United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Wisconsin 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.
When all ballots were counted, Obama won 52.83% of the vote to Romney's 45.89%, a 6.94% margin of victory.[1]
While this represented a reduced margin from Obama's nearly 14-point sweep in 2008, it was still a stronger Democratic win in Wisconsin than was achieved by either John Kerry in 2004 or Al Gore in 2000; in both of those years Democrats won the state by a margin of less than 1 point. Nonetheless, the Democrats have won the state in every presidential election since 1988. Obama-Biden's win was also surprisingly comfortable in spite of the fact that Wisconsin was the home state of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
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General Election
Results
Many though that since Paul Ryan was from Wisconsin that they might have a chance, but on election night the Republicans lost by around a seven-point margin. This was able to keep Wisconsin a Democratic state. Wisconsin has now not gone for a Republican since 1984.
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 1,620,985 | 52.83% | 10 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,407,966 | 45.89% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 20,439 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 7,665 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | Write-Ins | 5,170 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 4,930 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Socialist Equality | Jerry White | Phyllis Scherrer | 553 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Socialism and Liberation | Gloria La Riva | Filberto Ramirez Jr. | 526 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Justice | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 112 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Peace & Freedom | Roseanne Barr | Cindy Sheehan | 88 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,068,434 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
Results by county
| County | Obama | Votes | Romney | Votes | Others | Votes | Total |
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| Adams | 53.87% | 5,542 | 45.14% | 4,644 | 0.98% | 101 | 10,287 |
| Ashland | 64.49% | 5,399 | 33.68% | 2,820 | 1.83% | 153 | 8,372 |
| Barron | 47.99% | 10,890 | 50.43% | 11,443 | 1.58% | 359 | 22,692 |
| Bayfield | 61.64% | 6,033 | 36.84% | 3,606 | 1.52% | 149 | 9,788 |
| Brown | 48.50% | 62,526 | 50.29% | 64,836 | 1.21% | 1,566 | 128,928 |
| Buffalo | 50.72% | 3,570 | 47.79% | 3,364 | 1.49% | 105 | 7,039 |
| Burnett | 45.94% | 3,986 | 52.44% | 4,550 | 1.62% | 141 | 8,677 |
| Calumet | 43.49% | 11,489 | 55.03% | 14,539 | 1.48% | 392 | 26,420 |
| Chippewa | 49.26% | 15,237 | 49.53% | 15,322 | 1.21% | 373 | 30,932 |
| Clark | 44.72% | 6,172 | 53.71% | 7,412 | 1.57% | 217 | 13,801 |
| Columbia | 56.03% | 17,175 | 42.49% | 13,026 | 1.48% | 453 | 30,654 |
| Crawford | 59.22% | 4,629 | 39.24% | 3,067 | 1.55% | 121 | 7,817 |
| Dane | 71.03% | 216,071 | 27.50% | 83,644 | 1.47% | 4,466 | 304,181 |
| Dodge | 42.17% | 18,762 | 56.67% | 25,211 | 1.16% | 515 | 44,488 |
| Door | 52.95% | 9,357 | 45.96% | 8,121 | 1.09% | 193 | 17,671 |
| Douglas | 64.92% | 14,863 | 33.66% | 7,705 | 1.42% | 326 | 22,894 |
| Dunn | 51.46% | 11,316 | 46.49% | 10,224 | 2.06% | 452 | 21,992 |
| Eau Claire | 55.95% | 30,666 | 42.43% | 23,256 | 1.61% | 884 | 54,806 |
| Florence | 36.30% | 953 | 62.67% | 1,645 | 1.03% | 27 | 2,625 |
| Fond du Lac | 41.91% | 22,379 | 56.84% | 30,355 | 1.25% | 668 | 53,402 |
| Forest | 52.17% | 2,425 | 46.73% | 2,172 | 1.10% | 51 | 4,648 |
| Grant | 56.06% | 13,594 | 42.29% | 10,255 | 1.65% | 399 | 24,248 |
| Green | 58.00% | 11,206 | 40.66% | 7,857 | 1.34% | 259 | 19,322 |
| Green Lake | 39.20% | 3,793 | 59.76% | 5,782 | 1.03% | 100 | 9,675 |
| Iowa | 64.66% | 8,105 | 34.20% | 4,287 | 1.13% | 142 | 12,534 |
| Iron | 49.12% | 1,784 | 49.28% | 1,790 | 1.60% | 58 | 3,632 |
| Jackson | 56.89% | 5,298 | 41.88% | 3,900 | 1.23% | 115 | 9,313 |
| Jefferson | 45.52% | 20,158 | 53.11% | 23,517 | 1.37% | 606 | 44,281 |
| Juneau | 52.78% | 6,242 | 45.75% | 5,411 | 1.47% | 174 | 11,827 |
| Kenosha | 55.46% | 44,867 | 43.24% | 34,977 | 1.30% | 1,053 | 80,897 |
| Kewaunee | 46.69% | 5,153 | 52.07% | 5,747 | 1.24% | 137 | 11,037 |
| La Crosse | 57.82% | 36,693 | 40.58% | 25,751 | 1.60% | 1,018 | 63,462 |
| Lafayette | 57.04% | 4,536 | 41.68% | 3,314 | 1.28% | 102 | 7,952 |
| Langlade | 43.47% | 4,573 | 55.29% | 5,816 | 1.24% | 130 | 10,519 |
| Lincoln | 49.70% | 7,563 | 48.99% | 7,455 | 1.30% | 198 | 15,216 |
| Manitowoc | 47.88% | 20,403 | 50.69% | 21,604 | 1.43% | 610 | 42,617 |
| Marathon | 46.32% | 32,363 | 52.41% | 36,617 | 1.26% | 882 | 69,862 |
| Marinette | 47.56% | 9,882 | 51.11% | 10,619 | 1.33% | 276 | 20,777 |
| Marquette | 49.52% | 4,014 | 49.25% | 3,992 | 1.22% | 99 | 8,105 |
| Menominee | 86.49% | 1,191 | 13.00% | 179 | 0.51% | 7 | 1,377 |
| Milwaukee | 67.49% | 332,438 | 31.45% | 154,924 | 1.06% | 5,214 | 492,576 |
| Monroe | 48.83% | 9,515 | 49.65% | 9,675 | 1.51% | 295 | 19,485 |
| Oconto | 44.64% | 8,865 | 54.09% | 10,741 | 1.27% | 253 | 19,859 |
| Oneida | 48.27% | 10,452 | 50.42% | 10,917 | 1.31% | 283 | 21,652 |
| Outagamie | 48.28% | 45,659 | 50.09% | 47,372 | 1.63% | 1,538 | 94,569 |
| Ozaukee | 34.32% | 19,159 | 64.63% | 36,077 | 1.04% | 581 | 55,817 |
| Pepin | 50.72% | 1,876 | 48.50% | 1,794 | 0.78% | 29 | 3,699 |
| Pierce | 48.69% | 10,235 | 49.46% | 10,397 | 1.85% | 388 | 21,020 |
| Polk | 44.62% | 10,073 | 53.58% | 12,094 | 1.80% | 406 | 22,573 |
| Portage | 56.12% | 22,075 | 42.24% | 16,615 | 1.64% | 647 | 39,337 |
| Price | 49.20% | 3,887 | 49.16% | 3,884 | 1.65% | 130 | 7,901 |
| Racine | 51.28% | 53,008 | 47.74% | 49,347 | 0.98% | 1,009 | 103,364 |
| Richland | 57.41% | 4,969 | 41.28% | 3,573 | 1.31% | 113 | 8,655 |
| Rock | 61.00% | 49,219 | 37.82% | 30,517 | 1.18% | 954 | 80,690 |
| Rusk | 47.24% | 3,397 | 51.12% | 3,676 | 1.64% | 118 | 7,191 |
| Sauk | 58.68% | 18,736 | 40.21% | 12,838 | 1.11% | 353 | 31,927 |
| Sawyer | 49.71% | 4,486 | 49.22% | 4,442 | 1.07% | 97 | 9,025 |
| Shawano | 44.38% | 9,000 | 54.35% | 11,022 | 1.27% | 257 | 20,279 |
| Sheboygan | 44.56% | 27,918 | 54.38% | 34,072 | 1.06% | 661 | 62,651 |
| St Croix | 43.07% | 19,910 | 55.17% | 25,503 | 1.76% | 812 | 46,225 |
| Taylor | 39.56% | 3,763 | 58.88% | 5,601 | 1.56% | 148 | 9,512 |
| Trempealeau | 56.41% | 7,605 | 42.33% | 5,707 | 1.25% | 169 | 13,481 |
| Vernon | 56.37% | 8,044 | 41.64% | 5,942 | 1.98% | 283 | 14,269 |
| Vilas | 42.99% | 5,951 | 55.98% | 7,749 | 1.03% | 142 | 13,842 |
| Walworth | 43.12% | 22,552 | 55.46% | 29,006 | 1.42% | 745 | 52,303 |
| Washburn | 47.88% | 4,447 | 50.60% | 4,699 | 1.52% | 141 | 9,287 |
| Washington | 29.42% | 23,166 | 69.55% | 54,765 | 1.03% | 811 | 78,742 |
| Waukesha | 32.31% | 78,779 | 66.76% | 162,798 | 0.93% | 2,279 | 243,856 |
| Waupaca | 44.81% | 11,578 | 54.19% | 14,002 | 1.01% | 260 | 25,840 |
| Waushara | 44.28% | 5,335 | 54.47% | 6,562 | 1.25% | 151 | 12,048 |
| Winnebago | 50.97% | 45,449 | 47.24% | 42,122 | 1.80% | 1,602 | 89,173 |
| Wood | 47.77% | 18,581 | 50.65% | 19,704 | 1.58% | 615 | 38,900 |
Democratic primary
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President Barack Obama was unopposed in the Democratic Primary, winning 293,914 votes, or 97.89% of the vote. 'Uncommitted' received 5.492 votes, or 1.89% of the vote. 849 votes, 0.28%, were scattered. 111 delegates were sent to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf
Republican primary
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The 2012 Wisconsin Republican 2012 primary took place on April 3, 2012,[2][3] the same day as the District of Columbia and Maryland Republican primaries.
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
 Mitt Romney |
346,876 | 44.03% | 33 |
| Rick Santorum | 290,139 | 36.83% | 9 |
| Ron Paul | 87,858 | 11.15% | 0 |
| Newt Gingrich | 45,978 | 5.84% | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann | 6,045 | 0.77% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman | 5,083 | 0.65% | 0 |
| Uninstructed | 4,200 | 0.53% | 0 |
| Scattering | 1,668 | 0.21% | 0 |
| Total: | 787,847 | 100% | 42 |
See also
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Wisconsin Republican Party
References
- ↑ "Wisconsin Gov Accountability Board" (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ↑ http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/Percentage%20Results_Spring%20Election%20and%20Presidential%20Preference_4.3.12.pdf
External links
- The Green Papers: for Wisconsin
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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