Socialist Equality	Jerry White	Phyllis Scherrer	553	0.02%	0
	Socialism and Liberation	Gloria La Riva	Filberto Ramirez Jr.	526	0.02%	0
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	112	0.00%	0
	Peace & Freedom	Roseanne Barr	Cindy Sheehan	88	0.00%	0
Totals				3,068,434	100.00%	10

Results by county

County	Obama	Votes	Romney	Votes	Others	Votes	Total
Adams	53.87%	5,542	45.14%	4,644	0.98%	101	10,287
Ashland	64.49%	5,399	33.68%	2,820	1.83%	153	8,372
Barron	47.99%	10,890	50.43%	11,443	1.58%	359	22,692
Bayfield	61.64%	6,033	36.84%	3,606	1.52%	149	9,788
Brown	48.50%	62,526	50.29%	64,836	1.21%	1,566	128,928
Buffalo	50.72%	3,570	47.79%	3,364	1.49%	105	7,039
Burnett	45.94%	3,986	52.44%	4,550	1.62%	141	8,677
Calumet	43.49%	11,489	55.03%	14,539	1.48%	392	26,420
Chippewa	49.26%	15,237	49.53%	15,322	1.21%	373	30,932
Clark	44.72%	6,172	53.71%	7,412	1.57%	217	13,801
Columbia	56.03%	17,175	42.49%	13,026	1.48%	453	30,654
Crawford	59.22%	4,629	39.24%	3,067	1.55%	121	7,817
Dane	71.03%	216,071	27.50%	83,644	1.47%	4,466	304,181
Dodge	42.17%	18,762	56.67%	25,211	1.16%	515	44,488
Door	52.95%	9,357	45.96%	8,121	1.09%	193	17,671
Douglas	64.92%	14,863	33.66%	7,705	1.42%	326	22,894
Dunn	51.46%	11,316	46.49%	10,224	2.06%	452	21,992
Eau Claire	55.95%	30,666	42.43%	23,256	1.61%	884	54,806
Florence	36.30%	953	62.67%	1,645	1.03%	27	2,625
Fond du Lac	41.91%	22,379	56.84%	30,355	1.25%	668	53,402
Forest	52.17%	2,425	46.73%	2,172	1.10%	51	4,648
Grant	56.06%	13,594	42.29%	10,255	1.65%	399	24,248
Green	58.00%	11,206	40.66%	7,857	1.34%	259	19,322
Green Lake	39.20%	3,793	59.76%	5,782	1.03%	100	9,675
Iowa	64.66%	8,105	34.20%	4,287	1.13%	142	12,534
Iron	49.12%	1,784	49.28%	1,790	1.60%	58	3,632
Jackson	56.89%	5,298	41.88%	3,900	1.23%	115	9,313
Jefferson	45.52%	20,158	53.11%	23,517	1.37%	606	44,281
Juneau	52.78%	6,242	45.75%	5,411	1.47%	174	11,827
Kenosha	55.46%	44,867	43.24%	34,977	1.30%	1,053	80,897
Kewaunee	46.69%	5,153	52.07%	5,747	1.24%	137	11,037
La Crosse	57.82%	36,693	40.58%	25,751	1.60%	1,018	63,462
Lafayette	57.04%	4,536	41.68%	3,314	1.28%	102	7,952
Langlade	43.47%	4,573	55.29%	5,816	1.24%	130	10,519
Lincoln	49.70%	7,563	48.99%	7,455	1.30%	198	15,216
Manitowoc	47.88%	20,403	50.69%	21,604	1.43%	610	42,617
Marathon	46.32%	32,363	52.41%	36,617	1.26%	882	69,862
Marinette	47.56%	9,882	51.11%	10,619	1.33%	276	20,777
Marquette	49.52%	4,014	49.25%	3,992	1.22%	99	8,105
Menominee	86.49%	1,191	13.00%	179	0.51%	7	1,377
Milwaukee	67.49%	332,438	31.45%	154,924	1.06%	5,214	492,576
Monroe	48.83%	9,515	49.65%	9,675	1.51%	295	19,485
Oconto	44.64%	8,865	54.09%	10,741	1.27%	253	19,859
Oneida	48.27%	10,452	50.42%	10,917	1.31%	283	21,652
Outagamie	48.28%	45,659	50.09%	47,372	1.63%	1,538	94,569
Ozaukee	34.32%	19,159	64.63%	36,077	1.04%	581	55,817
Pepin	50.72%	1,876	48.50%	1,794	0.78%	29	3,699
Pierce	48.69%	10,235	49.46%	10,397	1.85%	388	21,020
Polk	44.62%	10,073	53.58%	12,094	1.80%	406	22,573
Portage	56.12%	22,075	42.24%	16,615	1.64%	647	39,337
Price	49.20%	3,887	49.16%	3,884	1.65%	130	7,901
Racine	51.28%	53,008	47.74%	49,347	0.98%	1,009	103,364
Richland	57.41%	4,969	41.28%	3,573	1.31%	113	8,655
Rock	61.00%	49,219	37.82%	30,517	1.18%	954	80,690
Rusk	47.24%	3,397	51.12%	3,676	1.64%	118	7,191
Sauk	58.68%	18,736	40.21%	12,838	1.11%	353	31,927
Sawyer	49.71%	4,486	49.22%	4,442	1.07%	97	9,025
Shawano	44.38%	9,000	54.35%	11,022	1.27%	257	20,279
Sheboygan	44.56%	27,918	54.38%	34,072	1.06%	661	62,651
St Croix	43.07%	19,910	55.17%	25,503	1.76%	812	46,225
Taylor	39.56%	3,763	58.88%	5,601	1.56%	148	9,512
Trempealeau	56.41%	7,605	42.33%	5,707	1.25%	169	13,481
Vernon	56.37%	8,044	41.64%	5,942	1.98%	283	14,269
Vilas	42.99%	5,951	55.98%	7,749	1.03%	142	13,842
Walworth	43.12%	22,552	55.46%	29,006	1.42%	745	52,303
Washburn	47.88%	4,447	50.60%	4,699	1.52%	141	9,287
Washington	29.42%	23,166	69.55%	54,765	1.03%	811	78,742
Waukesha	32.31%	78,779	66.76%	162,798	0.93%	2,279	243,856
Waupaca	44.81%	11,578	54.19%	14,002	1.01%	260	25,840
Waushara	44.28%	5,335	54.47%	6,562	1.25%	151	12,048
Winnebago	50.97%	45,449	47.24%	42,122	1.80%	1,602	89,173
Wood	47.77%	18,581	50.65%	19,704	1.58%	615	38,900
Totals	52.83%	1,620,985	45.89%	1,407,966	1.29%	39,483	3,068,434

Democratic primary

[Data unknown/missing.]

President Barack Obama was unopposed in the Democratic Primary, winning 293,914 votes, or 97.89% of the vote. 'Uncommitted' received 5.492 votes, or 1.89% of the vote. 849 votes, 0.28%, were scattered. 111 delegates were sent to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf

Republican primary

The 2012 Wisconsin Republican 2012 primary took place on April 3, 2012,^[3]^[4] the same day as the District of Columbia and Maryland Republican primaries.

Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012^[5]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	346,876	44.03%	33
Rick Santorum	290,139	36.83%	9
Ron Paul	87,858	11.15%	0
Newt Gingrich	45,978	5.84%	0
Michele Bachmann	6,045	0.77%	0
Jon Huntsman	5,083	0.65%	0
Uninstructed	4,200	0.53%	0
Scattering	1,668	0.21%	0
Total:	787,847	100%	42

References

↑ http://elections.wi.gov/elections-voting/statistics/turnout
↑ "Wisconsin Gov Accountability Board" (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2013.
↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
↑ http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf

External links

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

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[1] ttp://elections.wi.gov/elections-voting/statistics/turnout

[2] "Wisconsin Gov Accountability Board" (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2013.

[3] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

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

[5] ttp://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf

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