2012 United States presidential election in Delaware

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2012 United States presidential election in Delaware

November 6, 2012

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 242,584 165,484 Percentage 58.61% 39.98%

File:Delaware Presidential Election Results 2012.svg File:Delaware Presidential Election House District Results 2012.svg Obama   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Romney   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware 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. Delaware 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. Obama easily carried Delaware by 18.63 points. Throughout the campaign, news organizations considered Delaware a state Obama would win, or a safe blue state. It has not been carried by a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, it has not been seriously contested by Republicans since 1992, and it is reckoned to be part of the blue wall, referring to the group of states that voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election from 1992 to 2012. Additionally, it is the home state of Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, who served as Senator there from 1973 to 2009.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary in Delaware was cancelled as President Obama was the only candidate to file for the ballot, and received Delaware's entire delegation.

Republican primary

2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary

April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)

Candidate Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Georgia Texas Delegate count 17 0 0 Popular vote 16,143 7,742 3,017 Percentage 56.5% 27.1% 10.6%

File:Delaware Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg Delaware results by county   Mitt Romney

The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.

Delaware Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	16,143	56.5%	17
Newt Gingrich	7,742	27.1%	0
Ron Paul	3,017	10.6%	0
Rick Santorum	1,690	5.9%	0
Unprojected delegates:			0
Total:	28,592	100%	17

Key:	Withdrew prior to contest

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Huffington Post	Safe D	November 6, 2012
CNN	Safe D	November 6, 2012
New York Times	Safe D	November 6, 2012
Washington Post	Safe D	November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics	Solid D	November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Solid D	November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight	Solid D	November 6, 2012

Candidate ballot access

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green

Write-in candidate access:

• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Delaware
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	242,584	58.61%	3
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	165,484	39.98%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	3,882	0.94%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,940	0.47%	0
Totals				413,890	100.00%	3
Voter turnout						65.00%

By county

County	Barack Obama Democratic		Mitt Romney Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Kent	35,527	51.73%	32,135	46.79%	1,018	1.48%	3,392	4.94%	68,680
New Castle	167,082	66.30%	81,230	32.23%	3,700	1.47%	85,852	34.07%	252,012
Sussex	39,975	42.88%	52,119	55.90%	1,135	1.22%	-12,144	-13.02%	93,229
Totals	242,584	58.61%	165,484	39.98%	5,853	1.41%	77,100	18.63%	413,921

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District	Romney	Obama	Representative
At-large	39.98%	58.61%	John Carney

See also

• United States presidential elections in Delaware
• 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Delaware Republican Party

External links

• The Green Papers: for Delaware
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order