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2012 United States presidential election in Alabama

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 United States presidential election in Alabama
country	Alabama
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 United States presidential election in Alabama
previous_year	2008
election_date	November 6, 2012
next_election	2016 United States presidential election in Alabama
next_year	2016
turnout	73.2%
image_size	x200px
image1	File:Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
nominee1	Mitt Romney
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Massachusetts
running_mate1	Paul Ryan
electoral_vote1	9
popular_vote1	1,255,925
percentage1	60.55%
map_image	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	Barack Obama
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Barack Obama
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
image2	File:President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
nominee2	Barack Obama
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Illinois
running_mate2	Joe Biden
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	795,696
percentage2	38.36%

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election

| [[File:Alabama Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|300px]] | County results | [[File:AL-12-pres-districts.svg|300px]] | Congressional district results}} Romney Obama The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine 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.

In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John 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 safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory. While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2024 presidential election.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack 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. Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama. Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.{{Infobox election The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote

Republican primary

The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses. Rick Santorum was declared the winner.

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count	AP
CNN
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

General election

Polling

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election#Alabama

Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Huffington Post		November 6, 2012
CNN		November 6, 2012
The New York Times		November 6, 2012
The Washington Post		November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics		November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight		November 6, 2012

Candidate ballot access

Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic
Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican
Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian
Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green
Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution Write-in candidate access:
Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
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

By county

County	Mitt Romney
Republican	Barack Obama
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,255,925	60.55%	795,696	38.36%	22,717	1.09%	460,229	22.19%	2,074,338
	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

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

;Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Barbour (largest city: Eufaula)
Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

By congressional district

Romney won six of seven congressional districts.

District	Romney	Representative
61.84%	37.4%	Jo Bonner
62.9%	36.4%	Martha Roby
62.3%	36.8%	Mike Rogers
74.8%	23.98%	Robert Aderholt
63.87%	34.85%	Mo Brooks
74.3%	24.66%	Spencer Bachus
27.12%	72.4%	Terri Sewell

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