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The 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. State voters chose ten 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.
Minnesota backed Obama for re-election, giving him 52.65% of the vote, while Republican challenger Mitt Romney took 44.96%, a victory margin of 7.69%. With ten Democratic wins in a row, Minnesota has the longest current streak of voting for the Democratic candidate in presidential elections of any state, having not voted Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. This is the longest streak for the Democrats in history amongst non-Southern states.[2]
However, Romney was able to significantly improve on McCain's performance in the North Star State, as he did nationally. Fourteen counties which voted for Obama in 2008 flipped and voted for the Republican Party in 2012, while many Democratic counties had a margin of victory much narrower than in 2008. Many of these counties had not voted for a Republican in decades, such as Big Stone County which only voted for a Republican only once since 1952 for Dwight D. Eisenhower until this election.[3]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the most recent time the Democratic candidate won the following counties: Beltrami, Chippewa, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Mahnomen, Mower, Norman, Rice, Swift, and Traverse. It is also, to date, the most recent time that Minnesota voted to the left of Colorado and Virginia, two former Republican strongholds that rapidly transitioned to being reliably blue in the 2010s.
Caucuses
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Minnesota results by county
Barack Obama
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2012 Minnesota Democratic caucus[4] | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
16,733 | 96.30% | 91 | |
Uncommited | 643 | 3.70% | 0 |
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Minnesota results by county
Rick Santorum
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The Republican caucuses were held on February 7, 2012.[5] The events coincided with the Colorado Republican caucuses as well as the Missouri Republican primary. Minnesota has a total of 40 delegates, 37 of which are tied to the caucuses while 3 are unpledged RNC delegates. The non-binding straw poll was won by Rick Santorum, but Ron Paul won 32 of the 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Election Reporting[6][7][8][9][10] | ||||
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Candidate | Votes | Delegates | ||
Total | Percentage | Total | Percentage | |
Rick Santorum | 21,988 | 44.95% | 2 | 5% |
13,282 | 27.15% | 32 | 80% | |
Mitt Romney | 8,240 | 16.85% | 1 | 2.5% |
Newt Gingrich | 5,263 | 10.76% | 0 | 0% |
Write-in | 143 | 0.29% | 0 | 0% |
Unpledged delegates: | 5 | 12.5% | ||
Total: | 48,916 | 100.0% | 40 | 100.0% |
Conventions
There is no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates in any step of the election process. At each meeting the participants decides what the best course of action is. The state convention can vote to bind the 13 at-large delegates to a candidate. The 24 delegates elected at the CD conventions and the 3 automatic (RNC) delegates are not legally bound to vote for a candidate.
- 17 February - 31 March: BPOU conventions elect delegates to the state convention and the congressional district conventions.
- 14–21 April: Eight congressional conventions elect 3 National Convention delegates each.
- 18–19 May: State convention elect 13 National Convention delegates.[11]
Convention Results[7][9][10] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | State | Party leaders |
Total |
2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 32 | |
Rick Santorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mitt Romney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
Total | 24 | 13 | 3 | 40 |
General election
Results
2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota[12] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
DFL | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 1,546,167 | 52.65% | 10 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,320,225 | 44.96% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 35,098 | 1.20% | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 13,023 | 0.44% | 0 | |
Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 3,722 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Grassroots | Jim Carlson | George McMahon | 3,149 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Justice | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 1,996 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Constitutional Government | Dean Morstad | Josh Franke-Hyland | 1,092 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Harris | Maura DeLuca | 1,051 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Socialism and Liberation | Peta Lindsay | Yari Osorio | 397 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Write-Ins | 10,641 | 0.36% | 0 | |||
Totals | 2,936,561 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
Voter turnout (eligible voters) | 75.74% |
By county
County | Obama % | Obama Votes | Romney % | Romney Votes | Others % | Others Votes | Total Votes |
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Aitkin | 48.26% | 4,412 | 49.58% | 4,533 | 2.15% | 197 | 9,142 |
Anoka | 47.52% | 88,611 | 50.11% | 93,430 | 2.37% | 4,420 | 186,461 |
Becker | 41.69% | 6,829 | 56.18% | 9,204 | 2.13% | 349 | 16,382 |
Beltrami | 53.59% | 11,818 | 43.70% | 9,637 | 2.70% | 596 | 22,051 |
Benton | 41.66% | 8,173 | 55.30% | 10,849 | 3.04% | 597 | 19,619 |
Big Stone | 48.23% | 1,345 | 49.66% | 1,385 | 2.12% | 59 | 2,789 |
Blue Earth | 53.00% | 18,164 | 43.52% | 14,916 | 3.48% | 1,194 | 34,274 |
Brown | 40.42% | 5,630 | 56.99% | 7,938 | 2.59% | 361 | 13,929 |
Carlton | 61.78% | 11,389 | 35.72% | 6,586 | 2.50% | 461 | 18,436 |
Carver | 39.22% | 20,745 | 58.90% | 31,155 | 1.89% | 999 | 52,899 |
Cass | 42.49% | 6,858 | 55.49% | 8,957 | 2.02% | 326 | 16,141 |
Chippewa | 49.72% | 3,083 | 47.85% | 2,967 | 2.44% | 151 | 6,201 |
Chisago | 42.54% | 12,524 | 55.12% | 16,227 | 2.34% | 690 | 29,441 |
Clay | 52.65% | 15,208 | 44.73% | 12,920 | 2.62% | 758 | 28,886 |
Clearwater | 41.77% | 1,753 | 56.21% | 2,359 | 2.03% | 85 | 4,197 |
Cook | 59.99% | 1,993 | 36.75% | 1,221 | 3.25% | 108 | 3,322 |
Cottonwood | 41.50% | 2,433 | 56.57% | 3,316 | 1.93% | 113 | 5,862 |
Crow Wing | 42.27% | 14,760 | 55.60% | 19,415 | 2.13% | 745 | 34,920 |
Dakota | 50.37% | 116,252 | 47.45% | 109,514 | 2.19% | 5,049 | 230,815 |
Dodge | 43.46% | 4,487 | 53.48% | 5,522 | 3.06% | 316 | 10,325 |
Douglas | 41.29% | 8,665 | 56.73% | 11,905 | 1.98% | 416 | 20,986 |
Faribault | 44.17% | 3,407 | 53.21% | 4,104 | 2.62% | 202 | 7,713 |
Fillmore | 52.45% | 5,713 | 45.11% | 4,913 | 2.44% | 266 | 10,892 |
Freeborn | 55.82% | 9,326 | 41.72% | 6,969 | 2.46% | 411 | 16,706 |
Goodhue | 47.33% | 12,212 | 50.33% | 12,986 | 2.34% | 603 | 25,801 |
Grant | 47.23% | 1,647 | 50.13% | 1,748 | 2.64% | 92 | 3,487 |
Hennepin | 62.34% | 423,979 | 35.30% | 240,073 | 2.35% | 16,007 | 680,059 |
Houston | 50.56% | 5,281 | 47.40% | 4,951 | 2.05% | 214 | 10,446 |
Hubbard | 40.59% | 4,676 | 57.48% | 6,622 | 1.93% | 222 | 11,520 |
Isanti | 39.69% | 8,024 | 57.75% | 11,675 | 2.56% | 518 | 20,217 |
Itasca | 53.73% | 12,852 | 43.90% | 10,500 | 2.37% | 566 | 23,918 |
Jackson | 41.77% | 2,268 | 56.06% | 3,044 | 2.17% | 118 | 5,430 |
Kanabec | 44.09% | 3,593 | 53.10% | 4,328 | 2.81% | 229 | 8,150 |
Kandiyohi | 45.68% | 9,806 | 52.36% | 11,239 | 1.96% | 420 | 21,465 |
Kittson | 51.32% | 1,241 | 45.29% | 1,095 | 3.39% | 82 | 2,418 |
Koochiching | 53.44% | 3,451 | 43.99% | 2,841 | 2.57% | 166 | 6,458 |
Lac Qui Parle | 49.55% | 1,974 | 48.64% | 1,938 | 1.81% | 72 | 3,984 |
Lake | 59.31% | 4,043 | 38.29% | 2,610 | 2.41% | 164 | 6,817 |
Lake of the Woods | 38.45% | 859 | 58.46% | 1,306 | 3.09% | 69 | 2,234 |
Le Sueur | 45.65% | 6,753 | 52.14% | 7,714 | 2.21% | 327 | 14,794 |
Lincoln | 45.80% | 1,428 | 51.12% | 1,594 | 3.08% | 96 | 3,118 |
Lyon | 44.11% | 5,465 | 53.23% | 6,595 | 2.66% | 329 | 12,389 |
Mahnomen | 58.48% | 1,276 | 39.92% | 871 | 1.60% | 35 | 2,182 |
Marshall | 42.53% | 1,998 | 54.68% | 2,569 | 2.79% | 131 | 4,698 |
Martin | 36.96% | 4,054 | 60.69% | 6,657 | 2.34% | 257 | 10,968 |
McLeod | 37.56% | 6,968 | 59.66% | 11,069 | 2.78% | 516 | 18,553 |
Meeker | 40.68% | 4,969 | 56.60% | 6,913 | 2.72% | 332 | 12,214 |
Mille Lacs | 44.53% | 5,829 | 53.10% | 6,951 | 2.38% | 311 | 13,091 |
Morrison | 36.81% | 6,153 | 60.78% | 10,159 | 2.41% | 402 | 16,714 |
Mower | 60.03% | 11,129 | 37.42% | 6,938 | 2.55% | 472 | 18,539 |
Murray | 45.31% | 2,160 | 52.53% | 2,504 | 2.16% | 103 | 4,767 |
Nicollet | 52.58% | 9,652 | 44.75% | 8,214 | 2.67% | 491 | 18,357 |
Nobles | 44.52% | 3,793 | 53.77% | 4,581 | 1.71% | 146 | 8,520 |
Norman | 53.94% | 1,730 | 43.16% | 1,384 | 2.90% | 93 | 3,207 |
Olmsted | 50.23% | 39,338 | 47.03% | 36,832 | 2.74% | 2,146 | 78,316 |
Otter Tail | 38.41% | 12,165 | 59.55% | 18,860 | 2.04% | 645 | 31,670 |
Pennington | 46.41% | 3,024 | 50.71% | 3,304 | 2.89% | 188 | 6,516 |
Pine | 48.34% | 6,750 | 49.02% | 6,845 | 2.65% | 370 | 13,965 |
Pipestone | 37.13% | 1,725 | 60.83% | 2,826 | 2.04% | 95 | 4,646 |
Polk | 46.10% | 6,773 | 51.83% | 7,615 | 2.08% | 305 | 14,693 |
Pope | 47.73% | 2,981 | 50.30% | 3,142 | 1.97% | 123 | 6,246 |
Ramsey | 66.33% | 184,936 | 31.13% | 86,799 | 2.54% | 7,086 | 278,821 |
Red Lake | 46.99% | 928 | 49.52% | 978 | 3.49% | 69 | 1,975 |
Redwood | 38.61% | 3,008 | 58.66% | 4,570 | 2.72% | 212 | 7,790 |
Renville | 44.02% | 3,394 | 53.81% | 4,149 | 2.17% | 167 | 7,710 |
Rice | 52.85% | 17,054 | 44.58% | 14,384 | 2.57% | 829 | 32,267 |
Rock | 40.16% | 1,946 | 57.99% | 2,810 | 1.86% | 90 | 4,846 |
Roseau | 37.70% | 2,772 | 59.97% | 4,409 | 2.33% | 171 | 7,352 |
Saint Louis | 63.48% | 73,378 | 33.85% | 39,131 | 2.67% | 3,085 | 115,594 |
Scott | 41.47% | 29,712 | 56.28% | 40,323 | 2.25% | 1,612 | 71,647 |
Sherburne | 37.84% | 17,597 | 59.88% | 27,848 | 2.29% | 1,064 | 46,509 |
Sibley | 37.31% | 2,916 | 60.05% | 4,693 | 2.64% | 206 | 7,815 |
Stearns | 42.75% | 33,551 | 54.81% | 43,015 | 2.44% | 1911 | 78,477 |
Steele | 45.52% | 8,706 | 51.78% | 9,903 | 2.69% | 515 | 19,124 |
Stevens | 48.51% | 2,742 | 48.94% | 2,766 | 2.55% | 144 | 5,652 |
Swift | 53.74% | 2,751 | 43.91% | 2,248 | 2.34% | 120 | 5,119 |
Todd | 40.83% | 4,819 | 56.93% | 6,719 | 2.25% | 265 | 11,803 |
Traverse | 51.06% | 942 | 46.61% | 860 | 2.33% | 43 | 1,845 |
Wabasha | 46.03% | 5,415 | 51.42% | 6,049 | 2.54% | 299 | 11,763 |
Wadena | 36.70% | 2,492 | 61.02% | 4,143 | 2.28% | 155 | 6,790 |
Waseca | 44.83% | 4,370 | 52.49% | 5,116 | 2.68% | 261 | 9,747 |
Washington | 49.39% | 70,203 | 48.64% | 69,137 | 1.97% | 2,793 | 142,133 |
Watonwan | 48.48% | 2,494 | 48.93% | 2,517 | 2.59% | 133 | 5,144 |
Wilkin | 39.04% | 1,258 | 58.47% | 1,884 | 2.48% | 80 | 3,222 |
Winona | 55.01% | 14,980 | 42.16% | 11,480 | 2.83% | 772 | 27,232 |
Wright | 37.95% | 25,739 | 59.67% | 40,468 | 2.37% | 1,609 | 67,816 |
Yellow Medicine | 45.53% | 2,465 | 51.83% | 2,806 | 2.64% | 143 | 5,414 |
Minnesota Total | 52.65% | 1,546,021 | 44.95% | 1,320,048 | 2.38% | 70,139 | 2,936,208 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Aitkin (largest city: Aitkin)
- Big Stone (largest city: Ortonville)
- Grant (largest city: Elbow Lake)
- Lincoln (largest city: Tyler)
- Marshall (largest city: Warren)
- Murray (largest city: Slayton)
- Pennington (largest city: Thief River Falls)
- Pine (largest city: Pine City)
- Polk (largest city: East Grand Forks)
- Pope (largest city: Glenwood)
- Red Lake (largest city: Red Lake Falls)
- Stevens (largest city: Morris)
- Watonwan (largest city: St. James)
- Yellow Medicine (largest city: Granite Falls)
Results by congressional district
Obama won 6 of 8 congressional districts, including two held by Republicans. Romney won 2, including one held by a Democrat.[13]
District | Obama | Romney | Representative |
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1st | 49.56% | 48.21% | Tim Walz |
2nd | 49.07% | 49.01% | John Kline |
3rd | 49.6% | 48.8% | Erik Paulsen |
4th | 62.48% | 35.5% | Betty McCollum |
5th | 73.5% | 24% | Keith Ellison |
6th | 41.54% | 56.49% | Michele Bachmann |
7th | 44.13% | 53.87% | Collin Peterson |
8th | 51.7% | 46.22% | Rick Nolan |
See also
- United States presidential elections in Minnesota
- 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
- 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
References
- ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ "Will Vermont's 27-Cycle GOP Presidential Streak Ever Be Broken?". Smart Politics. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Presidential Preference by County". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ Scheck, Tom (September 30, 2011). "MNGOP keeping Feb. 7 Caucus date". Capitol View. Minnesota Public Radio.
- ^ "Election Reporting System: Statewide Results for Republican Party". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "Paul supporters chosen as delegates in three congressional districts". Pierce County Herald. April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ Anderson, Pat (21 April 2012). "Ron Paul gets 20/24 Congressional District delegates. CD4 3, CD2 3, CD8 2, CD1 2 #mngop #mnleg". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Rep. Paul supporters elected to half of Minnesota GOP convention delegation". Pierce County Herald. April 22, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b "Ron Paul Wins Minnesota State Convention". Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Republican Party of Minnesota Events". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Minnesota Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved 11 August 2020.