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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.
During the 2012 presidential primaries, 51 individuals sought the nomination of the Democratic Party.Incumbent President Barack Obama won the nomination unanimously at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was re-elected as president in the general election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
During the 2012 presidential primaries, 51 individuals sought the nomination of the Democratic Party.Incumbent President Barack Obama won the nomination unanimously at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was re-elected as president in the general election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
The 1972 primaries set the record for the highest number of candidates in a major party's presidential primaries in American history, with 16. After the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, Ted Kennedy fell from front runner to non-candidate.
The 2012 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 8, 2012 as part of the 2012 Democratic presidential primaries. Incumbent president Barack Obama ran virtually unopposed for renomination, although several minor candidates challenged Obama in a handful of state contests, including West Virginia.
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 ...
Main article: 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary ← 2008 March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) 2016 → ← OK VT → 82 pledged delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention Candidate Barack Obama Uncommitted Home state Illinois N/A Delegate count 82 0 Popular vote 80,357 10,497 Percentage 88.48% 11.51% County results Obama: 60–65% 65 ...
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