United States presidential election in Utah, 2012

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012
Utah
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 740,600 251,813
Percentage 72.62% 24.69%

County Results
  Romney—50-60%
  Romney—60-70%
  Romney—70-80%
  Romney—80-90%
  Romney—>90%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Utah voters chose six 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. Utah is among the most heavily Republican states, and is also the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. He carried every county in the state, the majority by very large margins.

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

Utah Republican primary, 2012
Utah
June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Party Republican Republican
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count 40 0
Popular vote 220,865 11,209
Percentage 93.07% 4.72%

The Republican primary took place on 26 June 2012.[1] 37 delegates were chosen, for a total of 40 delegates to go to the national convention, all pledged to the primary winner.

In 2008, Mitt Romney received major support from the Mormon (LDS) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 89.49% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012[2][3] and won the primary by a large margin.[4]

Utah Republican primary, 2012[4]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 220,865 93.1% 40
Ron Paul 11,209 4.7% 0
Rick Santorum 3,541 1.5% 0
Newt Gingrich 1,124 0.5% 0
Fred Karger 578 0.2% 0
Pledged party leaders: 3
Total: 237,317 100.0% 40
Key: Withdrew prior to contest

General election

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Results

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 740,600 72.62% 6
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 251,813 24.69% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 12,572 1.23% 0
Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 5,335 0.52% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,817 0.37% 0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2,871 0.28% 0
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva Filberto Ramirez Jr. 393 0.04% 0
Others Others 2,414 0.24% 0
Totals 1,019,815 100.00% 6

Results breakdown

By county

County Romney Votes Obama Votes Others Votes Total[6]
Beaver 84.92% 2,174 13.52% 346 1.56% 40 2,560
Box Elder 88.11% 17,101 10.22% 1,984 1.66% 323 19,408
Cache 82.85% 35,039 14.76% 6,244 2.40% 1,010 42,293
Carbon 67.27% 5,090 30.06% 2,275 2.66% 202 7,567
Daggett 78.08% 406 18.08% 94 3.85% 20 520
Davis 80.00% 96,861 18.08% 21,889 1.92% 2,319 121,069
Duchesne 89.32% 5,698 9.11% 581 1.57% 100 6,379
Emery 84.90% 3,777 12.79% 569 2.31% 103 4,449
Garfield 83.96% 1,832 14.12% 308 1.92% 42 2,182
Grand 50.53% 1,996 43.72% 1,727 5.75% 227 3,950
Iron 84.47% 14,200 12.78% 2,148 2.75% 463 16,811
Juab 85.99% 3,448 11.25% 451 2.76% 111 4,010
Kane 74.81% 2,522 22.07% 744 3.11% 105 3,371
Millard 88.59% 4,478 8.53% 431 2.89% 146 5,055
Morgan 89.49% 4,114 8.77% 403 1.73% 80 4,597
Piute 89.13% 697 9.46% 74 1.41% 11 782
Rich 90.15% 915 8.18% 83 1.98% 17 1,015
Salt Lake 58.26% 223,811 38.04% 146,147 3.70% 14,216 384,174
San Juan 57.92% 3,074 40.31% 2,139 1.77% 94 5,307
Sanpete 88.05% 8,406 10.27% 980 1.69% 161 9,547
Sevier 89.32% 7,207 9.15% 738 1.54% 124 8,069
Summit 50.49% 8,884 45.87% 8,072 3.64% 641 17,597
Tooele 73.77% 14,268 23.39% 4,524 2.84% 550 19,342
Uintah 89.75% 10,421 8.59% 997 1.66% 193 11,611
Utah 88.32% 156,950 9.72% 17,281 1.96% 3,482 177,713
Wasatch 74.90% 7,220 22.73% 2,191 2.38% 229 9,640
Washington 82.43% 44,698 15.37% 8,337 2.19% 1,191 54,226
Wayne 82.06% 1,089 16.20% 215 1.73% 23 1,327
Weber 71.08% 54,224 26.01% 19,841 2.92% 2,225 76,290

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney’s Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Republican for President". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Utah Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  6. ↑ "NPR and NewsHour 2008 Election Results". Retrieved 2008-11-30.

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