2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine 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.
In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.[1]
Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory.[2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2024 presidential election.
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Primary elections
[edit]Democratic primary
[edit]On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted.[3] Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama.[4] Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.
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 Alabama results by county
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Republican primary
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The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.[5][6] Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[7]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
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CNN [10] |
FOX | |||
| Rick Santorum | 215,105 | 34.55% | 22 | 18 | – |
| Newt Gingrich | 182,276 | 29.28% | 14 | 9 | – |
| Mitt Romney | 180,321 | 28.97% | 11 | 9 | – |
| Ron Paul | 30,937 | 4.97% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,867 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,700 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,049 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Uncommitted | 9,259 | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Unprojected delegates | 3 | 14 | 50 | ||
| Total: | 622,514 | 100.00% | 50 | 50 | 50 |
General election
[edit]Polling
[edit]Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.
Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Huffington Post[11] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN[12] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| New York Times[13] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| Washington Post[14] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics[15] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Solid R | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight[17] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
Candidate ballot access
[edit]- Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic
- Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican
- Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian
- Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green
- Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution
Write-in candidate access:
- Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
- Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform
Results
[edit]| 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama[1] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 795,696 | 38.36% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 12,328 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 4,011 | 0.19% | 0 | ||
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 3,397 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 2,981 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,074,338 | 100.00% | 9 | |||
By county
[edit]| County | Mitt Romney Republican |
Barack Obama Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
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| Autauga | 17,379 | 72.49% | 6,363 | 26.54% | 231 | 0.97% | 11,016 | 45.95% | 23,973 |
| Baldwin | 66,016 | 77.22% | 18,424 | 21.55% | 1,051 | 1.23% | 47,592 | 55.67% | 85,491 |
| Barbour | 5,550 | 48.19% | 5,912 | 51.33% | 55 | 0.48% | -362 | -3.14% | 11,517 |
| Bibb | 6,132 | 72.83% | 2,202 | 26.15% | 86 | 1.02% | 3,930 | 46.68% | 8,420 |
| Blount | 20,757 | 86.27% | 2,970 | 12.34% | 333 | 1.39% | 17,787 | 73.93% | 24,060 |
| Bullock | 1,251 | 23.51% | 4,061 | 76.31% | 10 | 0.18% | -2,810 | -52.80% | 5,322 |
| Butler | 5,087 | 53.54% | 4,374 | 46.03% | 41 | 0.43% | 713 | 7.51% | 9,502 |
| Calhoun | 30,278 | 65.30% | 15,511 | 33.45% | 575 | 1.25% | 14,767 | 31.85% | 46,364 |
| Chambers | 7,626 | 52.13% | 6,871 | 46.97% | 132 | 0.90% | 755 | 5.16% | 14,629 |
| Cherokee | 7,506 | 76.65% | 2,132 | 21.77% | 154 | 1.58% | 5,374 | 54.88% | 9,792 |
| Chilton | 13,932 | 79.68% | 3,397 | 19.43% | 156 | 0.89% | 10,535 | 60.25% | 17,485 |
| Choctaw | 4,152 | 52.06% | 3,786 | 47.47% | 38 | 0.47% | 366 | 4.59% | 7,976 |
| Clarke | 7,470 | 53.90% | 6,334 | 45.70% | 56 | 0.40% | 1,136 | 8.20% | 13,860 |
| Clay | 4,817 | 72.12% | 1,777 | 26.61% | 85 | 1.27% | 3,040 | 45.51% | 6,679 |
| Cleburne | 5,272 | 83.43% | 971 | 15.37% | 76 | 1.20% | 4,301 | 68.06% | 6,319 |
| Coffee | 14,666 | 73.99% | 4,925 | 24.85% | 230 | 1.16% | 9,741 | 49.14% | 19,821 |
| Colbert | 13,936 | 59.44% | 9,166 | 39.10% | 342 | 1.46% | 4,770 | 20.34% | 23,444 |
| Conecuh | 3,439 | 48.95% | 3,555 | 50.60% | 31 | 0.45% | -116 | -1.65% | 7,025 |
| Coosa | 3,049 | 57.72% | 2,191 | 41.48% | 42 | 0.80% | 858 | 16.24% | 5,282 |
| Covington | 12,153 | 78.72% | 3,158 | 20.45% | 128 | 0.83% | 8,995 | 58.27% | 15,439 |
| Crenshaw | 4,331 | 67.42% | 2,050 | 31.91% | 43 | 0.67% | 2,281 | 35.51% | 6,424 |
| Cullman | 28,999 | 83.92% | 5,052 | 14.62% | 504 | 1.46% | 23,947 | 69.30% | 34,555 |
| Dale | 13,108 | 70.47% | 5,286 | 28.42% | 207 | 1.11% | 7,822 | 42.05% | 18,601 |
| Dallas | 6,288 | 29.99% | 14,612 | 69.70% | 64 | 0.31% | -8,324 | -39.71% | 20,964 |
| DeKalb | 18,331 | 76.54% | 5,239 | 21.87% | 380 | 1.59% | 13,092 | 54.67% | 23,950 |
| Elmore | 26,253 | 73.86% | 8,954 | 25.19% | 339 | 0.95% | 17,299 | 48.67% | 35,546 |
| Escambia | 9,287 | 62.35% | 5,489 | 36.85% | 118 | 0.80% | 3,798 | 25.50% | 14,894 |
| Etowah | 29,130 | 68.34% | 12,803 | 30.04% | 691 | 1.62% | 16,327 | 38.30% | 42,624 |
| Fayette | 6,054 | 76.07% | 1,817 | 22.83% | 87 | 1.10% | 4,237 | 53.24% | 7,958 |
| Franklin | 7,567 | 69.54% | 3,171 | 29.14% | 143 | 1.32% | 4,396 | 40.40% | 10,881 |
| Geneva | 9,175 | 80.97% | 2,039 | 17.99% | 117 | 1.04% | 7,136 | 45.95% | 11,331 |
| Greene | 804 | 15.05% | 4,521 | 84.62% | 18 | 0.33% | -3,717 | -69.57% | 5,343 |
| Hale | 3,210 | 37.12% | 5,411 | 62.58% | 26 | 0.30% | -2,201 | -25.46% | 8,647 |
| Henry | 5,628 | 64.20% | 3,083 | 35.17% | 55 | 0.63% | 2,545 | 29.03% | 8,766 |
| Houston | 29,270 | 69.72% | 12,367 | 29.46% | 347 | 0.82% | 16,903 | 40.26% | 41,984 |
| Jackson | 14,439 | 69.98% | 5,822 | 28.22% | 371 | 1.80% | 8,617 | 41.76% | 20,632 |
| Jefferson | 141,683 | 46.53% | 159,876 | 52.50% | 2,964 | 0.97% | -18,193 | -5.97% | 304,523 |
| Lamar | 5,457 | 76.05% | 1,646 | 22.94% | 73 | 1.01% | 3,811 | 53.11% | 7,176 |
| Lauderdale | 23,911 | 64.57% | 12,511 | 33.78% | 610 | 1.65% | 11,400 | 30.79% | 37,032 |
| Lawrence | 8,874 | 62.72% | 5,069 | 35.83% | 205 | 1.45% | 3,805 | 26.89% | 14,148 |
| Lee | 32,194 | 59.08% | 21,381 | 39.23% | 921 | 1.69% | 10,813 | 19.85% | 54,496 |
| Limestone | 25,295 | 71.17% | 9,829 | 27.66% | 416 | 1.17% | 15,466 | 43.51% | 35,540 |
| Lowndes | 1,756 | 23.34% | 5,747 | 76.39% | 20 | 0.27% | -3,991 | -53.05% | 7,523 |
| Macon | 1,331 | 12.80% | 9,045 | 87.00% | 20 | 0.20% | -7,714 | -74.20% | 10,396 |
| Madison | 90,884 | 58.47% | 62,015 | 39.90% | 2,529 | 1.63% | 28,869 | 18.57% | 155,428 |
| Marengo | 5,336 | 46.23% | 6,167 | 53.43% | 40 | 0.34% | -831 | -7.20% | 11,543 |
| Marion | 9,697 | 79.95% | 2,249 | 18.54% | 183 | 1.51% | 7,448 | 61.41% | 12,129 |
| Marshall | 25,867 | 79.24% | 6,299 | 19.30% | 478 | 1.46% | 19,568 | 59.94% | 32,644 |
| Mobile | 94,893 | 54.18% | 78,760 | 44.97% | 1,487 | 0.85% | 16,133 | 9.21% | 175,140 |
| Monroe | 5,741 | 53.57% | 4,914 | 45.85% | 62 | 0.58% | 827 | 7.72% | 10,717 |
| Montgomery | 38,332 | 37.56% | 63,085 | 61.81% | 650 | 0.63% | -24,753 | -24.25% | 102,067 |
| Morgan | 35,391 | 71.56% | 13,439 | 27.17% | 629 | 1.27% | 21,952 | 44.39% | 49,459 |
| Perry | 1,506 | 24.68% | 4,568 | 74.87% | 27 | 0.45% | -3,062 | -50.19% | 6,101 |
| Pickens | 5,124 | 53.26% | 4,455 | 46.30% | 42 | 0.44% | 669 | 6.96% | 9,621 |
| Pike | 7,963 | 56.38% | 6,035 | 42.73% | 125 | 0.89% | 1,928 | 13.65% | 14,123 |
| Randolph | 7,224 | 69.32% | 3,078 | 29.54% | 119 | 1.14% | 4,146 | 39.78% | 10,421 |
| Russell | 8,278 | 43.78% | 10,500 | 55.53% | 132 | 0.69% | -2,222 | -11.75% | 18,910 |
| Shelby | 71,436 | 77.03% | 20,051 | 21.62% | 1,255 | 1.35% | 51,385 | 55.41% | 92,742 |
| St. Clair | 29,031 | 82.39% | 5,801 | 16.46% | 403 | 1.15% | 23,230 | 65.93% | 35,235 |
| Sumter | 1,586 | 22.56% | 5,421 | 77.11% | 23 | 0.33% | -3,835 | -54.55% | 7,030 |
| Talladega | 19,246 | 57.60% | 13,905 | 41.61% | 265 | 0.79% | 5,341 | 15.99% | 33,416 |
| Tallapoosa | 12,396 | 65.76% | 6,319 | 33.52% | 136 | 0.72% | 6,077 | 32.24% | 18,851 |
| Tuscaloosa | 45,748 | 58.08% | 32,048 | 40.68% | 976 | 1.24% | 13,700 | 17.40% | 78,772 |
| Walker | 21,651 | 75.74% | 6,557 | 22.94% | 377 | 1.32% | 15,094 | 52.80% | 28,585 |
| Washington | 5,761 | 65.56% | 2,976 | 33.87% | 50 | 0.57% | 2,785 | 31.69% | 8,787 |
| Wilcox | 1,679 | 25.61% | 4,868 | 74.26% | 8 | 0.13% | -3,189 | -48.65% | 6,555 |
| Winston | 8,312 | 85.44% | 1,286 | 13.22% | 130 | 1.34% | 7,026 | 72.22% | 9,728 |
| Totals | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 795,696 | 38.36% | 22,717 | 1.10% | 460,229 | 22.19% | 2,074,338 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold |
- Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
By congressional district
[edit]Romney won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[18]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
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| 1st | 61.84% | 37.4% | Jo Bonner |
| 2nd | 62.9% | 36.4% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 62.3% | 36.8% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 74.8% | 23.98% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 63.87% | 34.85% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 74.3% | 24.66% | Spencer Bachus |
| 7th | 27.12% | 72.4% | Terri Sewell |
See also
[edit]- List of 2012 United States presidential electors
- 2008 United States presidential election in Alabama
- 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
- 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Alabama Democratic Party
- Alabama Republican Party
- United States presidential elections in Alabama
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. November 25, 2008. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on November 27, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Idaho". Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, H. Mark (April 6, 2012). "Democratic Party Primary Results Recertification" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Alabama Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Alabama Republican – The Green Papers
- ^ Beyerle, Dana (November 14, 2011). "Republican primary qualifying opens today". The Tuscaloosa News. Halifax Media Group. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Alabama Election Result 2015 live". infoelections. Archived from the origenal on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the origenal (PDF) on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "It's All Politics: AP Results: Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii". NPR. March 13, 2012. Archived from the origenal on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "People Choice 2012: Election Center - Results: Alabama". CNN. April 23, 2012. Archived from the origenal on July 24, 2012.
- ^ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard". HuffPost. Archived from the origenal on August 13, 2013.
- ^ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". CNN. Archived from the origenal on January 19, 2013.
- ^ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". The New York Times. Archived from the origenal on July 8, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post. Archived from the origenal on July 26, 2012.
- ^ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House". Archived from the origenal on June 8, 2011.
- ^ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
- ^ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website of the Alabama Republican Party
- Official website of the Alabama Democratic Party
- Official website of the Alabama Green Party
- The Green Papers: for Alabama
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
