2012 United States presidential election in Maryland Turnout 74.00%[ 1] County results Congressional district results Precinct results Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Romney
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
The2012 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose 10 electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote pittingincumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden , againstRepublican challenger and formerMassachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan .
Maryland is one of six states where Obama performed better in 2012 than in 2008, with his percentage of the vote increasing from 61.92% to 61.97%. He flippedSomerset County but lostKent County which he won in2008 . In this election, Maryland voted 22.21% to the left of the nation at-large.[ 2]
As of the2024 presidential election , this is the last time a Republican wonAnne Arundel County and a Democrat wonSomerset County .
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2012Maryland Republican presidential primary April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03 )
County results Congressional district results Romney: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60%Santorum: 40–50% 50–60%
The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as theDistrict of Columbia Republican primary and theWisconsin Republican primary .[ 3]
Green National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote[ 6] [ 7] Candidate Delegates Percentage Jill Stein 5 83% Roseanne Barr 1 17% Others - - Total 6 100%
Libertarian primary [ edit ] Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote[ 8] Candidate Delegates Percentage Gary Johnson 9 64% R. Lee Wrights 4 29% Carl Person 1 7% Others - - Total 14 100%
County Barack Obama Mitt Romney Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Allegany 9,805 32.85% 19,230 64.42% 815 2.73% -9,425 -31.57% 29,850 Anne Arundel 126,635 48.68% 126,832 48.75% 6,688 2.57% -197 -0.07% 260,155 Baltimore 220,322 57.26% 154,908 40.26% 9,552 2.48% 65,414 17.00% 384,782 Baltimore City 221,478 87.19% 28,171 11.09% 4,356 1.71% 193,307 76.10% 254,005 Calvert 20,529 45.10% 23,952 52.62% 1,037 2.28% -3,423 -7.52% 45,518 Caroline 4,970 37.21% 8,098 60.63% 289 2.16% -3,128 -23.42% 13,357 Carroll 27,939 31.92% 56,761 64.84% 2,836 3.24% -28,822 -32.92% 87,536 Cecil 16,557 38.98% 24,806 58.39% 1,117 2.63% -8,249 -19.41% 42,480 Charles 48,774 64.84% 25,178 33.47% 1,270 1.69% 23,596 31.37% 75,222 Dorchester 7,257 46.99% 7,976 51.64% 211 1.37% -719 -4.65% 15,444 Frederick 55,146 47.09% 58,798 50.21% 3,171 2.71% -3,652 -3.12% 117,115 Garrett 3,124 23.74% 9,743 74.05% 290 2.20% -6,619 -50.31% 13,157 Harford 49,729 39.48% 72,911 57.89% 3,314 2.63% -23,182 -18.41% 125,954 Howard 91,393 59.69% 57,758 37.72% 3,957 2.58% 33,635 21.97% 153,108 Kent 4,842 48.89% 4,870 49.17% 192 1.94% -28 -0.28% 9,904 Montgomery 323,400 70.92% 123,353 27.05% 9,239 2.03% 200,047 43.87% 455,992 Prince George's 347,938 89.73% 35,734 9.22% 4,072 1.05% 312,204 80.51% 387,744 Queen Anne's 8,556 34.38% 15,823 63.58% 509 2.05% -7,267 -29.20% 24,888 St. Mary's 19,711 41.22% 26,797 56.03% 1,316 2.75% -7,086 -14.81% 47,824 Somerset 5,240 50.39% 5,042 48.49% 117 1.13% 198 1.90% 10,399 Talbot 8,808 43.05% 11,339 55.42% 312 1.53% -2,531 -12.37% 20,459 Washington 25,042 39.90% 36,074 57.48% 1,639 2.61% -11,032 -17.58% 62,755 Wicomico 19,635 46.46% 21,764 51.50% 860 2.04% -2,129 -5.04% 42,259 Worcester 11,014 40.17% 15,951 58.17% 455 1.66% -4,937 -18.00% 27,420 Totals 1,677,844 61.97% 971,869 35.90% 57,614 2.13% 705,975 26.07% 2,707,327
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County that flipped from Democratic to Republican County that flipped from Republican to Democratic By congressional district [ edit ] Obama won seven of the state's eight congressional districts.[ 17]
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