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Many of the major issues of the 2012 election were the same as in both 2008 and 2010. [2] Candidates and voters in 2012 were again focused on national economic conditions and jobs, record federal deficits, health care and the effects of the controversial Affordable Care Act, national security and terrorism, education, and energy. [2] [3] [4]
The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
Unanimously received the party's nomination at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, [3] with all challengers having been stripped of any delegates earned. [4] Vice President Joe Biden was selected as his running mate. Won re-election over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in the general election. [5] Appeared on all primary ballots
The 2010 Census changes the Electoral College vote apportionment for the election for 18 states. [4]December 23 – Jimmy McMillan, perennial candidate from New York changes party affiliation from Democratic to Republican and officially announces his candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party [5] [6] [7]
Third-party and independent candidates for the 2012 U.S. presidential election ← 2008 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2016 → Nominee Gary Johnson Jill Stein Virgil Goode Party Libertarian Green Constitution Home state New Mexico Massachusetts Virginia Running mate Jim Gray Cheri Honkala James N. Clymer Popular vote 1,275,971 469,627 122,389 Percentage 0.99% 0.36% 0.11% Nominee Roseanne Barr ...
He stopped running as a Republican candidate on January 31, 2012, in an attempt to get his Rent Is Too Damn High Party on the New York ballot in November via lawsuit. [60] On September 13, 2012, McMillan dropped out of the race in order to focus on his candidacy for the 2013 New York City mayoral election, and endorsed President Barack Obama. [61]
D.C. 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. Prior to the election ...
From January 3 to June 5, 2012, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 2012 United States presidential election. President Barack Obama won the Democratic Party nomination by securing more than the required 2,383 delegates on April 3, 2012, after a series of primary elections and caucuses.