United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2012
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The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose five 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.
On election day, Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in the state of West Virginia by a landslide 26.76% margin. The Republican ticket took 62.30% of the vote to the Democratic ticket's 35.54%, and also swept every county in the state.[1] This represented a historic loss for the Democrats in West Virginia, which had long been a Democratic stronghold up through the 1990s.
General Election
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 417,655 | 62.30% | 5 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 238,269 | 35.54% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 6,302 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Mountain (Green) | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 4,406 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| No Affiliation | Randall Terry | 3,806 | 0.57% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 670,438 | 100.00% | 5 | |||
Democratic primary
Barack Obama defeated Keith Judd, a convicted felon serving a federal prison sentence in Texarkana, TX, by a surprisingly narrow 59% to 41%.[2]
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| West Virginia results by county
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Republican primary
The Republican primary took place on May 8, 2012.[3][4]
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 Mitt Romney |
78,197 | 69.56% | 24 | ||||
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 13,590 | 12.09% | 2 | ||||
| Ron Paul | 12,412 | 11.04% | 0 | ||||
| Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 7,076 | 6.29% | 0 | ||||
| Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 1,141 | 1.01% | 0 | ||||
| Unprojected delegates | 31 | 5 | |||||
| Total: | 112,416 | 100% | 31 | 31 | |||
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| West Virginia results by county
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| County | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul | Rick Santorum (withdrawn) |
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) |
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) |
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| Barbour | 66.96% (983) | 09.20% (135) | 15.94% (234) | 07.49% (110) | 00.41% (6) |
| Berkeley | 69.31% (4366) | 14.92% (940) | 10.29% (648) | 04.84% (305) | 00.64% (40) |
| Boone | 70.28% (454) | 10.68% (69) | 14.55% (94) | 03.41% (22) | 01.08% (7) |
| Braxton | 68.44% (399) | 13.89% (81) | 12.35% (72) | 04.12% (24) | 01.20% (7) |
| Brooke | 69.46% (778) | 10.36% (116) | 15.09% (169) | 04.64% (52) | 00.45% (5) |
| Cabell | 69.09% (3351) | 12.60% (611) | 11.34% (550) | 05.77% (280) | 01.20% (58) |
| Calhoun | 66.78% (191) | 11.89% (34) | 12.24% (35) | 05.59% (16) | 03.50% (10) |
| Clay | 67.01% (262) | 10.49% (41) | 13.30% (52) | 07.42% (29) | 01.79% (7) |
| Doddridge | 67.36% (997) | 10.61% (157) | 12.23% (181) | 08.31% (123) | 01.49% (22) |
| Fayette | 66.54% (891) | 12.02% (161) | 12.70% (170) | 07.17% (96) | 01.57% (21) |
| Gilmer | 70.44% (255) | 07.73% (28) | 11.05% (40) | 09.94% (36) | 00.83% (3) |
| Grant | 78.16% (1403) | 06.07% (109) | 08.30% (149) | 06.35% (114) | 01.11% (20) |
| Greenbrier | 68.13% (1366) | 11.12% (223) | 13.12% (263) | 06.43% (129) | 01.20% (24) |
| Hampshire | 72.70% (1270) | 08.59% (150) | 12.08% (211) | 05.72% (100) | 00.92% (16) |
| Hancock | 70.04% (1302) | 11.62% (216) | 13.07% (243) | 03.98% (74) | 01.29% (24) |
| Hardy | 69.75% (611) | 08.22% (72) | 13.93% (122) | 06.62% (58) | 01.48% (13) |
| Harrison | 67.88% (2715) | 10.95% (438) | 12.03% (481) | 08.25% (330) | 00.90% (36) |
| Jackson | 65.87% (2030) | 11.36% (350) | 13.98% (431) | 07.66% (236) | 01.14% (35) |
| Jefferson | 67.98% (1771) | 16.08% (419) | 10.13% (264) | 04.99% (130) | 00.81% (21) |
| Kanawha | 71.73% (7295) | 11.62% (1182) | 10.55% (1073) | 05.18% (527) | 00.91% (93) |
| Lewis | 73.98% (1288) | 07.41% (129) | 10.17% (177) | 07.35% (128) | 01.09% (19) |
| Lincoln | 71.69% (504) | 08.53% (60) | 10.38% (73) | 07.54% (53) | 01.85% (13) |
| Logan | 67.71% (388) | 09.77% (56) | 15.01% (86) | 06.46% (37) | 01.05% (6) |
| Marion | 64.57% (1775) | 11.13% (306) | 15.61% (429) | 06.91% (190) | 01.78% (49) |
| Marshall | 71.67% (1687) | 08.54% (201) | 13.04% (307) | 05.82% (137) | 00.93% (22) |
| Mason | 66.04% (1641) | 11.11% (276) | 13.48% (335) | 07.69% (191) | 01.69% (42) |
| McDowell | 62.81% (152) | 12.81% (31) | 15.70% (38) | 08.26% (20) | 00.41% (1) |
| Mercer | 72.24% (1884) | 08.51% (222) | 12.08% (315) | 06.40% (167) | 00.77% (20) |
| Mineral | 70.54% (1722) | 10.0% (244) | 12.04% (294) | 06.72% (164) | 00.70% (17) |
| Mingo | 69.21% (272) | 07.63% (30) | 12.21% (48) | 08.91% (35) | 02.04% (8) |
| Monongalia | 66.40% (2826) | 14.14% (602) | 11.63% (495) | 06.72% (286) | 01.10% (47) |
| Monroe | 65.27% (671) | 12.55% (129) | 12.16% (125) | 08.46% (87) | 01.56% (16) |
| Morgan | 68.77% (1240) | 13.09% (236) | 11.09% (200) | 05.60% (101) | 01.44% (26) |
| Nicholas | 69.78% (875) | 09.81% (123) | 12.28% (154) | 07.10% (89) | 01.04% (13) |
| Ohio | 76.43% (2775) | 08.84% (321) | 10.52% (382) | 03.58% (130) | 00.63% (23) |
| Pendleton | 75.64% (354) | 07.26% (34) | 11.54% (54) | 04.70% (22) | 00.85% (4) |
| Pleasants | 66.26% (381) | 10.78% (62) | 16.70% (96) | 05.57% (32) | 00.70% (4) |
| Pocahontas | 63.05% (558) | 14.01% (124) | 13.56% (120) | 08.47% (75) | 00.90% (8) |
| Preston | 66.95% (2032) | 10.48% (318) | 15.32% (465) | 06.39% (194) | 00.86% (26) |
| Putnam | 70.34% (3891) | 11.26% (623) | 12.26% (678) | 05.28% (292) | 00.87% (48) |
| Raleigh | 73.23% (2992) | 07.73% (316) | 11.75% (480) | 06.78% (277) | 00.51% (21) |
| Randolph | 68.43% (969) | 09.25% (131) | 13.14% (186) | 07.84% (111) | 01.34% (19) |
| Ritchie | 65.27% (1000) | 13.97% (214) | 12.01% (184) | 07.18% (110) | 01.57% (24) |
| Roane | 69.95% (866) | 09.94% (123) | 11.31% (140) | 07.43% (92) | 01.37% (17) |
| Summers | 67.24% (388) | 10.40% (60) | 11.96% (69) | 09.01% (52) | 01.39% (8) |
| Taylor | 67.82% (784) | 11.76% (136) | 12.63% (146) | 07.44% (86) | 00.35% (4) |
| Tucker | 69.29% (422) | 11.33% (69) | 09.85% (60) | 09.03% (55) | 00.49% (3) |
| Tyler | 68.46% (675) | 11.76% (116) | 11.97% (118) | 06.39% (63) | 01.42% (14) |
| Upshur | 69.12% (2344) | 09.20% (312) | 13.65% (463) | 06.69% (227) | 01.33% (45) |
| Wayne | 66.79% (1076) | 10.12% (163) | 14.65% (236) | 07.76% (125) | 00.68% (11) |
| Webster | 64.65% (139) | 10.70% (23) | 15.35% (33) | 06.98% (15) | 02.33% (5) |
| Wetzel | 69.53% (566) | 08.35% (68) | 16.46% (134) | 05.28% (43) | 00.37% (3) |
| Wirt | 63.0% (332) | 11.57% (61) | 16.32% (86) | 08.92% (47) | 00.19% (1) |
| Wood | 70.20% (5422) | 11.64% (899) | 10.72% (828) | 06.42% (496) | 01.02% (79) |
| Wyoming | 75.58% (616) | 07.61% (62) | 09.08% (74) | 06.87% (56) | 00.86% (7) |
See also
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- United States presidential election in Virginia, 2012
References
- ↑ "WV Secretary of State". Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57430719-503544/4-in-10-choose-convict-over-obama-in-w.va-primary/
- ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ↑ Secretary of State official results
- ↑ "WV SOS Election Results Center". May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
External links
- The Green Papers: for West Virginia
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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