United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2012
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County Results
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. North Dakota 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.
Mitt Romney handily won the state with 58.32% of the vote to Barack Obama's 38.70%, a 19.62% margin of victory.
Contents
General Election
Results
| United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2012[1] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 188,320 | 58.32% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 124,966 | 38.70% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 5,238 | 1.62% | 0 | |
| Other | 1,860 | 0.58% | 0 | |||
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,362 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 1,186 | 0.37% | 0 | |
| Totals | 322,932 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
By county
| County | Romney | Votes | Obama | Votes | Others | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 71.34% | 916 | 25.55% | 328 | 3.12% | 40 | 1,284 |
| Barnes | 53.64% | 2,953 | 43.40% | 2,389 | 2.96% | 163 | 5,505 |
| Benson | 40.27% | 867 | 57.22% | 1,232 | 2.51% | 54 | 2,153 |
| Billings | 81.66% | 472 | 15.40% | 89 | 2.94% | 17 | 578 |
| Bottineau | 64.17% | 2,246 | 33.23% | 1,163 | 2.60% | 91 | 3,500 |
| Bowman | 73.73% | 1,277 | 23.79% | 412 | 2.48% | 43 | 1,732 |
| Burke | 75.17% | 769 | 22.48% | 230 | 2.35% | 24 | 1,023 |
| Burleigh | 64.45% | 27,811 | 32.53% | 14,036 | 3.02% | 1,301 | 43,148 |
| Cass | 49.92% | 36,792 | 46.99% | 34,632 | 3.09% | 2,280 | 73,704 |
| Cavalier | 57.76% | 1,195 | 39.54% | 818 | 2.71% | 56 | 2,069 |
| Dickey | 63.48% | 1,601 | 33.66% | 849 | 2.85% | 72 | 2,522 |
| Divide | 63.08% | 733 | 33.13% | 385 | 3.79% | 44 | 1,162 |
| Dunn | 74.04% | 1,506 | 24.98% | 508 | 0.98% | 20 | 2,034 |
| Eddy | 54.77% | 631 | 42.01% | 484 | 3.21% | 37 | 1,152 |
| Emmons | 76.10% | 1,430 | 20.38% | 383 | 3.51% | 66 | 1,879 |
| Foster | 61.30% | 1,028 | 36.02% | 604 | 2.68% | 45 | 1,677 |
| Golden | 79.96% | 742 | 17.46% | 162 | 2.59% | 24 | 928 |
| Grand Forks | 50.17% | 15,044 | 46.71% | 14,008 | 3.12% | 937 | 29,989 |
| Grant | 72.54% | 1,025 | 23.64% | 334 | 3.82% | 54 | 1,413 |
| Griggs | 57.42% | 770 | 39.90% | 535 | 2.68% | 36 | 1,341 |
| Hettinger | 73.42% | 1,000 | 22.98% | 313 | 3.60% | 49 | 1,362 |
| Kidder | 65.51% | 870 | 29.59% | 393 | 4.89% | 65 | 1,328 |
| LaMoure | 62.80% | 1,374 | 33.68% | 737 | 3.52% | 77 | 2,188 |
| Logan | 76.24% | 799 | 21.09% | 221 | 2.67% | 28 | 1,048 |
| McHenry | 61.97% | 1,651 | 34.68% | 924 | 3.34% | 89 | 2,664 |
| McIntosh | 67.63% | 1,028 | 30.00% | 456 | 2.37% | 36 | 1,520 |
| McKenzie | 71.18% | 2,450 | 26.90% | 926 | 1.92% | 66 | 3,442 |
| McLean | 63.70% | 3,130 | 33.78% | 1,660 | 2.52% | 124 | 4,914 |
| Mercer | 70.72% | 3,132 | 26.21% | 1,161 | 3.07% | 136 | 4,429 |
| Morton | 63.74% | 8,669 | 32.85% | 4,467 | 3.41% | 464 | 13,600 |
| Mountrail | 56.76% | 1,960 | 40.57% | 1,401 | 2.66% | 92 | 3,453 |
| Nelson | 51.49% | 862 | 45.76% | 766 | 2.75% | 46 | 1,674 |
| Oliver | 68.41% | 693 | 27.74% | 281 | 3.85% | 39 | 1,013 |
| Pembina | 58.43% | 1,893 | 38.43% | 1,245 | 3.15% | 102 | 3,240 |
| Pierce | 67.34% | 1,462 | 30.22% | 656 | 2.44% | 53 | 2,171 |
| Ramsey | 53.28% | 2,659 | 43.32% | 2,162 | 3.41% | 170 | 4,991 |
| Ransom | 41.62% | 1,008 | 55.37% | 1,341 | 3.01% | 73 | 2,422 |
| Renville | 66.56% | 850 | 31.17% | 398 | 2.27% | 29 | 1,277 |
| Richland | 55.55% | 4,229 | 42.01% | 3,198 | 2.44% | 186 | 7,613 |
| Rolette | 23.99% | 1,092 | 73.66% | 3,353 | 2.35% | 107 | 4,552 |
| Sargent | 43.80% | 879 | 53.56% | 1,075 | 2.64% | 53 | 2,007 |
| Sheridan | 78.10% | 642 | 19.83% | 163 | 2.07% | 17 | 822 |
| Sioux | 19.53% | 223 | 78.81% | 900 | 1.66% | 19 | 1,142 |
| Slope | 78.03% | 341 | 18.99% | 83 | 2.97% | 13 | 437 |
| Stark | 73.25% | 8,521 | 24.17% | 2,812 | 2.58% | 300 | 11,633 |
| Steele | 47.83% | 495 | 49.76% | 515 | 2.42% | 25 | 1,035 |
| Stutsman | 59.48% | 5,685 | 37.51% | 3,585 | 3.01% | 288 | 9,558 |
| Towner | 52.71% | 623 | 43.65% | 516 | 3.64% | 43 | 1,182 |
| Traill | 50.85% | 1,963 | 46.22% | 1,784 | 2.93% | 113 | 3,860 |
| Walsh | 55.23% | 2,809 | 41.64% | 2,118 | 3.13% | 159 | 5,086 |
| Ward | 63.74% | 16,176 | 33.14% | 8,412 | 3.12% | 792 | 25,380 |
| Wells | 69.53% | 1,654 | 28.29% | 673 | 2.19% | 52 | 2,379 |
| Williams | 73.25% | 7,087 | 23.65% | 2,288 | 3.10% | 300 | 9,675 |
Caucuses
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The 2012 North Dakota Republican caucuses were held on March 6, 2012.[2] North Dakota has 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention;[3] despite Rick Santorum's nominal win in the preference poll conducted during the caucuses, the majority of the delegates elected by the state party convention later in March said they supported Romney.[4]
| North Dakota Republican caucuses, 2012[5] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates [2] | |
| Rick Santorum | 4,510 | 39.7% | 6 | |
| Ron Paul | 3,186 | 28.1% | 2 | |
| Mitt Romney | 2,691 | 23.7% | 20 | |
| Newt Gingrich | 962 | 8.5% | 0 | |
| Unprojected delegates | 0 | |||
| Totals | 11,349 | 100.0% | 28 | |
Convention controversy
North Dakota Republican Party had its state convention from Friday March 30 to Sunday April 1 where twenty-five unbound National Convention delegates were elected. Rick Santorum had won the strawpoll at the Legislative Districts caucuses on Super Tuesday with a large margin to Ron Paul in second place and Mitt Romney in third place. The party leaderships recommended slate of delegates was to reflect this strawpoll result. According to Santorum and Paul supporters the slate did not live up to this requirement, but gave Romney a large majority of the delegates. Former NDGOP Chairman Gary Emineth called the vote undemocratic and a railroad job on the Say Anything Blog.[6]
Electors
North Dakota has 3 Electoral votes in the Electoral College. The following names pledged to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Layton Freborg, State Senator
Mary Lee
David Nething, State Senator
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Barack Obama (D) |
Mitt Romney (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason-Dixon | October 26–28 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 40% | 54% | 3% | 3% |
| Forum/Essman | October 12–15 | 500 | ± 4.3% | 32% | 57% | - | 11% |
| Rasmussen Reports | October 17–18 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 40% | 54% | 2% | 4% |
| Mason-Dixon | October 3–5 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 40% | 54% | 1% | 5% |
| Rasmussen Reports | July 10–11, 2012 | 400 | ± - 5% | 36% | 51% | 6% | 7% |
| Mason-Dixon | June 4–12 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 39% | 52% | – | – |
‡Likely primary voters
Predictions
Real Clear Politics: Solid Romney [7]
Huffington Post: Strong Romney[8]
CNN: Safe Romney[9]
New York Times: Strong Republican[10]
Washington Post: Solid Romney[11]
Karl Rove: Romney[12]
Freedom's Light House: Romney[13]
Election Projection: Solid GOP[14]
See also
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- North Dakota Republican Party
References
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- ↑ http://www.rove.com/election
- ↑ http://freedomslighthouse.net/2012-presidential-election-electoral-vote-map/
- ↑ http://www.electionprojection.com/2012elections/president12.php
External links
- North Dakota GOP website
- North Dakota Republican State Committee Rules and Modes of Procedure
- The Green Papers: for North Dakota
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
