2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming
The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming 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. Wyoming 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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Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney carried the state with 68.64% to Obama's 27.82%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 2.14%.
With 68.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Romney's second strongest state in the 2012 election after neighboring Utah.[1] As of the 2020 election, this is the last time that Albany County failed to back the overall winner of the Electoral College, and presidency.
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The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012.[2] The results of the conventions were reported on Saturday, March 10, 2012, the same day on which the Guam, Kansas, and Virgin Islands caucuses were held. After narrowly beating Santorum during the precinct caucuses in February, Romney went on to win the county conventions decisively.[3]
The caucuses took place over a number of days to accommodate the state's geographic size and sparse population, particularly ranchers in the midst of calving season. The entire process of nominating Wyoming's delegates lasts from February until April.[4]
Results
The precinct caucuses that took place from February 11 to February 29 are the only stage of the delegate selection process in which every registered Wyoming Republican is eligible to participate.[5] The result of the straw polls taken at these caucuses are:
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates (non-binding) [2] |
Delegates (bound) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mitt Romney |
822 | 38.99% | 11 | 8 |
| Rick Santorum | 673 | 31.93% | 8 | 2 |
| Ron Paul | 439 | 20.83% | 6 | 1 |
| Newt Gingrich | 165 | 7.83% | 2 | 0 |
| Others | 9 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Uncommitted | 1 | |||
| Unpledged | 2 | 17 | ||
| Total: | 2,108 | 100.00% | 29 | 29 |
Convention
Delegates were chosen at county conventions on March 6–10 and the state convention on April 12–14.
| Convention Results[7][8] | |||||
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| Candidate | County Conventions |
State | Party leaders |
Total | |
| Mitt Romney |
8 | 14 | 0 | 22 | |
| Rick Santorum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ron Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 14 | 3 | 29 | |
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 170,962 | 68.64% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 69,286 | 27.82% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 5,326 | 2.14% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | Write-Ins | 2,035 | 0.82% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 1,452 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| Totals | 249,061 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
Results by county
| County | Mitt Romney Republican |
Barack Obama Democratic |
Others | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 7,866 | 48.26% | 7,458 | 45.75% | 976 | 5.99% | 408 | 2.51% | 16,300 |
| Big Horn | 4,285 | 80.48% | 868 | 16.30% | 171 | 3.21% | 3,417 | 64.18% | 5,324 |
| Campbell | 14,953 | 85.10% | 2,163 | 12.31% | 455 | 2.59% | 12,790 | 72.79% | 17,571 |
| Carbon | 4,148 | 63.73% | 2,110 | 32.42% | 251 | 3.86% | 2,038 | 31.31% | 6,509 |
| Converse | 5,043 | 79.50% | 1,089 | 17.17% | 211 | 3.32% | 3,954 | 62.33% | 6,343 |
| Crook | 3,109 | 84.37% | 426 | 11.56% | 150 | 4.07% | 2,683 | 72.81% | 3,685 |
| Fremont | 11,075 | 65.38% | 5,333 | 31.48% | 531 | 3.13% | 5,742 | 33.90% | 16,939 |
| Goshen | 4,178 | 71.96% | 1,458 | 25.11% | 170 | 2.93% | 2,720 | 46.85% | 5,806 |
| Hot Springs | 1,895 | 75.35% | 523 | 20.80% | 97 | 3.86% | 1,372 | 54.55% | 2,515 |
| Johnson | 3,363 | 78.96% | 749 | 17.59% | 147 | 3.45% | 2,614 | 61.37% | 4,259 |
| Laramie | 23,904 | 60.51% | 14,295 | 36.19% | 1,306 | 3.31% | 9,609 | 24.32% | 39,505 |
| Lincoln | 7,144 | 82.90% | 1,287 | 14.93% | 187 | 2.17% | 5,857 | 67.97% | 8,618 |
| Natrona | 22,132 | 68.37% | 8,961 | 27.68% | 1,280 | 3.96% | 13,171 | 40.69% | 32,373 |
| Niobrara | 1,022 | 80.09% | 200 | 15.67% | 54 | 4.23% | 822 | 64.42% | 1,276 |
| Park | 11,234 | 76.90% | 2,927 | 20.04% | 447 | 3.06% | 8,307 | 56.86% | 14,608 |
| Platte | 3,136 | 69.21% | 1,223 | 26.99% | 172 | 3.80% | 1,913 | 42.22% | 4,531 |
| Sheridan | 10,267 | 71.69% | 3,618 | 25.26% | 437 | 3.05% | 6,649 | 46.43% | 14,322 |
| Sublette | 3,472 | 79.34% | 767 | 17.53% | 137 | 3.13% | 2,705 | 61.81% | 4,376 |
| Sweetwater | 11,428 | 67.64% | 4,774 | 28.26% | 693 | 4.10% | 6,654 | 39.38% | 16,895 |
| Teton | 4,858 | 42.38% | 6,213 | 54.20% | 393 | 3.43% | -1,355 | -11.82% | 11,464 |
| Uinta | 6,615 | 77.47% | 1,628 | 19.07% | 296 | 3.46% | 4,978 | 58.40% | 8,539 |
| Washakie | 3,014 | 76.42% | 794 | 20.13% | 136 | 3.45% | 2,220 | 56.29% | 3,944 |
| Weston | 2,821 | 83.98% | 422 | 12.56% | 116 | 3.45% | 2,399 | 71.42% | 3,359 |
| Total | 170,962 | 68.64% | 69,286 | 27.82% | 8,813 | 3.54% | 101,676 | 40.82% | 249,061 |
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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 |
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| At-large | 68.64% | 27.82% | Cynthia Lummis |
See also
References
- "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- "Wyoming Republican". greenpapers.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- Romney wins Wyoming, AP reports. CBS News. 2012-03-10. Accessed 2012-03-11.
- Beck, Bob. "Wyoming's GOP Caucuses: The Process Is Drawn Out And Confusing". It's All Politics. NPR. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- "Romney Wins Wyoming". NPR. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- "2012 straw poll results | Wyoming GOPWyoming GOP". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- "Wyoming Republican Delegation 2012".
- @meadgruver (April 14, 2012). "Wyo. GOP gives all 14 remaining..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Wyoming Secretary of State" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2012.
External links
- The Green Papers: for Wyoming
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
