2012 United States presidential election in Montana

2012 United States presidential election in Montana

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Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Illinois Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 267,928 201,839 Percentage 55.35% 41.70%

County Results Romney   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Obama   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Elections in Montana
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana 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. Montana 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.

Romney carried Montana with 55.35% of the vote to Obama's 41.70%, with a 13.65% margin of victory. Montana was the second-best state performance for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, carrying about 3% of the vote.

Romney performed much better than John McCain had in 2008, when he narrowly won over Obama with only a 2.38% margin of victory. Romney also won over five counties that voted for Obama in 2008. Most of the counties Obama won were either majority Native American (such as Big Horn, Blaine, Glacier, and Roosevelt) or have some of Montana's most populous cities and towns, such as Missoula County (containing its namesake city, the second largest in the state and home of the University of Montana) and Silver Bow County (home to Butte and Montana Tech). As of 2020 this is the last time a Republican won Gallatin County and the Democrats won Hill County and Roosevelt County.

Republican primary

2012 Montana Republican caucuses

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Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum Home state Massachusetts Texas Pennsylvania

Montana results by county   Mitt Romney (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

Members of the Montana delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention

The Republican caucuses took place on June 14 to 16, 2012 as the Montana state convention. Ten days before, the state delegates were selected by the central committee in each county^[1][2][3] 23 delegates were to have been chosen, for a total of 26 delegates to go to the national convention. Prior to selecting delegates, a non-binding primary election was held June 5, 2012. Results were announced before the Republican National Convention in August.

General election

The Republican ticket won by a margin of 13.65%

By county

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

• Cascade (largest city: Great Falls)
• Gallatin (largest city: Bozeman)
• Lake (largest city: Polson)
• Lewis and Clark (largest city: Helena)
• Rosebud (largest city: Colstrip)

See also

• 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Montana Republican Party

References

External links

• The Green Papers: for Montana
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 05:13