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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 ...
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. As the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's ...
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 2012 ...
Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.
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 ...
New Jersey was won by President Obama with 58.25% of the vote to Romney's 40.50%, a 17.75% margin of victory, an increase from 15.53% in 2008. [1] New Jersey was 1 of just 6 states to swing in President Obama's favor between 2008 and 2012, giving him the largest vote share for a Democratic presidential nominee in the state since Lyndon Johnson ...
A. Approximately 57.5 percent of all citizens eligible to cast ballots chose to participate in the 2012 election, a slight dip from 62.3 percent in 2008. The turnout was below the 2004 election ...
United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican: Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan: 1,462,330: 59.42%: 11: Democratic: Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 960,709 39.04% 0 Libertarian: Gary Johnson: Jim Gray: 18,623 0.67% 0 Green: Jill Stein: Cheri Honkala: 6,515 0. ...