2012 United States presidential election in Delaware
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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.
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Biden's home state (and the state for whom he served as Senator from 1973 to 2009), Delaware decisively backed the Democratic ticket, with Obama carrying it by 18.63 percentage points. Widely considered a safe blue state in recent decades, all major news organizations expected this result, as no Republican presidential candidate has carried Delaware since 1988, making it part of the blue wall (states carried by Democrats in every election from 1992 to 2012).
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.[1]
Republican primary
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April 24, 2012
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 Delaware results by county
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The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.[2][3]
| Delaware Republican primary, 2012[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[5] | Safe D | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN[6] | Safe D | November 6, 2012 |
| The New York Times[7] | Safe D | November 6, 2012 |
| The Washington Post[8] | Safe D | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics[9] | Solid D | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Solid D | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight[11] | 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[12] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Write-ins | - | - | 31 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 413,921 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| Voter turnout | 65.00% | |||||
By county
| County | Barack Obama Democratic |
Mitt Romney Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |