2012 United States presidential election in Georgia
The 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose 16 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.
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Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin. Romney received 53.30% of the vote to Obama's 45.48%. Obama is the first Democrat to win two terms without winning Georgia either time. Early County is the only county to have flipped from Republican to Democrat. Chattahoochee County is the only county to have flipped from Democrat to Republican.
General election
Candidate Ballot Access:
- Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
- Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
- Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Write-In Candidate Access:
- Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
- Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
- Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 2,078,688 | 53.30% | 16 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 1,773,827 | 45.48% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 45,324 | 1.16% | 0 | |
| Green (Write-in) | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,516 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Constitution (Write-in) | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 432 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Justice (Write-in) | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 154 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Other Write-ins | Other Write-ins | 109 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,900,050 | 100.00% | 16 | |||
| Voter turnout (registered voters) | 71.36% | |||||
By county
| County | Obama% | Obama# | Romney% | Romney# | Others% | Others# | Total |
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| Appling | 24.78% | 1,758 | 73.78% | 5,233 | 1.44% | 102 | 7,093 |
| Atkinson | 31.99% | 930 | 66.67% | 1,938 | 1.34% | 39 | 2,907 |
| Bacon | 20.10% | 791 | 78.58% | 3,093 | 1.32% | 52 | 3,936 |
| Baker | 49.91% | 794 | 49.34% | 785 | 0.75% | 12 | 1,591 |
| Baldwin | 52.14% | 8,483 | 46.64% | 7,589 | 1.22% | 198 | 16,270 |
| Banks | 12.57% | 780 | 86.30% | 5,354 | 1.13% | 70 | 6,204 |
| Barrow | 23.85% | 6,028 | 74.10% | 18,725 | 2.05% | 517 | 25,270 |
| Bartow | 23.39% | 8,396 | 74.87% | 26,876 | 1.74% | 625 | 35,897 |
| Ben Hill | 42.08% | 2,512 | 56.88% | 3,396 | 1.04% | 62 | 5,970 |
| Berrien | 20.45% | 1,273 | 77.81% | 4,843 | 1.74% | 108 | 6,224 |
| Bibb | 59.54% | 38,585 | 39.54% | 25,623 | 0.92% | 595 | 64,803 |
| Bleckley | 25.79% | 1,269 | 72.91% | 3,587 | 1.30% | 64 | 4,920 |
| Brantley | 15.60% | 939 | 82.46% | 4,964 | 1.94% | 117 | 6,020 |
| Brooks | 46.46% | 3,138 | 52.62% | 3,554 | 0.92% | 62 | 6,754 |
| Bryan | 27.51% | 3,707 | 70.94% | 9,560 | 1.55% | 209 | 13,476 |
| Bulloch | 39.75% | 9,593 | 58.73% | 14,174 | 1.52% | 366 | 24,133 |
| Burke | 55.19% | 5,405 | 43.92% | 4,301 | 0.89% | 87 | 9,793 |
| Butts | 31.57% | 2,968 | 67.09% | 6,306 | 1.34% | 126 | 9,400 |
| Calhoun | 59.30% | 1,298 | 40.34% | 883 | 0.37% | 8 | 2,189 |
| Camden | 35.33% | 6,377 | 62.84% | 11,343 | 1.83% | 330 | 18,050 |
| Candler | 32.77% | 1,157 | 66.38% | 2,344 | 0.85% | 30 | 3,531 |
| Carroll | 30.45% | 12,688 | 67.86% | 28,280 | 1.69% | 704 | 41,672 |
| Catoosa | 22.55% | 5,365 | 75.06% | 17,858 | 2.39% | 568 | 23,791 |
| Charlton | 31.79% | 1,197 | 67.12% | 2,527 | 1.09% | 41 | 3,765 |
| Chatham | 55.36% | 60,246 | 43.38% | 47,204 | 1.26% | 1,371 | 108,821 |
| Chattahoochee | 48.83% | 729 | 49.23% | 735 | 1.94% | 29 | 1,493 |
| Chattooga | 28.36% | 2,232 | 69.28% | 5,452 | 2.35% | 185 | 7,869 |
| Cherokee | 20.16% | 19,841 | 77.73% | 76,514 | 2.12% | 2,084 | 98,439 |
| Clarke | 62.77% | 25,431 | 34.10% | 13,815 | 3.13% | 1,269 | 40,515 |
| Clay | 61.44% | 862 | 38.28% | 537 | 0.29% | 4 | 1,403 |
| Clayton | 84.67% | 81,479 | 14.72% | 14,164 | 0.61% | 587 | 96,230 |
| Clinch | 34.54% | 860 | 64.46% | 1,605 | 1.00% | 25 | 2,490 |
| Cobb | 42.83% | 133,124 | 55.25% | 171,722 | 1.93% | 5,989 | 310,835 |
| Coffee | 34.94% | 5,057 | 63.89% | 9,248 | 1.17% | 169 | 14,474 |
| Colquitt | 29.77% | 3,973 | 69.25% | 9,243 | 0.98% | 131 | 13,347 |
| Columbia | 27.85% | 16,451 | 70.70% | 41,765 | 1.45% | 855 | 59,071 |
| Cook | 33.80% | 2,042 | 65.14% | 3,935 | 1.06% | 64 | 6,041 |
| Coweta | 27.22% | 15,168 | 71.17% | 39,653 | 1.61% | 897 | 55,718 |
| Crawford | 33.16% | 1,706 | 65.47% | 3,368 | 1.36% | 70 | 5,144 |
| Crisp | 42.80% | 3,167 | 56.51% | 4,182 | 0.69% | 51 | 7,400 |
| Dade | 23.33% | 1,411 | 73.94% | 4,471 | 2.73% | 165 | 6,047 |
| Dawson | 12.09% | 1,241 | 86.19% | 8,847 | 1.71% | 176 | 10,264 |
| Decatur | 43.72% | 4,591 | 55.47% | 5,824 | 0.81% | 85 | 10,500 |
| DeKalb | 77.63% | 238,224 | 20.98% | 64,392 | 1.38% | 4,242 | 306,858 |
| Dodge | 31.49% | 2,442 | 67.24% | 5,214 | 1.26% | 98 | 7,754 |
| Dooly | 53.11% | 2,285 | 46.14% | 1,985 | 0.74% | 32 | 4,302 |
| Dougherty | 69.24% | 26,295 | 30.15% | 11,449 | 0.61% | 231 | 37,975 |
| Douglas | 51.36% | 28,441 | 47.38% | 26,241 | 1.26% | 697 | 55,379 |
| Early | 51.60% | 2,765 | 47.71% | 2,557 | 0.69% | 37 | 5,359 |
| Echols | 15.66% | 173 | 82.99% | 917 | 1.36% | 15 | 1,105 |
| Effingham | 23.72% | 4,947 | 74.79% | 15,596 | 1.49% | 311 | 20,854 |
| Elbert | 39.00% | 3,181 | 59.58% | 4,859 | 1.42% | 116 | 8,156 |
| Emanuel | 36.18% | 2,927 | 63.05% | 5,100 | 0.77% | 62 | 8,089 |
| Evans | 35.57% | 1,268 | 63.62% | 2,268 | 0.81% | 29 | 3,565 |
| Fannin | 20.16% | 2,028 | 78.10% | 7,857 | 1.74% | 175 | 10,060 |
| Fayette | 33.61% | 19,736 | 64.83% | 38,075 | 1.56% | 917 | 58,728 |
| Floyd | 29.28% | 9,640 | 69.04% | 22,733 | 1.68% | 554 | 32,927 |
| Forsyth | 17.79% | 14,571 | 80.47% | 65,908 | 1.74% | 1,421 | 81,900 |
| Franklin | 19.27% | 1,499 | 78.62% | 6,114 | 2.11% | 164 | 7,777 |
| Fulton | 64.13% | 255,470 | 34.42% | 137,124 | 1.44% | 5,752 | 398,346 |
| Gilmer | 17.71% | 1,958 | 80.76% | 8,926 | 1.53% | 169 | 11,053 |
| Glascock | 13.17% | 176 | 84.96% | 1,135 | 1.87% | 25 | 1,336 |
| Glynn | 36.00% | 11,950 | 62.95% | 20,893 | 1.05% | 348 | 33,191 |
| Gordon | 20.31% | 3,440 | 77.91% | 13,197 | 1.78% | 302 | 16,939 |
| Grady | 36.32% | 3,419 | 62.93% | 5,924 | 0.74% | 70 | 9,413 |
| Greene | 38.44% | 3,201 | 60.90% | 5,071 | 0.66% | 55 | 8,327 |
| Gwinnett | 44.56% | 132,509 | 53.76% | 159,855 | 1.68% | 4,992 | 297,356 |
| Habersham | 15.68% | 2,301 | 82.90% | 12,166 | 1.42% | 209 | 14,676 |
| Hall | 21.13% | 12,999 | 77.19% | 47,481 | 1.68% | 1,032 | 61,512 |
| Hancock | 80.88% | 3,308 | 18.80% | 769 | 0.32% | 13 | 4,090 |
| Haralson | 17.19% | 1,789 | 81.16% | 8,446 | 1.65% | 172 | 10,407 |
| Harris | 26.71% | 4,145 | 72.14% | 11,197 | 1.79% | 279 | 15,621 |
| Hart | 30.12% | 2,870 | 68.39% | 6,517 | 1.49% | 142 | 9,529 |
| Heard | 22.69% | 948 | 75.63% | 3,160 | 1.68% | 70 | 4,178 |
| Henry | 47.81% | 43,761 | 51.10% | 46,774 | 1.09% | 996 | 91,531 |
| Houston | 39.02% | 22,702 | 59.58% | 34,662 | 1.39% | 811 | 58,175 |
| Irwin | 30.72% | 1,141 | 68.34% | 2,538 | 0.94% | 35 | 3,714 |
| Jackson | 17.85% | 4,238 | 80.59% | 19,135 | 1.57% | 372 | 23,745 |
| Jasper | 30.54% | 1,845 | 68.45% | 4,136 | 1.01% | 61 | 6,042 |
| Jeff Davis | 23.88% | 1,275 | 74.85% | 3,996 | 1.27% | 68 | 5,339 |
| Jefferson | 58.36% | 4,261 | 41.08% | 2,999 | 0.56% | 41 | 7,301 |
| Jenkins | 43.84% | 1,488 | 55.60% | 1,887 | 0.56% | 19 | 3,394 |
| Johnson | 34.56% | 1,305 | 64.62% | 2,440 | 0.82% | 31 | 3,776 |
| Jones | 35.27% | 4,274 | 63.90% | 7,744 | 0.83% | 101 | 12,119 |
| Lamar | 34.18% | 2,602 | 64.36% | 4,899 | 1.46% | 111 | 7,612 |
| Lanier | 37.41% | 1,114 | 61.11% | 1,820 | 1.48% | 44 | 2,978 |
| Laurens | 38.26% | 7,513 | 60.85% | 11,950 | 0.90% | 176 | 19,639 |
| Lee | 23.42% | 3,196 | 75.58% | 10,314 | 1.00% | 136 | 13,646 |
| Liberty | 64.57% | 10,457 | 34.36% | 5,565 | 1.07% | 173 | 16,195 |
| Lincoln | 35.80% | 1,586 | 63.36% | 2,807 | 0.84% | 37 | 4,430 |
| Long | 37.80% | 1,442 | 60.45% | 2,306 | 1.76% | 67 | 3,815 |
| Lowndes | 44.54% | 17,470 | 54.38% | 21,327 | 1.08% | 424 | 39,221 |
| Lumpkin | 18.77% | 2,055 | 78.98% | 8,647 | 2.25% | 246 | 10,948 |
| Macon | 67.09% | 3,211 | 32.28% | 1,545 | 0.63% | 30 | 4,786 |
| Madison | 22.40% | 2,494 | 75.84% | 8,443 | 1.76% | 196 | 11,133 |
| Marion | 44.42% | 1,412 | 54.51% | 1,733 | 1.07% | 34 | 3,179 |
| McDuffie | 42.10% | 4,044 | 57.00% | 5,475 | 0.90% | 86 | 9,605 |
| McIntosh | 45.07% | 2,864 | 53.65% | 3,409 | 1.27% | 81 | 6,354 |
| Meriwether | 46.70% | 4,331 | 52.36% | 4,856 | 0.94% | 87 | 9,274 |
| Miller | 30.65% | 852 | 68.53% | 1,905 | 0.83% | 23 | 2,780 |
| Mitchell | 49.28% | 4,081 | 50.18% | 4,155 | 0.54% | 45 | 8,281 |
| Monroe | 30.78% | 3,785 | 68.00% | 8,361 | 1.21% | 149 | 12,295 |
| Montgomery | 29.60% | 1,135 | 69.41% | 2,662 | 0.99% | 38 | 3,835 |
| Morgan | 30.45% | 2,753 | 68.42% | 6,186 | 1.13% | 102 | 9,041 |
| Murray | 22.59% | 2,542 | 75.02% | 8,443 | 2.40% | 270 | 11,255 |
| Muscogee | 60.20% | 42,573 | 38.90% | 27,510 | 0.89% | 632 | 70,715 |
| Newton | 50.45% | 21,851 | 48.45% | 20,982 | 1.10% | 476 | 43,309 |
| Oconee | 24.76% | 4,421 | 73.34% | 13,098 | 1.90% | 340 | 17,859 |
| Oglethorpe | 30.45% | 1,914 | 67.64% | 4,251 | 1.91% | 120 | 6,285 |
| Paulding | 27.50% | 15,825 | 70.98% | 40,846 | 1.52% | 872 | 57,543 |
| Peach | 53.29% | 6,148 | 45.83% | 5,287 | 0.88% | 102 | 11,537 |
| Pickens | 15.55% | 1,975 | 83.03% | 10,547 | 1.42% | 180 | 12,702 |
| Pierce | 16.40% | 1,124 | 82.67% | 5,667 | 0.93% | 64 | 6,855 |
| Pike | 16.66% | 1,356 | 81.93% | 6,668 | 1.41% | 115 | 8,139 |
| Polk | 26.49% | 3,615 | 71.89% | 9,811 | 1.63% | 222 | 13,648 |
| Pulaski | 33.08% | 1,219 | 66.32% | 2,444 | 0.60% | 22 | 3,685 |
| Putnam | 31.70% | 2,926 | 67.34% | 6,215 | 0.95% | 88 | 9,229 |
| Quitman | 54.26% | 612 | 45.21% | 510 | 0.53% | 6 | 1,128 |
| Rabun | 20.88% | 1,559 | 77.08% | 5,754 | 2.04% | 152 | 7,465 |
| Randolph | 57.84% | 1,770 | 41.54% | 1,271 | 0.62% | 19 | 3,060 |
| Richmond | 66.39% | 52,560 | 32.64% | 25,845 | 0.97% | 769 | 79,174 |
| Rockdale | 57.72% | 22,023 | 41.19% | 15,716 | 1.09% | 417 | 38,156 |
| Schley | 25.57% | 448 | 73.40% | 1,286 | 1.03% | 18 | 1,752 |
| Screven | 45.39% | 2,774 | 53.79% | 3,287 | 0.82% | 50 | 6,111 |
| Seminole | 39.13% | 1,478 | 59.44% | 2,245 | 1.43% | 54 | 3,777 |
| Spalding | 39.37% | 9,898 | 59.31% | 14,911 | 1.31% | 330 | 25,139 |
| Stephens | 22.35% | 2,131 | 75.74% | 7,221 | 1.91% | 182 | 9,534 |
| Stewart | 63.73% | 1,323 | 35.89% | 745 | 0.39% | 8 | 2,076 |
| Sumter | 53.77% | 6,375 | 45.36% | 5,378 | 0.87% | 103 | 11,856 |
| Talbot | 64.84% | 2,265 | 34.41% | 1,202 | 0.74% | 26 | 3,493 |
| Taliaferro | 66.04% | 636 | 33.54% | 323 | 0.42% | 4 | 963 |
| Tattnall | 28.41% | 1,897 | 70.48% | 4,706 | 1.11% | 74 | 6,677 |
| Taylor | 44.41% | 1,572 | 55.03% | 1,948 | 0.56% | 20 | 3,540 |
| Telfair | 41.61% | 1,805 | 57.17% | 2,480 | 1.22% | 53 | 4,338 |
| Terrell | 57.73% | 2,544 | 41.62% | 1,834 | 0.66% | 29 | 4,407 |
| Thomas | 40.30% | 7,653 | 58.74% | 11,156 | 0.96% | 183 | 18,992 |
| Tift | 33.42% | 4,660 | 65.88% | 9,185 | 0.70% | 97 | 13,942 |
| Toombs | 29.35% | 2,746 | 69.72% | 6,524 | 0.93% | 87 | 9,357 |
| Towns | 20.39% | 1,273 | 78.09% | 4,876 | 1.52% | 95 | 6,244 |
| Treutlen | 39.04% | 1,074 | 60.05% | 1,652 | 0.91% | 25 | 2,751 |
| Troup | 40.51% | 10,547 | 58.30% | 15,179 | 0.01% | 3 | 25,729 |
| Turner | 42.33% | 1,510 | 56.85% | 2,028 | 0.81% | 29 | 3,567 |
| Twiggs | 53.98% | 2,270 | 45.35% | 1,907 | 0.67% | 28 | 4,205 |
| Union | 19.25% | 2,139 | 78.97% | 8,773 | 1.77% | 197 | 11,109 |
| Upson | 35.10% | 3,959 | 64.10% | 7,230 | 0.80% | 90 | 11,279 |
| Walker | 23.98% | 5,274 | 73.86% | 16,247 | 2.16% | 475 | 21,996 |
| Walton | 21.63% | 8,148 | 77.07% | 29,036 | 1.31% | 493 | 37,677 |
| Ware | 32.63% | 3,900 | 66.44% | 7,941 | 0.94% | 112 | 11,953 |
| Warren | 60.51% | 1,529 | 39.18% | 990 | 0.32% | 8 | 2,527 |
| Washington | 53.46% | 4,714 | 45.76% | 4,035 | 0.77% | 68 | 8,817 |
| Wayne | 25.23% | 2,596 | 73.45% | 7,557 | 1.31% | 135 | 10,288 |
| Webster | 48.99% | 582 | 50.59% | 601 | 0.42% | 5 | 1,188 |
| Wheeler | 35.66% | 772 | 63.09% | 1,366 | 1.25% | 27 | 2,165 |
| White | 15.88% | 1,671 | 82.21% | 8,651 | 1.91% | 201 | 10,523 |
| Whitfield | 26.74% | 7,210 | 71.58% | 19,305 | 1.68% | 453 | 26,968 |
| Wilcox | 33.84% | 1,060 | 65.55% | 2,053 | 0.61% | 19 | 3,132 |
| Wilkes | 43.80% | 2,087 | 55.30% | 2,635 | 0.90% | 43 | 4,765 |
| Wilkinson | 48.95% | 2,181 | 50.40% | 2,246 | 0.65% | 29 | 4,456 |
| Worth | 29.48% | 2,487 | 69.57% | 5,869 | 0.95% | 80 | 8,436 |
Democratic primary
Incumbent president Barack Obama was unopposed in the Georgia primary, therefore winning all of the state's delegates.
Republican primary
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The 2012 Georgia Republican primary took place on March 6, 2012.[2][3]
Georgia has 76 delegates to the Republic National Convention. The three super delegates are awarded winner-take-all to the statewide winner. Thirty-one delegates are awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide. Another 42 delegates are allocated by Congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in a district, he wins all 3 delegates. If no one get majority, the delegates are split 2 and 1 between the top two candidates respectively.[4]
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425,395 | 47.2% | 54 |
| Mitt Romney | 233,611 | 25.9% | 19 |
| Rick Santorum | 176,259 | 19.6% | 3 |
| Ron Paul | 59,100 | 6.6% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman Jr. | 1,813 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann | 1,714 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 1,696 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer | 1,142 | 0.13% | 0 |
| Gary Johnson | 740 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Undecided or Other | 0 | ||
| Totals | 901,470 | 100.0% | 76 |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest. |
See also
References
- "Georgia Election Results". Secretary of State of Georgia. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- Georgia Election Results, Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- Georgia Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
External links
- The Green Papers: for Georgia
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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