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The2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote pittingincumbentDemocraticPresidentBarack Obama and his running mate,Vice PresidentJoe Biden, againstRepublican challenger and formerMassachusetts GovernorMitt Romney and his running mate,CongressmanPaul Ryan.
In2008,Alabama was won by Republican nomineeJohn McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safered state. Located in theDeep South, Alabama is one of the mostconservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won byJimmy Carter in1976.[1]
Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory.[2] While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties,Barbour andConecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the2024 presidential election.
On March 13, 2012, theAlabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as theMississippi Democratic primary and theUtah Democratic caucuses. IncumbentBarack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted.[3] Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at theDemocratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama.[4] Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.
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The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as theMississippi Republican primary and theHawaii Republican caucuses.[5][6]Rick Santorum was declared the winner.[7]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
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| AP [9] | CNN [10] | FOX | |||
| Rick Santorum | 215,105 | 34.55% | 22 | 18 | – |
| Newt Gingrich | 182,276 | 29.28% | 14 | 9 | – |
| Mitt Romney | 180,321 | 28.97% | 11 | 9 | – |
| Ron Paul | 30,937 | 4.97% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,867 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,700 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,049 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Uncommitted | 9,259 | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Unprojected delegates | 3 | 14 | 50 | ||
| Total: | 622,514 | 100.00% | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Huffington Post[11] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN[12] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| The New York Times[13] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| The Washington Post[14] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics[15] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Solid R | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight[17] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
Write-in candidate access:
| 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama[1] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 795,696 | 38.36% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 12,328 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 4,011 | 0.19% | 0 | ||
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 3,397 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 2,981 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,074,338 | 100.00% | 9 | |||
| County | Mitt Romney Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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| Autauga | 17,379 | 72.49% | 6,363 | 26.54% | 231 | 0.97% | 11,016 | 45.95% | 23,973 |
| Baldwin | 66,016 | 77.22% | 18,424 | 21.55% | 1,051 | 1.23% | 47,592 | 55.67% | 85,491 |
| Barbour | 5,550 | 48.19% | 5,912 | 51.33% | 55 | 0.48% | -362 | -3.14% | 11,517 |
| Bibb | 6,132 | 72.83% | 2,202 | 26.15% | 86 | 1.02% | 3,930 | 46.68% | 8,420 |
| Blount | 20,757 | 86.27% | 2,970 | 12.34% | 333 | 1.39% | 17,787 | 73.93% | 24,060 |
| Bullock | 1,251 | 23.51% | 4,061 | 76.31% | 10 | 0.18% | -2,810 | -52.80% | 5,322 |
| Butler | 5,087 | 53.54% | 4,374 | 46.03% | 41 | 0.43% | 713 | 7.51% | 9,502 |
| Calhoun | 30,278 | 65.30% | 15,511 | 33.45% | 575 | 1.25% | 14,767 | 31.85% | 46,364 |
| Chambers | 7,626 | 52.13% | 6,871 | 46.97% | 132 | 0.90% | 755 | 5.16% | 14,629 |
| Cherokee | 7,506 | 76.65% | 2,132 | 21.77% | 154 | 1.58% | 5,374 | 54.88% | 9,792 |
| Chilton | 13,932 | 79.68% | 3,397 | 19.43% | 156 | 0.89% | 10,535 | 60.25% | 17,485 |
| Choctaw | 4,152 | 52.06% | 3,786 | 47.47% | 38 | 0.47% | 366 | 4.59% | 7,976 |
| Clarke | 7,470 | 53.90% | 6,334 | 45.70% | 56 | 0.40% | 1,136 | 8.20% | 13,860 |
| Clay | 4,817 | 72.12% | 1,777 | 26.61% | 85 | 1.27% | 3,040 | 45.51% | 6,679 |
| Cleburne | 5,272 | 83.43% | 971 | 15.37% | 76 | 1.20% | 4,301 | 68.06% | 6,319 |
| Coffee | 14,666 | 73.99% | 4,925 | 24.85% | 230 | 1.16% | 9,741 | 49.14% | 19,821 |
| Colbert | 13,936 | 59.44% | 9,166 | 39.10% | 342 | 1.46% | 4,770 | 20.34% | 23,444 |
| Conecuh | 3,439 | 48.95% | 3,555 | 50.60% | 31 | 0.45% | -116 | -1.65% | 7,025 |
| Coosa | 3,049 | 57.72% | 2,191 | 41.48% | 42 | 0.80% | 858 | 16.24% | 5,282 |
| Covington | 12,153 | 78.72% | 3,158 | 20.45% | 128 | 0.83% | 8,995 | 58.27% | 15,439 |
| Crenshaw | 4,331 | 67.42% | 2,050 | 31.91% | 43 | 0.67% | 2,281 | 35.51% | 6,424 |
| Cullman | 28,999 | 83.92% | 5,052 | 14.62% | 504 | 1.46% | 23,947 | 69.30% | 34,555 |
| Dale | 13,108 | 70.47% | 5,286 | 28.42% | 207 | 1.11% | 7,822 | 42.05% | 18,601 |
| Dallas | 6,288 | 29.99% | 14,612 | 69.70% | 64 | 0.31% | -8,324 | -39.71% | 20,964 |
| DeKalb | 18,331 | 76.54% | 5,239 | 21.87% | 380 | 1.59% | 13,092 | 54.67% | 23,950 |
| Elmore | 26,253 | 73.86% | 8,954 | 25.19% | 339 | 0.95% | 17,299 | 48.67% | 35,546 |
| Escambia | 9,287 | 62.35% | 5,489 | 36.85% | 118 | 0.80% | 3,798 | 25.50% | 14,894 |
| Etowah | 29,130 | 68.34% | 12,803 | 30.04% | 691 | 1.62% | 16,327 | 38.30% | 42,624 |
| Fayette | 6,054 | 76.07% | 1,817 | 22.83% | 87 | 1.10% | 4,237 | 53.24% | 7,958 |
| Franklin | 7,567 | 69.54% | 3,171 | 29.14% | 143 | 1.32% | 4,396 | 40.40% | 10,881 |
| Geneva | 9,175 | 80.97% | 2,039 | 17.99% | 117 | 1.04% | 7,136 | 62.98% | 11,331 |
| Greene | 804 | 15.05% | 4,521 | 84.62% | 18 | 0.33% | -3,717 | -69.57% | 5,343 |
| Hale | 3,210 | 37.12% | 5,411 | 62.58% | 26 | 0.30% | -2,201 | -25.46% | 8,647 |
| Henry | 5,628 | 64.20% | 3,083 | 35.17% | 55 | 0.63% | 2,545 | 29.03% | 8,766 |
| Houston | 29,270 | 69.72% | 12,367 | 29.46% | 347 | 0.82% | 16,903 | 40.26% | 41,984 |
| Jackson | 14,439 | 69.98% | 5,822 | 28.22% | 371 | 1.80% | 8,617 | 41.76% | 20,632 |
| Jefferson | 141,683 | 46.53% | 159,876 | 52.50% | 2,964 | 0.97% | -18,193 | -5.97% | 304,523 |
| Lamar | 5,457 | 76.05% | 1,646 | 22.94% | 73 | 1.01% | 3,811 | 53.11% | 7,176 |
| Lauderdale | 23,911 | 64.57% | 12,511 | 33.78% | 610 | 1.65% | 11,400 | 30.79% | 37,032 |
| Lawrence | 8,874 | 62.72% | 5,069 | 35.83% | 205 | 1.45% | 3,805 | 26.89% | 14,148 |
| Lee | 32,194 | 59.08% | 21,381 | 39.23% | 921 | 1.69% | 10,813 | 19.85% | 54,496 |
| Limestone | 25,295 | 71.17% | 9,829 | 27.66% | 416 | 1.17% | 15,466 | 43.51% | 35,540 |
| Lowndes | 1,756 | 23.34% | 5,747 | 76.39% | 20 | 0.27% | -3,991 | -53.05% | 7,523 |
| Macon | 1,331 | 12.80% | 9,045 | 87.00% | 20 | 0.20% | -7,714 | -74.20% | 10,396 |
| Madison | 90,884 | 58.47% | 62,015 | 39.90% | 2,529 | 1.63% | 28,869 | 18.57% | 155,428 |
| Marengo | 5,336 | 46.23% | 6,167 | 53.43% | 40 | 0.34% | -831 | -7.20% | 11,543 |
| Marion | 9,697 | 79.95% | 2,249 | 18.54% | 183 | 1.51% | 7,448 | 61.41% | 12,129 |
| Marshall | 25,867 | 79.24% | 6,299 | 19.30% | 478 | 1.46% | 19,568 | 59.94% | 32,644 |
| Mobile | 94,893 | 54.18% | 78,760 | 44.97% | 1,487 | 0.85% | 16,133 | 9.21% | 175,140 |
| Monroe | 5,741 | 53.57% | 4,914 | 45.85% | 62 | 0.58% | 827 | 7.72% | 10,717 |
| Montgomery | 38,332 | 37.56% | 63,085 | 61.81% | 650 | 0.63% | -24,753 | -24.25% | 102,067 |
| Morgan | 35,391 | 71.56% | 13,439 | 27.17% | 629 | 1.27% | 21,952 | 44.39% | 49,459 |
| Perry | 1,506 | 24.68% | 4,568 | 74.87% | 27 | 0.45% | -3,062 | -50.19% | 6,101 |
| Pickens | 5,124 | 53.26% | 4,455 | 46.30% | 42 | 0.44% | 669 | 6.96% | 9,621 |
| Pike | 7,963 | 56.38% | 6,035 | 42.73% | 125 | 0.89% | 1,928 | 13.65% | 14,123 |
| Randolph | 7,224 | 69.32% | 3,078 | 29.54% | 119 | 1.14% | 4,146 | 39.78% | 10,421 |
| Russell | 8,278 | 43.78% | 10,500 | 55.53% | 132 | 0.69% | -2,222 | -11.75% | 18,910 |
| Shelby | 71,436 | 77.03% | 20,051 | 21.62% | 1,255 | 1.35% | 51,385 | 55.41% | 92,742 |
| St. Clair | 29,031 | 82.39% | 5,801 | 16.46% | 403 | 1.15% | 23,230 | 65.93% | 35,235 |
| Sumter | 1,586 | 22.56% | 5,421 | 77.11% | 23 | 0.33% | -3,835 | -54.55% | 7,030 |
| Talladega | 19,246 | 57.60% | 13,905 | 41.61% | 265 | 0.79% | 5,341 | 15.99% | 33,416 |
| Tallapoosa | 12,396 | 65.76% | 6,319 | 33.52% | 136 | 0.72% | 6,077 | 32.24% | 18,851 |
| Tuscaloosa | 45,748 | 58.08% | 32,048 | 40.68% | 976 | 1.24% | 13,700 | 17.40% | 78,772 |
| Walker | 21,651 | 75.74% | 6,557 | 22.94% | 377 | 1.32% | 15,094 | 52.80% | 28,585 |
| Washington | 5,761 | 65.56% | 2,976 | 33.87% | 50 | 0.57% | 2,785 | 31.69% | 8,787 |
| Wilcox | 1,679 | 25.61% | 4,868 | 74.26% | 8 | 0.13% | -3,189 | -48.65% | 6,555 |
| Winston | 8,312 | 85.44% | 1,286 | 13.22% | 130 | 1.34% | 7,026 | 72.22% | 9,728 |
| Totals | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 795,696 | 38.36% | 22,717 | 1.09% | 460,229 | 22.19% | 2,074,338 |
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Romney won six of seven congressional districts.[18]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
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| 1st | 61.84% | 37.4% | Jo Bonner |
| 2nd | 62.9% | 36.4% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 62.3% | 36.8% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 74.8% | 23.98% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 63.87% | 34.85% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 74.3% | 24.66% | Spencer Bachus |
| 7th | 27.12% | 72.4% | Terri Sewell |
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