2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Wyoming voters chose three 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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2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 170,962 69,286
Percentage 68.64% 27.82%
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic


2012 U.S. presidential election
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Related races
2012
Elections in Wyoming

Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney carried the state with 68.64% to Obama's 27.82%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 2.14%.

With 68.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Romney's second strongest state in the 2012 election after neighboring Utah.[1]

General Election

Results
2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 170,962 68.64% 3
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 69,286 27.82% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 5,326 2.14% 0
Write-Ins Write-Ins 2,035 0.82% 0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 1,452 0.58% 0
Totals 249,061 100.00% 3

By county
County Obama% Obama# Romney% Romney# Others% Others# Total
Albany45.54%7,45848.03%7,8666.44%1,05416,378
Big Horn16.19%86879.91%4,2853.90%2095,362
Campbell12.25%2,16384.71%14,9533.04%53717,653
Carbon32.21%2,11063.32%4,1484.47%2936,551
Converse17.05%1,08978.94%5,0434.01%2566,388
Crook11.46%42683.62%3,1094.92%1833,718
Fremont31.22%5,33364.84%11,0753.94%67317,081
Goshen24.93%1,45871.43%4,1783.64%2135,849
Hot Springs20.58%52374.58%1,8954.84%1232,541
Johnson17.50%74978.56%3,3633.95%1694,281
Laramie35.96%14,29560.14%23,9043.90%1,55139,750
Lincoln14.86%1,28782.50%7,1442.63%2288,659
Natrona27.49%8,96167.89%22,1324.63%1,50932,602
Niobrara15.53%20079.35%1,0225.12%661,288
Park19.90%2,92776.39%11,2343.71%54514,706
Platte26.78%1,22368.67%3,1364.55%2084,567
Sheridan25.11%3,61871.24%10,2673.65%52614,411
Sublette17.38%76778.69%3,4723.92%1734,412
Sweetwater28.01%4,77467.06%11,4284.92%83917,041
Teton53.99%6,21342.22%4,8583.79%43611,507
Uinta18.98%1,62877.12%6,6153.91%3358,578
Washakie19.95%79475.75%3,0144.30%1713,979
Weston12.42%42282.99%2,8214.59%1563,399

Democratic caucuses

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Republican caucuses
2012 Wyoming Republican caucus
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 11 8
Popular vote 822 673
Percentage 38.99% 31.93%
 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 6 2
Popular vote 439 165
Percentage 20.83% 7.83%
Wyoming results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Rick Santorum
  Ron Paul

The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012.[3] The results of the conventions were reported on Saturday, March 10, 2012, the same day on which the Guam, Kansas, and Virgin Islands caucuses were held. After narrowly beating Santorum during the precinct caucuses in February, Romney went on to win the county conventions decisively.[4]

The caucuses took place over a number of days to accommodate the state's geographic size and sparse population, particularly ranchers in the midst of calving season. The entire process of nominating Wyoming's delegates lasts from February until April.[5]

Results

The precinct caucuses that took place from February 11 to February 29 are the only stage of the delegate selection process in which every registered Wyoming Republican is eligible to participate.[6] The result of the straw polls taken at these caucuses are:

2012 Wyoming Republican caucuses (straw poll)[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
(non-binding) [3]		 Delegates
(bound) [3]
Mitt Romney 822 38.99% 11 8
Rick Santorum 673 31.93% 8 2
Ron Paul 439 20.83% 6 1
Newt Gingrich 165 7.83% 2 0
Others 9 0.43% 0
Uncommitted 1
Unpledged 2 17
Total: 2,108 100.00% 29 29

Convention

Delegates were chosen at county conventions on March 6–10 and the state convention on April 12–14.

Convention Results[8][9]
Candidate County
Conventions		 State Party
leaders		 Total
Mitt Romney 8 14 0 22
Rick Santorum 2 0 0 2
Ron Paul 1 0 0 1
Unknown 1 0 3 4
Total 12 14 3 29

See also

References
  1. "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. "Wyoming Secretary of State" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-08.
  3. "Wyoming Republican". greenpapers.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. Romney wins Wyoming, AP reports. CBS News. 2012-03-10. Accessed 2012-03-11.
  5. Beck, Bob. "Wyoming's GOP Caucuses: The Process Is Drawn Out And Confusing". It's All Politics. NPR. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. "Romney Wins Wyoming". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/WY-R
  9. https://twitter.com/meadgruver/status/191310824550305792
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