The2012 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Idaho voters chose four 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 . Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safered state . Romney and Ryan carried Idaho with 64.09% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 32.40%, thus winning the state's four electoral votes.[ 1] Utah ,Wyoming andOklahoma .[ 2] McCain's performance in 2008, expanding his margin from 25.3% to 31.69% and flippingTeton County which had previously voted for Obama.
Democratic caucuses [ edit ] President Obama ran unopposed in the caucuses. The District cast all 31 of its delegate votes at the2012 Democratic National Convention for Obama.[ 3]
2012 Idaho Democratic presidential primary[ 4] Candidate State convention delegates Percentage Delegates Barack Obama (incumbent) 1,400 100% 27 Unpledged delegates: 4 Total: 1,400 100% 31
Republican caucuses [ edit ] 2012Idaho Republican presidential caucuses Idaho results by county
Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
Ron Paul
The Republican caucuses took place onSuper Tuesday , March 6, 2012.[ 5] [ 6] Idaho Republican Party .[ 7] Ron Paul ,Mitt Romney ,Rick Santorum ,Newt Gingrich , andBuddy Roemer . Although Roemer had withdrawn from the Republican race before the Idaho caucus, he still appeared on the ballot.[ 8]
Idaho has 32 delegates to the Republican national convention, of which 3 are RNC and 29 are AL.[clarification needed The 3 RNC delegates pledged to go with the results of the Boise Straw Poll.[citation needed The delegates will be determined by the caucuses results, based on a two-step approach. First, the delegates are primarily awarded winner-take-all by county after a series of votes in which candidates are successively removed from the ballot. Then, if a candidate receives half or more of the county delegates, they will receive all the 32 delegates; if not, the delegates will be split proportionately according to the number of county delegates.[ 9] Panhandle , winning five counties each, but came away empty in the delegate count.
Despite a complete lack of formal polling in the state,[ 9] straw polls conducted in Idaho, three of which were online. Ron Paul won three of these,[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
[ edit ] This was the first ever Idaho straw poll.[ 14] [ 10]
January 6 Boise poll [ edit ] This poll used paper ballots and was conducted inBoise . Ron Paul won this poll.Rick Perry's campaign , although still active in the race at this time, did not participate.[ 11]
[ edit ] This online straw poll was also produced by Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises. Mitt Romney won the poll by a small margin.[ 13]
[ edit ] This poll was also produced by Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises. Ron Paul won by a double-digit margin.[ 12]
Results:[ 15] [ 16]
County Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Total Winner Ada 307 1766 4233 1866 8172 Romney Adams 0 85 132 0 217 Romney Bannock 24 254 1614 146 2038 Romney Bear Lake 2 15 308 19 344 Romney Benewah 24 90 26 145 265 Santorum Bingham 27 215 2172 150 2564 Romney Blaine 47 79 230 23 379 Romney Boise 0 128 163 0 291 Romney Bonner 0 555 0 487 1042 Paul Bonneville 65 481 3044 235 3825 Romney Boundary 0 193 64 101 358 Paul Butte 10 25 153 23 211 Romney Camas 0 40 38 0 78 Paul Canyon 0 617 2056 1296 3969 Romney Caribou 7 22 336 26 391 Romney Cassia 28 143 1279 144 1594 Romney Clark 2 8 88 17 115 Romney Clearwater 0 85 0 151 236 Santorum Custer 19 48 98 24 189 Romney Elmore 0 158 281 0 439 Romney Franklin 4 105 856 29 994 Romney Fremont 12 76 726 38 852 Romney Gem 0 150 379 143 672 Romney Gooding 47 84 299 86 516 Romney Idaho 0 284 0 191 475 Paul Jefferson 11 212 1642 114 1979 Romney Jerome 28 74 331 101 534 Romney Kootenai 0 496 0 674 1170 Santorum Latah 78 509 197 188 972 Paul Lemhi 44 60 217 64 385 Romney Lewis 0 0 25 44 69 Santorum Lincoln 14 11 147 49 221 Romney Madison 7 260 2510 50 2827 Romney Minidoka 22 80 653 92 847 Romney Nez Perce 0 127 124 0 251 Paul Oneida 3 39 241 18 301 Romney Owyhee 0 0 177 263 440 Santorum Payette 0 0 428 302 730 Romney Power 9 13 287 38 347 Romney Shoshone 0 0 63 74 137 Santorum Teton 13 44 295 26 378 Romney Twin Falls 83 332 1228 409 2052 Romney Valley 0 123 152 0 275 Romney Washington 0 0 222 269 491 Santorum
Notes
That these totals reflect thefinal caucus ballots in each county; where only two candidates have votes totaled, this was likely from other candidates being eliminated in previous rounds of voting. Where all candidates have at least one vote, only one ballot was necessary, since the winning candidate had a majority of votes in that county. Vote totals for Buddy Roemer, who had formally withdrawn from the Republican race before the caucus, are not provided. Candidate ballot access [ edit ] County Mitt Romney Barack Obama Various candidates Margin Total # % # % # % # % Ada 97,554 53.53% 77,137 42.33% 7,555 4.14% 20,417 11.20% 182,246 Adams 1,413 68.56% 577 28.00% 71 3.44% 836 40.56% 2,061 Bannock 21,010 59.14% 13,214 37.20% 1,299 3.66% 7,796 21.94% 35,523 Bear Lake 2,489 88.20% 302 10.70% 31 1.10% 2,187 77.50% 2,822 Benewah 2,596 66.82% 1,164 29.96% 125 3.22% 1,432 36.86% 3,885 Bingham 13,440 76.03% 3,822 21.62% 416 2.35% 9,618 54.41% 17,678 Blaine 3,939 38.64% 5,992 58.78% 263 2.58% -2,053 -20.14% 10,194 Boise 2,284 66.28% 1,053 30.56% 109 3.16% 1,231 35.72% 3,446 Bonner 11,367 60.45% 6,500 34.57% 936 4.98% 4,867 25.88% 18,803 Bonneville 32,276 74.68% 9,903 22.91% 1,038 2.41% 22,373 51.77% 43,217 Boundary 3,138 69.06% 1,225 26.96% 181 3.98% 1,913 42.10% 4,544 Butte 1,001 77.84% 258 20.06% 27 2.10% 743 57.78% 1,286 Camas 402 69.55% 159 27.51% 17 2.94% 243 42.04% 578 Canyon 44,369 66.47% 19,866 29.76% 2,512 3.77% 24,503 36.71% 66,747 Caribou 2,608 85.45% 386 12.65% 58 1.90% 2,222 72.80% 3,052 Cassia 7,154 84.84% 1,098 13.02% 180 2.14% 6,056 71.82% 8,432 Clark 235 71.65% 66 20.12% 27 8.23% 169 51.53% 328 Clearwater 2,541 68.75% 1,032 27.92% 123 3.33% 1,509 40.83% 3,696 Custer 1,744 74.06% 530 22.51% 81 3.43% 1,214 51.55% 2,355 Elmore 5,227 65.31% 2,513 31.40% 263 3.29% 2,714 33.91% 8,003 Franklin 5,195 92.77% 325 5.80% 80 1.43% 4,870 86.97% 5,600 Fremont 4,907 84.57% 810 13.96% 85 1.47% 4,097 70.61% 5,802 Gem 5,311 70.90% 1,957 26.12% 223 2.98% 3,354 44.78% 7,491 Gooding 3,696 72.22% 1,287 25.15% 135 2.63% 2,409 47.07% 5,118 Idaho 5,921 75.52% 1,708 21.79% 211 2.69% 4,213 53.73% 7,840 Jefferson 9,895 86.94% 1,303 11.45% 183 1.61% 8,592 75.49% 11,381 Jerome 4,804 71.52% 1,699 25.29% 214 3.19% 3,105 46.23% 6,717 Kootenai 39,381 65.09% 18,851 31.16% 2,273 3.75% 20,530 33.93% 60,505 Latah 7,589 44.32% 8,306 48.51% 1,229 7.17% -717 -4.19% 17,124 Lemhi 3,029 73.70% 960 23.36% 121 2.94% 2,069 50.34% 4,110 Lewis 1,173 72.63% 396 24.52% 46 2.85% 777 48.11% 1,615 Lincoln 1,141 68.61% 469 28.20% 53 3.19% 672 40.41% 1,663 Madison 13,445 93.29% 832 5.77% 135 0.94% 12,613 87.52% 14,412 Minidoka 5,442 78.04% 1,390 19.93% 141 2.03% 4,052 58.11% 6,973 Nez Perce 9,967 58.65% 6,451 37.96% 575 3.39% 3,516 20.69% 16,993 Oneida 1,838 87.98% 217 10.39% 34 1.63% 1,621 77.59% 2,089 Owyhee 2,794 75.03% 833 22.37% 97 2.60% 1,961 52.66% 3,724 Payette 6,004 70.68% 2,271 26.73% 220 2.59% 3,733 43.95% 8,495 Power 1,870 64.39% 982 33.82% 52 1.79% 888 30.57% 2,904 Shoshone 2,699 52.43% 2,277 44.23% 172 3.34% 422 8.20% 5,148 Teton 2,458 54.34% 1,926 42.58% 139 3.08% 532 11.76% 4,523 Twin Falls 19,773 69.70% 7,541 26.58% 1,055 3.72% 12,232 43.12% 28,369 Valley 2,664 54.16% 2,095 42.59% 160 3.25% 569 11.57% 4,919 Washington 3,128 72.22% 1,104 25.49% 99 2.29% 2,024 46.73% 4,331 Totals 420,911 64.09% 212,787 32.40% 23,044 3.51% 208,124 31.69% 656,742
County Flips:Democratic Hold
Republican Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican By congressional district [ edit ] Romney won both congressional districts.[ 25]
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