2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia

The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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. West Virginia voters chose five 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.

2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia

November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 417,655 238,269
Percentage 62.30% 35.54%

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


President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in the state of West Virginia by a landslide 26.76% margin. The Republican ticket took 62.30% of the vote to the Democratic ticket's 35.54%, and also swept every county in the state.[1] Romney became the first presidential candidate from any party since West Virginia's admission to the Union in 1863 to sweep every single county in the state and the first Republican candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972 to carry over 60% of the state's votes.[2] This represented a historic loss for the Democrats in West Virginia, which had been a Democratic stronghold from the New Deal up through the 1990s.

With 62.14% of the popular vote, West Virginia would prove to be Romney's fifth strongest state in the 2012 election after Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Idaho.[3] As of 2020, this is the last time the Democratic nominee has received more than 30% of the vote (35%).

Democratic primary

Barack Obama defeated Keith Judd, a convicted felon serving a federal prison sentence in Texarkana, TX, by a surprisingly narrow 59% to 41%.[4]

West Virginia Democratic primary, 2012

May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
 
Candidate Barack Obama Keith Judd
Home state Illinois Texas
Delegate count 24 0
Popular vote 106,770 73,138
Percentage 59.35% 40.65%

West Virginia results by county
  Barack Obama
  Keith Judd

Republican primary

West Virginia Republican primary, 2012

May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 24 2
Popular vote 78,197 13,590
Percentage 69.56% 12.09%

 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 12,412 7,076
Percentage 11.04% 6.29%

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(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

The Republican primary took place on May 8, 2012.[5][6]

West Virginia Republican primary, 2012[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
CNN GP
Mitt Romney 78,197 69.56% 24
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 13,590 12.09% 2
Ron Paul 12,412 11.04% 0
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) 7,076 6.29% 0
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 1,141 1.01% 0
Unprojected delegates 31 5
Total: 112,416 100% 31 31

Results by county

County[8] Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
(withdrawn)
Newt Gingrich
(withdrawn)
Buddy Roemer
(withdrawn)
Barbour 66.96% (983) 9.20% (135) 15.94% (234) 7.49% (110) 0.41% (6)
Berkeley 69.31% (4366) 14.92% (940) 10.29% (648) 4.84% (305) 0.64% (40)
Boone 70.28% (454) 10.68% (69) 14.55% (94) 3.41% (22) 1.08% (7)
Braxton 68.44% (399) 13.89% (81) 12.35% (72) 4.12% (24) 1.20% (7)
Brooke 69.46% (778) 10.36% (116) 15.09% (169) 4.64% (52) 0.45% (5)
Cabell 69.09% (3351) 12.60% (611) 11.34% (550) 5.77% (280) 1.20% (58)
Calhoun 66.78% (191) 11.89% (34) 12.24% (35) 5.59% (16) 3.50% (10)
Clay 67.01% (262) 10.49% (41) 13.30% (52) 7.42% (29) 1.79% (7)
Doddridge 67.36% (997) 10.61% (157) 12.23% (181) 8.31% (123) 1.49% (22)
Fayette 66.54% (891) 12.02% (161) 12.70% (170) 7.17% (96) 1.57% (21)
Gilmer 70.44% (255) 7.73% (28) 11.05% (40) 9.94% (36) 0.83% (3)
Grant 78.16% (1403) 6.07% (109) 8.30% (149) 6.35% (114) 1.11% (20)
Greenbrier 68.13% (1366) 11.12% (223) 13.12% (263) 6.43% (129) 1.20% (24)
Hampshire 72.70% (1270) 8.59% (150) 12.08% (211) 5.72% (100) 0.92% (16)
Hancock 70.04% (1302) 11.62% (216) 13.07% (243) 3.98% (74) 1.29% (24)
Hardy 69.75% (611) 8.22% (72) 13.93% (122) 6.62% (58) 1.48% (13)
Harrison 67.88% (2715) 10.95% (438) 12.03% (481) 8.25% (330) 0.90% (36)
Jackson 65.87% (2030) 11.36% (350) 13.98% (431) 7.66% (236) 1.14% (35)
Jefferson 67.98% (1771) 16.08% (419) 10.13% (264) 4.99% (130) 0.81% (21)
Kanawha 71.73% (7295) 11.62% (1182) 10.55% (1073) 5.18% (527) 0.91% (93)
Lewis 73.98% (1288) 7.41% (129) 10.17% (177) 7.35% (128) 1.09% (19)
Lincoln 71.69% (504) 8.53% (60) 10.38% (73) 7.54% (53) 1.85% (13)
Logan 67.71% (388) 9.77% (56) 15.01% (86) 6.46% (37) 1.05% (6)
Marion 64.57% (1775) 11.13% (306) 15.61% (429) 6.91% (190) 1.78% (49)
Marshall 71.67% (1687) 8.54% (201) 13.04% (307) 5.82% (137) 0.93% (22)
Mason 66.04% (1641) 11.11% (276) 13.48% (335) 7.69% (191) 1.69% (42)
McDowell 62.81% (152) 12.81% (31) 15.70% (38) 8.26% (20) 0.41% (1)
Mercer 72.24% (1884) 8.51% (222) 12.08% (315) 6.40% (167) 0.77% (20)
Mineral 70.54% (1722) 10.00% (244) 12.04% (294) 6.72% (164) 0.70% (17)
Mingo 69.21% (272) 7.63% (30) 12.21% (48) 8.91% (35) 2.04% (8)
Monongalia 66.40% (2826) 14.14% (602) 11.63% (495) 6.72% (286) 1.10% (47)
Monroe 65.27% (671) 12.55% (129) 12.16% (125) 8.46% (87) 1.56% (16)
Morgan 68.77% (1240) 13.09% (236) 11.09% (200) 5.60% (101) 1.44% (26)
Nicholas 69.78% (875) 9.81% (123) 12.28% (154) 7.10% (89) 1.04% (13)
Ohio 76.43% (2775) 8.84% (321) 10.52% (382) 3.58% (130) 0.63% (23)
Pendleton 75.64% (354) 7.26% (34) 11.54% (54) 4.70% (22) 0.85% (4)
Pleasants 66.26% (381) 10.78% (62) 16.70% (96) 5.57% (32) 0.70% (4)
Pocahontas 63.05% (558) 14.01% (124) 13.56% (120) 8.47% (75) 0.90% (8)
Preston 66.95% (2032) 10.48% (318) 15.32% (465) 6.39% (194) 0.86% (26)
Putnam 70.34% (3891) 11.26% (623) 12.26% (678) 5.28% (292) 0.87% (48)
Raleigh 73.23% (2992) 7.73% (316) 11.75% (480) 6.78% (277) 0.51% (21)
Randolph 68.43% (969) 9.25% (131) 13.14% (186) 7.84% (111) 1.34% (19)
Ritchie 65.27% (1000) 13.97% (214) 12.01% (184) 7.18% (110) 1.57% (24)
Roane 69.95% (866) 9.94% (123) 11.31% (140) 7.43% (92) 1.37% (17)
Summers 67.24% (388) 10.40% (60) 11.96% (69) 9.01% (52) 1.39% (8)
Taylor 67.82% (784) 11.76% (136) 12.63% (146) 7.44% (86) 0.35% (4)
Tucker 69.29% (422) 11.33% (69) 9.85% (60) 9.03% (55) 0.49% (3)
Tyler 68.46% (675) 11.76% (116) 11.97% (118) 6.39% (63) 1.42% (14)
Upshur 69.12% (2344) 9.20% (312) 13.65% (463) 6.69% (227) 1.33% (45)
Wayne 66.79% (1076) 10.12% (163) 14.65% (236) 7.76% (125) 0.68% (11)
Webster 64.65% (139) 10.70% (23) 15.35% (33) 6.98% (15) 2.33% (5)
Wetzel 69.53% (566) 8.35% (68) 16.46% (134) 5.28% (43) 0.37% (3)
Wirt 63.00% (332) 11.57% (61) 16.32% (86) 8.92% (47) 0.19% (1)
Wood 70.20% (5422) 11.64% (899) 10.72% (828) 6.42% (496) 1.02% (79)
Wyoming 75.58% (616) 7.61% (62) 9.08% (74) 6.87% (56) 0.86% (7)

General election

Results

2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia[9]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Swing
Count % Count %
Republican Mitt Romney of Massachusetts Paul Ryan of Wisconsin 417,655 62.30% 5 100.00% 6.70%
Democratic Barack Obama of Illinois Joe Biden of Delaware 238,269 35.54% 0 0.00% 6.97%
Libertarian Gary Johnson of New Mexico James P. Gray of California 6,302 0.94% 0 0.00% 0.94%
Mountain Jill Stein of Massachusetts Cheri Honkala of Pennsylvania 4,406 0.66% 0 0.00% 0.33%
Independent Randall Terry of West Virginia N/A of N/A 3,806 0.57% 0 0.00% 0.57%
Write-in Various of Various Various of Various 1,502 0.22% 0 0.00% 0.03%
Constitution Virgil Goode (write-in) of Virginia Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania 119 0.02% 0 0.00% 0.32%
Peace and Freedom Roseanne Barr (write-in) of Hawaii Cindy Sheehan of California 31 0.00% 0 0.00%
Justice Rocky Anderson (write-in) of Utah Luis J. Rodriguez of California 12 0.00% 0 0.00%
American Third Position Merlin Miller (write-in) of Iowa Virginia Abernethy of Arizona 12 0.00% 0 0.00%
American Independent Tom Hoefling (write-in) of Iowa Robert Ornelas of California 5 0.00% 0 0.00%
Independent Richard Duncan (write-in) of - - of - 1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Total 670,438 100.00% 5 100.00%

By county

County Obama% Obama# Romney% Romney# Others% Others# Total
Barbour30.69%1,76866.38%3,8242.93%1695,761
Berkeley38.40%14,27559.60%22,1561.99%74137,172
Boone32.82%2,79064.32%5,4672.86%2438,500
Braxton41.59%1,99856.72%2,7251.69%814,804
Brooke43.09%4,00554.44%5,0602.46%2299,294
Cabell42.21%13,56855.95%17,9851.84%59132,144
Calhoun37.06%81859.76%1,3193.17%702,207
Clay30.91%93165.44%1,9713.65%1103,012
Doddridge20.77%57576.92%2,1302.31%642,769
Fayette38.51%5,41959.35%8,3502.14%30114,070
Gilmer33.48%84063.57%1,5952.95%742,509
Grant15.66%71882.49%3,7831.85%854,586
Greenbrier36.33%4,71061.17%7,9302.49%32312,963
Hampshire28.79%2,29969.16%5,5232.05%1647,986
Hancock38.18%4,62759.63%7,2262.19%26512,118
Hardy28.68%1,48268.42%3,5362.90%1505,168
Harrison37.22%9,73260.72%15,8762.06%53926,147
Jackson33.39%3,85464.17%7,4082.44%28211,544
Jefferson46.97%10,39850.85%11,2582.18%48222,138
Kanawha43.26%32,48055.10%41,3641.64%1,23375,077
Lewis27.61%1,73669.59%4,3752.80%1766,287
Lincoln32.66%2,22764.29%4,3833.05%2086,818
Logan29.04%3,46968.83%8,2222.13%25511,946
Marion41.59%8,95955.96%12,0542.46%52921,542
Marshall34.72%4,48462.98%8,1352.30%29712,916
Mason38.59%3,77858.65%5,7412.76%2709,789
McDowell34.08%2,10963.98%3,9591.94%1206,188
Mercer25.53%5,43272.62%15,4501.85%39421,276
Mineral26.28%2,88571.35%7,8332.38%26110,979
Mingo27.50%2,42870.11%6,1912.39%2118,830
Monongalia43.93%13,82653.47%16,8312.60%81831,475
Monroe27.92%1,45569.38%3,6162.71%1415,212
Morgan33.55%2,36364.07%4,5132.39%1687,044
Nicholas30.32%2,66467.14%5,8982.54%2238,785
Ohio37.89%6,78660.12%10,7681.99%35717,911
Pendleton33.16%1,07464.68%2,0952.16%703,239
Pleasants33.63%95564.26%1,8252.11%602,840
Pocahontas36.44%1,30361.02%2,1822.54%913,576
Preston26.28%2,93170.72%7,8893.0%33511,155
Putnam30.65%7,25667.72%16,0321.63%38523,673
Raleigh26.84%7,73971.50%20,6141.65%47628,829
Randolph34.26%3,34263.15%6,1602.58%2529,754
Ritchie20.27%76877.11%2,9212.61%993,788
Roane38.42%1,93959.08%2,9822.50%1265,047
Summers34.23%1,62162.96%2,9812.81%1334,735
Taylor32.85%1,94165.00%3,8402.15%1275,908
Tucker28.04%88069.34%2,1762.61%823,138
Tyler27.14%89070.57%2,3142.29%753,279
Upshur26.08%2,15871.79%5,9392.13%1768,273
Wayne35.34%4,93162.26%8,6882.41%33613,955
Webster34.37%94762.07%1,7103.56%982,755
Wetzel37.86%2,21759.31%3,4732.83%1665,856
Wirt31.14%67665.73%1,4273.13%682,171
Wood33.05%11,23065.29%22,1831.66%56433,977
Wyoming21.04%1,58376.68%5,7692.27%1717,523

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "WV Secretary of State". Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  2. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, pp. 459-460 ISBN 0313257957
  3. "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57430719-503544/4-in-10-choose-convict-over-obama-in-w.va-primary/
  5. "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  6. "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  7. Secretary of State official results
  8. "WV SOS Election Results Center". May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  9. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=54&off=0&elect=0&f=0
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