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The2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Wyoming voters chose three 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.
Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safered state. Romney carried the state with 68.64% to Obama's 27.82%, withLibertarianGary Johnson taking 2.14%.
With 68.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Romney's second strongest state in the 2012 election after neighboringUtah.[1] As of the2024 election, this is the last time thatAlbany County failed to back the overall winner of the Electoral College, and presidency.
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The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012.[2] The results of the conventions were reported on Saturday, March 10, 2012, the same day on which theGuam,Kansas, andVirgin Islands caucuses were held. After narrowly beating Santorum during the precinct caucuses in February, Romney went on to win the county conventions decisively.[3]
The caucuses took place over a number of days to accommodate the state's geographic size and sparse population, particularly ranchers in the midst of calving season. The entire process of nominating Wyoming's delegates lasts from February until April.[4]
The precinct caucuses that took place from February 11 to February 29 were the only stage of the Wyoming Republican caucuses in which every registered Wyoming Republican was eligible to participate.[5] No delegates were chosen during this stage.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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 Mitt Romney | 822 | 38.99% |
| Rick Santorum | 673 | 31.93% |
| Ron Paul | 439 | 20.83% |
| Newt Gingrich | 165 | 7.83% |
| Others | 9 | 0.43% |
| Total: | 2,108 | 100.00% |
Delegates were chosen at county conventions on March 6–10 and the state convention on April 12–14.
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| Candidate | County Conventions | State | Party leaders | Total | |
| Mitt Romney | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 | |
| Rick Santorum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ron Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 14 | 3 | 29 | |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Huffington Post[9] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN[10] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| New York Times[11] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| Washington Post[12] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics[13] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] | Solid R | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight[15] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
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| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 170,962 | 68.64% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 69,286 | 27.82% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 5,326 | 2.14% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | Write-Ins | 2,035 | 0.82% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 1,452 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| Totals | 249,061 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| County | Mitt Romney Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| Albany | 7,866 | 48.26% | 7,458 | 45.75% | 976 | 5.99% | 408 | 2.51% | 16,300 |
| Big Horn | 4,285 | 80.48% | 868 | 16.30% | 171 | 3.21% | 3,417 | 64.18% | 5,324 |
| Campbell | 14,953 | 85.10% | 2,163 | 12.31% | 455 | 2.59% | 12,790 | 72.79% | 17,571 |
| Carbon | 4,148 | 63.73% | 2,110 | 32.42% | 251 | 3.86% | 2,038 | 31.31% | 6,509 |
| Converse | 5,043 | 79.50% | 1,089 | 17.17% | 211 | 3.32% | 3,954 | 62.33% | 6,343 |
| Crook | 3,109 | 84.37% | 426 | 11.56% | 150 | 4.07% | 2,683 | 72.81% | 3,685 |
| Fremont | 11,075 | 65.38% | 5,333 | 31.48% | 531 | 3.13% | 5,742 | 33.90% | 16,939 |
| Goshen | 4,178 | 71.96% | 1,458 | 25.11% | 170 | 2.93% | 2,720 | 46.85% | 5,806 |
| Hot Springs | 1,895 | 75.35% | 523 | 20.80% | 97 | 3.86% | 1,372 | 54.55% | 2,515 |
| Johnson | 3,363 | 78.96% | 749 | 17.59% | 147 | 3.45% | 2,614 | 61.37% | 4,259 |
| Laramie | 23,904 | 60.51% | 14,295 | 36.19% | 1,306 | 3.31% | 9,609 | 24.32% | 39,505 |
| Lincoln | 7,144 | 82.90% | 1,287 | 14.93% | 187 | 2.17% | 5,857 | 67.97% | 8,618 |
| Natrona | 22,132 | 68.37% | 8,961 | 27.68% | 1,280 | 3.96% | 13,171 | 40.69% | 32,373 |
| Niobrara | 1,022 | 80.09% | 200 | 15.67% | 54 | 4.23% | 822 | 64.42% | 1,276 |
| Park | 11,234 | 76.90% | 2,927 | 20.04% | 447 | 3.06% | 8,307 | 56.86% | 14,608 |
| Platte | 3,136 | 69.21% | 1,223 | 26.99% | 172 | 3.80% | 1,913 | 42.22% | 4,531 |
| Sheridan | 10,267 | 71.69% | 3,618 | 25.26% | 437 | 3.05% | 6,649 | 46.43% | 14,322 |
| Sublette | 3,472 | 79.34% | 767 | 17.53% | 137 | 3.13% | 2,705 | 61.81% | 4,376 |
| Sweetwater | 11,428 | 67.64% | 4,774 | 28.26% | 693 | 4.10% | 6,654 | 39.38% | 16,895 |
| Teton | 4,858 | 42.38% | 6,213 | 54.20% | 393 | 3.43% | -1,355 | -11.82% | 11,464 |
| Uinta | 6,615 | 77.47% | 1,628 | 19.07% | 296 | 3.46% | 4,978 | 58.40% | 8,539 |
| Washakie | 3,014 | 76.42% | 794 | 20.13% | 136 | 3.45% | 2,220 | 56.29% | 3,944 |
| Weston | 2,821 | 83.98% | 422 | 12.56% | 116 | 3.45% | 2,399 | 71.42% | 3,359 |
| Total | 170,962 | 68.64% | 69,286 | 27.82% | 8,813 | 3.54% | 101,676 | 40.82% | 249,061 |
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Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
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| At-large | 68.64% | 27.82% | Cynthia Lummis |
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