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2012 United States presidential election in Maryland
← 2008
November 6, 2012
2016 →
Turnout74.00% Increase[1]
 
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,677,844 971,869
Percentage 61.97% 35.90%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland 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. Maryland 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.

Maryland is one of six states where Obama performed better in 2012 than in 2008, with his percentage of the vote increasing from 61.92% to 61.97%. He flipped Somerset County but lost Kent County which he won in 2008. In this election, Maryland voted 22.21% to the left of the nation at-large.[2]

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won Anne Arundel County and a Democrat won Somerset County.

Primary elections

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Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary
← 2008
April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
2016 →
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 37 0
Popular vote 117,527 69,020
Percentage 49.2% 28.9%
 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 26,088 22,698
Percentage 10.9% 9.5%
Romney:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Santorum:      40–50%      50–60%

The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary.[3] After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.

2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary[4][5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 117,527 49.2% 37
Rick Santorum 69,020 28.9% 0
Newt Gingrich 26,088 10.9% 0
Ron Paul 22,698 9.5% 0
Jon Huntsman, Jr. 1,406 0.6% 0
Rick Perry 1,041 0.4% 0
Buddy Roemer 858 0.4% 0
Fred Karger 342 0.1% 0
Unprojected delegates: 3
Total: 238,987 100% 37

Green primary

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Green National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote[6][7]
Candidate Delegates Percentage
Jill Stein 5 83%
Roseanne Barr 1 17%
Others - -
Total 6 100%

Libertarian primary

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Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote [8]
Candidate Delegates Percentage
Gary Johnson 9 64%
R. Lee Wrights 4 29%
Carl Person 1 7%
Others - -
Total 14 100%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Huffington Post[9] Safe D November 6, 2012
CNN[10] Safe D November 6, 2012
New York Times[11] Safe D November 6, 2012
Washington Post[12] Safe D November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[13] Solid D November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] Solid D November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[15] Solid D November 6, 2012

Results

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2012 United States presidential election in Maryland[16]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 1,677,844 61.97% 10
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 971,869 35.90% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 30,195 1.12% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 17,110 0.63% 0
Others 10,309 0.38% 0
Totals 2,707,327 100.00% 10
Voter turnout (registered voters) 69.4%

By county

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County Barack Obama
Democratic		 Mitt Romney
Republican		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Allegany 9,805 32.85% 19,230 64.42% 815 2.73% -9,425 -31.57% 29,850
Anne Arundel 126,635 48.68% 126,832 48.75% 6,688 2.57% -197 -0.07% 260,155
Baltimore 220,322 57.26% 154,908 40.26% 9,552 2.48% 65,414 17.00% 384,782
Baltimore City 221,478 87.19% 28,171 11.09% 4,356 1.71% 193,307 76.10% 254,005
Calvert 20,529 45.10% 23,952 52.62% 1,037 2.28% -3,423 -7.52% 45,518
Caroline 4,970 37.21% 8,098 60.63% 289 2.16% -3,128 -23.42% 13,357
Carroll 27,939 31.92% 56,761 64.84% 2,836 3.24% -28,822 -32.92% 87,536
Cecil 16,557 38.98% 24,806 58.39% 1,117 2.63% -8,249 -19.41% 42,480
Charles 48,774 64.84% 25,178 33.47% 1,270 1.69% 23,596 31.37% 75,222
Dorchester 7,257 46.99% 7,976 51.64% 211 1.37% -719 -4.65% 15,444
Frederick 55,146 47.09% 58,798 50.21% 3,171 2.71% -3,652 -3.12% 117,115
Garrett 3,124 23.74% 9,743 74.05% 290 2.20% -6,619 -50.31% 13,157
Harford 49,729 39.48% 72,911 57.89% 3,314 2.63% -23,182 -18.41% 125,954
Howard 91,393 59.69% 57,758 37.72% 3,957 2.58% 33,635 21.97% 153,108
Kent 4,842 48.89% 4,870 49.17% 192 1.94% -28 -0.28% 9,904
Montgomery 323,400 70.92% 123,353 27.05% 9,239 2.03% 200,047 43.87% 455,992
Prince George's 347,938 89.73% 35,734 9.22% 4,072 1.05% 312,204 80.51% 387,744
Queen Anne's 8,556 34.38% 15,823 63.58% 509 2.05% -7,267 -29.20% 24,888
St. Mary's 19,711 41.22% 26,797 56.03% 1,316 2.75% -7,086 -14.81% 47,824
Somerset 5,240 50.39% 5,042 48.49% 117 1.13% 198 1.90% 10,399
Talbot 8,808 43.05% 11,339 55.42% 312 1.53% -2,531 -12.37% 20,459
Washington 25,042 39.90% 36,074 57.48% 1,639 2.61% -11,032 -17.58% 62,755
Wicomico 19,635 46.46% 21,764 51.50% 860 2.04% -2,129 -5.04% 42,259
Worcester 11,014 40.17% 15,951 58.17% 455 1.66% -4,937 -18.00% 27,420
Totals1,677,84461.97%971,86935.90%57,6142.13%705,97526.07%2,707,327
County that flipped from Democratic to Republican
County that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

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Obama won seven of the state's eight congressional districts.[17]

District Obama Romney Representative
1st 38% 60% Andy Harris
2nd 63% 35% Dutch Ruppersberger
3rd 61% 37% John Sarbanes
4th 78% 21% Donna Edwards
5th 66% 32% Steny Hoyer
6th 55% 43% John Delaney
7th 76% 22% Elijah Cummings
8th 62% 36% Chris Van Hollen

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "2012 Presidential General Election - Statewide Voter Turnout by County and Party". elections.maryland.gov.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Republican Primary". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2012 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Mississippi Republican Party. March 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ "maryland Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "2012 primaries - Jill Stein for President". www.jillstein.org. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Green Party Presidential Convention State by State Delegation Vote". YouTube.
  8. ↑ "2012 Libertarian National Convention" (PDF). Libertarian Party. May 3–6, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard". HuffPost.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". CNN.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.
  13. ↑ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
  14. ↑ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
  15. ↑ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
  16. ↑ "Maryland State Board of Elections". Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Maryland 2012 pres-by-cd".
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