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Delegate count  | 3,514 | 72  | 23
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Percentage  | 90.1% | 5.0%  | 1.3%

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From January 3 to June 5, 2012, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 2012 United States presidential election. President Barack Obama won the Democratic Party nomination by securing more than the required 2,383 delegates on April 3, 2012, after a series of primary elections and caucuses. He was formally nominated by the 2012 Democratic National Convention on September 5, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina.[2]

## Primary race overview

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The general expectation was that, with President Barack Obama having the advantage of incumbency and being the only viable candidate running, the race would be merely pro forma. Independent progressive Vermont senator Bernie Sanders reportedly considered challenging Obama in the primaries but decided not to run after then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talked him out of it (He would later run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 2016 and 2020).[3]

Several of the lesser-known candidates made efforts to raise visibility. Some Occupy movement activists made an attempt to take over the Iowa caucuses,[4] and got about 2% of the vote for Uncommitted. With nine minor candidates on the ballot in New Hampshire, there was a debate at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire on December 19, 2011,[5] in which seven candidates participated. Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry bought time on television in order to show graphic commercials denouncing abortion.[6]

Three candidates – other than Obama – who had been on the ballot in New Hampshire were also on the ballot in Missouri. One such candidate, Randall Terry, attempted to air graphic TV commercials during Super Bowl XLIV, but was met with resistance from various TV stations[7][8] in some locations. The Democratic National Committee also tried to stop the ads by claiming that Terry was not a legitimate Democratic candidate even though he was legally on the ballot.[9]

A number of partisans of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, challenging the legitimacy of Obama's birthright citizenship, attempted to have the President's name removed from the Georgia primary ballot. A state administrative judge upheld a subpoena, which was ignored by the President and his staff.[10] In February 2012, the activists' legal challenge was rejected by a Georgia state law judge and by the Secretary of State of Georgia, and Obama remained listed on the primary ballot.[11][12]

On May 8, 2012, Keith Russell Judd, an inmate serving a 17.5-year sentence, won 41% of the primary vote in West Virginia against incumbent Barack Obama, a higher percentage of the vote in one state than any other primary opponent of Obama had hitherto achieved in 2012.[13][14] Shortly thereafter, attorney John Wolfe, Jr. won 42% of the primary vote in Arkansas after widespread speculation that Wolfe could possibly pull off an upset of the state.[15]

Challengers to President Obama only qualified for the ballot in eight states – New Hampshire, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Alaska – while a ninth (Ohio) was going to have Randall Terry on the ballot, but removed his name before the ballots were printed. Randall Terry also attempted to contest the Kansas caucus, but was denied a spot on the caucus ballot after the state's Democratic Party determined that he didn't meet the requirements.[16]

Darcy Richardson suspended his bid for the nomination on April 28, 2012. He still appeared on the ballot in Texas and was an eligible write-in candidate in California after suspending his campaign.[17]

Four states canceled their respective Democratic primaries altogether, citing Obama being the only candidate to qualify on their respective ballot: Connecticut,[18] Delaware,[19] New York,[20] and Virginia.[21]

Despite the limited opposition and ultimately receiving 100% of the pledged delegates, Obama's total percentage of the national popular primary vote was the lowest of any incumbent since the contested 1992 election when George H. W. Bush was challenged by Pat Buchanan.

Even without any clear candidate opposition, Obama faced a considerable amount of resistance in several southern states such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. None of the three had been contested by the same anti-Obama candidate, yet ran significant margins, to the point some speculated he would lose these contests.

## Performance of losing candidates

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Obama was on the ballot in all states, where he ran mostly unopposed. In addition to Obama, the following table lists those candidates that attained ballot status in at least one state,[22] as well as those states that listed "Uncommitted"[23] or "No Preference"[24] as an option:

Candidate  | Votes  | Delegates  | States on ballot

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| "Uncommitted" or "No Preference"  | 426,336  | 72  | 9 (AL, DC, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, RI, TN)
| John Wolfe, Jr. | 117,033  | 0 (23) | 5 (AR, LA, MO, NH, TX)
| Darcy Richardson  | 109,764  | 0  | 5 (LA, MO, NH, OK, TX)
| Keith Russell Judd[25] | 73,138  | 0 (1) | 1 (WV)
| Bob Ely | 29,947  | 0  | 4 (LA, NH, OK, TX)
| Randall Terry | 22,734  | 0 (7) | 4 (AK, MO, NH, OK)
| Jim Rogers  | 15,535  | 0 (3) | 1 (OK)
| Ed Cowan  | 945  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Vermin Supreme | 833  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| John D. Haywood  | 423  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Craig Freis  | 400  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Cornelius Edward O'Connor  | 266  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Edward T. O'Donnell  | 222  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Bob Greene  | 213  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Scott W. Stey  | 155  | 0  | 1 (NH)
| Aldous C. Tyler  | 106  | 0  | 1 (NH)

### Second-place by state

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Map of second-place candidates in the 2012 Democratic presidential primaries
Keith Russell Judd Ron Paul Darcy Richardson John Wolfe Jr. Randall Terry
Uncommitted/other No second-place finisher No primary held/ no info available

### Counties carried

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Barack Obama John Wolfe Jr. Keith Russell Judd Bob Ely Randall Terry Jim Rogers
Uncommitted Tie No votes/information available

## Candidates

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### Nominee

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Candidate  | Most recent office  | Home state  | Campaign

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Barack Obama |  |  | President of the United States
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### Withdrew during primaries

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* Perennial candidate and prisoner Keith Russell Judd of Texas

* Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry of West Virginia
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* Author Darcy Richardson of Florida
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* Perennial candidate and 2010 Democratic US Senate nominee Jim Rogers of Oklahoma

* Performance artist Vermin Supreme of New Hampshire
(website)

* Attorney and perennial candidate John Wolfe Jr. of Tennessee
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## Delegate allocation

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See also: United States presidential primary § Process

The number of pledged delegates allocated to each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. is based on two main factors: (1) the proportion of votes each state gave to the Democratic candidate in the last three presidential elections, and (2) the number of electoral votes each state has in the United States Electoral College. In addition, fixed numbers of delegates are allocated to Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad under the party's delegate selection rules.[26] Depending on each state's law and each state's party rules, when voters cast ballots for a candidate in a presidential caucus or primary, they may be voting to actually award delegates bound to vote for a particular candidate at the state or national convention (binding primary or caucus), or they may simply be expressing an opinion that the state party is not bound to follow in selecting delegates to the national convention (non-binding primary or caucus).

States are awarded bonus pledged delegates if they schedule their primary or caucus later in the primary season. Those states with April dates are awarded a 10 percent increase, while those who schedule from May 1 to June 12 get a 20 percent increase. And starting on March 20, a 15 percent bonus is awarded when clusters of three or more neighboring states begin on the same day.[26]

The unpledged superdelegates included members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, state and territorial governors, members of the Democratic National Committee, and other party leaders. Because of possible deaths, resignations, or the results of intervening or special elections, the final number of these superdelegates was not known until the week of the convention.

Some delegates committed to candidates other than the President were not permitted to be elected in contested primaries for administrative reasons.[27][28][29]

## Calendar

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Main article: Timeline of the 2012 United States presidential election

See also: United States presidential primary

### Primary schedule

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The date for the first determining step for election of pledged delegates, is listed for each of the 56 constituencies. Northern Mariana Islands caucuses were only organized for Republicans and not for Democrats in 2012.

Date in 2012[30] | State or territory  | Type[30] | Pledged delegates  | Super-delegates | Total delegates[26] | Obama #  | Obama %  | Other #  | Other %  | Source

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January 3 | Iowa | nonbinding caucus  | 54  | 11  | 65  | 8,064  | 98.9%  | 88  | 1.1%  | [31]
January 10 | New Hampshire | semi-closed primary  | 28  | 7  | 35  | 49,080  | 81.3%  | 11,295  | 18.7%  | [32]
January 21 | Nevada | nonbinding caucus  | 36  | 8  | 44  |  | 98.3%  |  | 1.7%  | [33]
January 28 | South Carolina | open primary  | 56  | 6  | 62  |  | 100%  |  | 0%  |
February 7 | Missouri | primary  | 89  | 13  | 102  | 64,435  | 88.4%  | 8,453  | 11.6%  | [34]
March 6 | Oklahoma | primary  | 45  | 5  | 50  | 64,389  | 57.1%  | 48,382  | 42.9%  | [35]
March 6 | Massachusetts | primary  | 110  | 26  | 136  | 127,909  | 86.5%  | 19,964  | 13.5%  | [36]
March 6 | Colorado | caucus  | 72  | 14  | 86  |  | 100%  |  | 0%  |
March 6 | Ohio | primary  | 174  | 17  | 191  | 542,086  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [37]
March 6 | Tennessee | primary  | 82  | 9  | 91  | 80,705  | 88.5%  | 10,504  | 11.5%  | [38]
March 6 | Georgia | primary  | 110  | 14  | 124  | 139,273  | 100%  | (0%)  | 0%  | [39]
March 6 | Virginia | primary  | 106  | 18  | 124  | (0%)#  | 0%  | (0%)  |  |
March 6 | Vermont | primary  | 18  | 9  | 27  | 40,247  | 98.4%  | 675  | 1.6%  | [40]
March 6 | American Samoa | caucus  | 6  | 6  | 12  |  |  |  |  |
March 6-31  | Maine | convention  | 106  | 18  | 124  |  |  |  |  |
March 6-April 8  | Minnesota | convention  | 91  | 16  | 107  | 16,733  | 96.3%  | 643  | 3.7%  | [41]
March 7 | Hawaii | caucus  | 26  | 9  | 35  | 1,316  | 96.91%  | 42  | 3.09%  | [42]
March 13 | Alabama | primary  | 63  | 6  | 69  | 241,167  | 84.09%  | 45,613  | 15.91%  | [43]
March 13 | Mississippi | primary  | 40  | 5  | 45  | 97,304  | 100%  | (0%)  |  | [44]
March 13 | Utah | caucus  | 29  | 5  | 34  |  | 100%  |  | 0%  |
March 20 | Illinois | primary  | 189  | 26  | 215  | 652,583  | 99.99%  | 134  | 0.01%  | [45]
March 24 | Louisiana | primary  | 64  | 8  | 72  | 115,150  | 76.46%  | 35,451  | 23.54%  | [46]
March 31 | Arizona | caucuses  | 70  | 10  | 80  |  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [47]
April 3 | District of Columbia | primary  | 22  | 23  | 45  | 56,503  | 97.4%  | 1,486  | 2.6%  | [48]
April 3 | Maryland | primary  | 97  | 27  | 124  | 288,766  | 88.5%  | 37,704  | 11.5%  | [49]
April 3 | Wisconsin | primary  | 100  | 11  | 111  | 293,914  | 97.9%  | 6,341  | 2.1%  | [50]
April 10–14  | Alaska | caucus  | 19  | 5  | 24  | 500  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [51]
April 14 | Nebraska | caucus  | 38  | 6  | 44  | *63,881  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [52]
April 14 | Kansas | convention  | 49  | 4  | 53  |  |  |  |  |
April 14 | Wyoming | caucus  | 18  | 4  | 22  |  |  |  |  |
April 14 | Idaho | caucus  | 27  | 4  | 31  |  |  |  |  |
April 15 | Washington | caucus  | 105  | 15  | 120  |  |  |  |  |
April 21 | Texas | convention  | 260  | 27  | 287  | 520,410  | 88.2%  | 69,754  | 11.8%  | [53]
April 24 | Connecticut | primary  | 73  | 15  | 88  |  |  |  |  |
April 24 | New York | primary  | 337  | 47  | 384  |  |  |  |  |
April 24 | Pennsylvania | primary  | 228  | 22  | 250  | 616,102  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [54]
April 24 | Rhode Island | primary  | 32  | 8  | 40  | 6,759  | 83.4%  | 1,348  | 16.6%  | [55]
May 1–6  | Democrats Abroad | primary  | 15  | 4  | 19  | 2,709  | 99.09%  | 25  | 0.91%  | [56]
May 5 | Florida | caucus (after a nonbinding primary)1 | 276  | 24  | 300  |  | 100%  |  | 0%  |
May 5 | Guam | primary  | 7  | 5  | 12  | 700  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [57]
May 5 | Michigan | caucus  | 183  | 20  | 203  | 174,054  | 89.30%  | 20,833  | 10.7%  | [58]
May 8 | Indiana | primary  | 96  | 9  | 105  | 221,466  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [59]
May 8 | North Carolina | primary  | 139  | 18  | 157  | 766,077  | 79.23%  | 200,810  | 20.77%  | [60]
May 8 | West Virginia | primary  | 36  | 11  | 47  | 106,770  | 59.35%  | 73,138  | 40.65%  | [61]
May 15 | Oregon | primary  | 70  | 14  | 84  | 309,358  | 94.79%  | 16,998  | 5.21%  | [62]
May 22 | Arkansas | primary  | 47  | 8  | 55  | 94,852  | 58.4%  | 67,491  | 41.6%  | [63]
May 22 | Kentucky | primary  | 66  | 7  | 73  | 119,293  | 57.8%  | 86,925  | 42.2%  | [64]
May 1-30  | Delaware | primary  | 23  | 10  | 33  |  |  |  |  |
June 2–3  | U.S. Virgin Islands | convention  | 7  | 6  | 13  |  |  |  |  |
June 3 | Puerto Rico | primary  | 60  | 7  | 67  |  |  |  |  |
June 5 | California | primary  | 547  | 62  | 609  | 2,075,905  | 99.99%  | 404  | 0.01%  | [65]
June 5 | Montana | primary  | 24  | 7  | 31  | 79,932  | 89.77%  | 8,270  | 10.23%  | [66]
June 5 | New Jersey | primary  | 153  | 19  | 172  | 283,673  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [67]
June 5 | New Mexico | primary  | 39  | 11  | 50  | 122,958  | 100%  |  | 0%  | [68]
June 5 | North Dakota | caucus  | 22  | 5  | 27  |  |  |  |  |
June 5 | South Dakota | primary  | 22  | 7  | 29  |  |  |  |  |
Jan 3 - Jun 5  | All 56 constituencies  | \-  | 4,826  | 726  | 5,552  | \-  |  | \-  |  | [26]

* - Unopposed # - Primary Canceled

Notes

1. Florida's legislature set the date for its primary on January 31, violating the scheduling guidelines of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC has since declared Florida's primary as nonbinding, and therefore an alternate delegate selection system consisting of county caucuses will now take place on May 5, followed by a state convention in June.[needs update]
2. Randall Terry collected 18% of the votes, winning twelve counties, in the Oklahoma primary, qualifying him for seven delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Jim Rogers collected 13% of the votes, winning three counties, qualifying him for three delegates (one from each of three congressional districts where he collected over 15%).[69]

### State results

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New Hampshire Democratic Primary, 2012

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Home state  | Illinois | Texas
Delegate count  | 10 | 0
Popular vote  | 49,080 | 2,289
Percentage  | 80.91% | 3.77%

New Hampshire
A Democratic presidential candidates debate, held at Saint Anselm College in December 2011, was attended by seven candidates; Obama did not participate.[5] A total of 60,659 votes were cast in the primary. Obama won with 49,080 votes. The total votes cast were more than 30 percent fewer than in 1996, the last time that a Democratic president ran for re-election without significant opposition.[70] As is typical in New Hampshire primaries, there were a number of write in votes for politicians from the other party.

Candidate  | Votes[71] | Percentage  | Delegates

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| Barack Obama (incumbent) | 49,080 | 80.91% | 10
| Ron Paul | 2,289  | 3.77%  | \-
| Mitt Romney | 1,814  | 2.99%  | \-
| Jon Huntsman | 1,238  | 2.04%  | \-
| Ed Cowan  | 945  | 1.56%  | \-
| Vermin Supreme | 833  | 1.37%  | \-
| Randall Terry | 446  | 1%  | \-
| Scatter  | 772  | 1.27%  | \-
| John D. Haywood  | 423  | 0.70%  | \-
| Craig Freis  | 400  | 0.66%  | \-
| Rick Santorum | 302  | 0.50%  | \-
| Bob Ely | 287  | 0.47%  | \-
| Newt Gingrich | 276  | 0.46%  | \-
| Cornelius Edward O'Connor  | 265  | 0.44%  | \-
| Darcy Richardson  | 264  | 0.44%  | \-
| John Wolfe, Jr. | 245  | 0.40%  | \-
| Edward T. O'Donnell  | 222  | 0.37%  | \-
| Bob Greene  | 213  | 0.35%  | \-
| Robert B. Jordan  | 155  | 0.26%  | \-
| Aldous C. Tyler  | 106  | 0.17%  | \-
| Buddy Roemer | 29  | 0.05%  | \-
| Fred Karger | 26  | 0.04%  | \-
| Rick Perry | 17  | 0.03%  | \-
| Stewart Greenleaf | 4  | 0.01%  | \-
| Gary Johnson | 4  | 0.01%  | \-
| Michael Meehan  | 4  | 0.01%  | \-
| Michele Bachmann | 2  | 0.00%  | \-
| Herman Cain | 1  | 0.00%  | \-

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Democratic primary, March 6, 2012[72]

Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) | 64,330 | 57.09% | 35
Randall Terry | 20,302  | 18.02%  | 7
Jim Rogers  | 15,540  | 13.79%  | 3
Darcy Richardson  | 7,197  | 6.39%  | 0
Bob Ely | 5,322  | 4.72%  | 0
Unprojected delegates: | 45
Total: | \-  | \-  | 45

Louisiana

Louisiana Democratic primary, March 24, 2012

Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) | 115,150 | 76.45% | 62
John Wolfe Jr. | 17,804  | 11.83%  | 3
Bob Ely  | 9,897  | 6.57%  | \-
Darcy Richardson  | 7,750  | 5.15%  | \-

Missouri

Missouri Democratic primary, February 7, 2012

Candidate  | Votes  | percentage  | Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) | 64,366 | 88.39% | 89
Randall Terry | 1,998  | 2.74%  | \-
John Wolfe Jr. | 1,000  | 1.37%  | \-
Darcy Richardson  | 873  | 1.20%  | \-
uncommitted  | 4,580  | 6.29%  | \-

Arkansas

Arkansas Democratic primary, May 22, 2012

Candidate  | Votes  | percentage  | Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) | 94,936 | 58.37% | 55
John Wolfe Jr. | 67,711  | 41.63%  | \-

## See also

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* United States presidential election
* 2012 Democratic National Convention
* 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

## Notes

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1. ^ The Northern Mariana Islands was not allocated any delegates by the DNC.

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* e

(← 2008) 2012 United States presidential election (2016 →)

* Fundraising
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* Timeline
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Democratic Party|

* Convention
* Primaries
* Results

Candidates|

* Incumbent nominee: Barack Obama
* campaign
* endorsements
* positions
* Incumbent VP nominee: Joe Biden
* positions

Challengers
Bob Ely
Keith Judd
Warren Mosler
Vermin Supreme
Randall Terry
John Wolfe

Republican Party|

* Convention
* Primaries
* Debates
* Statewide polls
* National polls
* Straw polls

Candidates|

* Nominee: Mitt Romney
* campaign
* endorsements
* positions
* VP nominee: Paul Ryan
* positions

Other candidates
Michele Bachmann

campaign
Herman Cain

campaign
positions
Mark Callahan
Jack Fellure
Newt Gingrich

campaign
positions
Stewart Greenleaf
John Davis
Jon Huntsman

campaign
Gary Johnson

campaign
Fred Karger
Andy Martin
Thaddeus McCotter

campaign
Jimmy McMillan
Roy Moore
Ron Paul

campaign
positions
Tim Pawlenty

campaign
Rick Perry

campaign
positions
Buddy Roemer

campaign
Rick Santorum

campaign

Libertarian Party|

* Convention

Candidates|

* Nominee: Gary Johnson
* campaign
* VP nominee: Jim Gray

Other candidates
Carl Person
Sam Sloan

Green Party|

* Convention
* Primaries

Candidates|

* Nominee: Jill Stein
* campaign
* VP nominee: Cheri Honkala

* Other candidates: Stewart Alexander
* Roseanne Barr

Other third-party and independent candidates

American Independent Party|

* Nominee: Tom Hoefling
* Other candidates: Wiley Drake
* Virgil Goode
* campaign
* Edward C. Noonan
* Laurie Roth

American Third Position Party|

* Nominee: Merlin Miller
* VP nominee: Virginia Abernethy

Constitution Party|

* Convention
* Nominee: Virgil Goode
* campaign
* VP nominee: Jim Clymer
* Other candidates: Laurie Roth
* Robby Wells

Freedom Socialist Party|

* Nominee: Stephen Durham

Grassroots Party|

Nominee
Jim Carlson

Justice Party|

* Nominee: Rocky Anderson
* VP nominee: Luis J. Rodriguez

Socialism and Liberation|

* Nominee: Peta Lindsay

Peace and Freedom Party|

* Nominee: Roseanne Barr
* VP nominee: Cindy Sheehan
* Other candidates: Stewart Alexander
* Rocky Anderson
* Peta Lindsay

Prohibition Party|

* Nominee: Jack Fellure
* Other candidates: James Hedges

Reform Party|

* Nominee: Andre Barnett
* Other candidates: Laurence Kotlikoff
* Buddy Roemer
* campaign
* Robby Wells

Socialist Equality Party|

Nominee
Jerry White

Socialist Workers Party|

* Nominee: James Harris

Socialist Party|

* Nominee: Stewart Alexander
* campaign
* VP nominee: Alejandro Mendoza

Independents and others|

Objectivist Party
Tom Stevens
Independents
Lee Abramson
Randy Blythe
Jeff Boss
Robert Burck
Terry Jones
Joe Schriner
Michael Bloomberg

attempt to draft

* Other 2012 elections:
* House
* Senate
* Gubernatorial

* v
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* e

United States presidential primaries and caucuses

Election timelines|

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024
* 2028

National opinion polling|

Democratic Party
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

State opinion polling|

Democratic Party
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024

Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

Fundraising|

* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Debates and forums|

Democratic Party
2004
2008
2016
2020

debates
forums
2024

Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Libertarian Party
2016
Green Party
2016

Straw polls|

* Conservative Political Action Conference
* Iowa State Fair
* (defunct: Ames, Iowa
* Texas)

Major events|

* Iowa caucuses
* New Hampshire primary
* Nevada caucuses
* South Carolina primary
* Super Tuesday

Caucuses
and primaries|

| Democratic Party|

* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024
* 2028

|

Republican Party|

* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024
* 2028

Libertarian Party|

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Green Party|

* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Reform Party|

* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Constitution Party|

* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Results breakdown|

List of candidates by number of primary votes received
Democratic Party
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

National
conventions|

| Democratic Party|

* 1832
* 1835
* 1840
* 1844
* 1848
* 1852
* 1856
* 1860
* 1864
* 1868
* 1872
* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

|

Republican Party|

* 1856
* 1860
* 1864
* 1868
* 1872
* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024
* 2028

Libertarian Party|

* 1983
* 1987
* 1991
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Green Party|

* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Defunct|

| Whig Party|

* 1839
* 1844
* 1848
* 1852
* 1856

|

Greenback Party|

* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888

Populist Party|

* 1892
* 1896
* 1900 • 1904 • 1908

Progressive parties|

* Progressive Party of 1912
* 1912
* 1916
* Progressive Party of 1924
* 1924
* Progressive Party of 1948
* 1948
* 1952

Reforms|

* California Democratic Party v. Jones
* Graduated Random Presidential Primary System
* Delaware Plan
* Rotating Regional Primary System
* Interregional Primary Plan
* National Primary
* White primary

* v
* t
* e

Barack Obama

* 44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
* U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–2008)
* Illinois Senator from the 13th district (1997–2004)

| Life and
politics|

* Early life and career
* Illinois Senate career
* 2004 Democratic National Convention
* U.S. Senate career
* Political positions
* Administration foreign policy
* Cannabis
* Mass surveillance
* Social
* Space
* 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
* West Wing Week

|

Presidency
(timeline)|

* Transition
* Inaugurations
* 2009
* 2013
* First 100 days
* Timeline
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* January 2017
* Foreign policy
* Middle East
* Afghanistan withdrawal
* Iraq withdrawal
* Killing of Osama bin Laden
* Benghazi attack
* Return to Iraq
* War in Syria
* Relations with Iran
* Iran nuclear deal
* Pivot to Asia
* Cuban thaw
* Obama Doctrine
* Europe
* Economic policy
* Affordable Care Act
* American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
* Dodd–Frank Act
* Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
* Energy/Environmental
* Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act
* Marine policy
* New Energy for America
* Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act
* Clean Power Plan
* Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014
* Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
* New START
* MAP-21st Century Act
* FAST Act
* Pardons
* Presidential trips
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016–17
* international
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court
* Sotomayor
* Kagan
* Garland
* controversies
* Cabinet
* Biden vice presidency
* Presidential Library and Center
* Executive actions
* Executive orders
* Memoranda
* Proclamations
* Trump transition
* Plantation Estate

Books|

* Dreams from My Father (1995)
* The Audacity of Hope (2006)
* Of Thee I Sing (2010)
* A Promised Land (2020)

Speeches|

* "The Audacity of Hope" (2004)
* "Yes We Can" (2008)
* "A More Perfect Union" (2008)
* "Change Has Come to America" (2008)
* "A New Birth of Freedom" (2009)
* Joint session of Congress (2009)
* "A New Beginning" (2009)
* Joint session of Congress (health care reform) (2009)
* State of the Union Address
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* Tucson memorial speech (2011)
* Joint session of Congress (jobs) (2011)
* "You didn't build that" (2012)
* Selma 50th anniversary (2015)
* Farewell address (2017)

Elections|

| Illinois|

* State Senate
* 1996
* 1998
* 2002
* U.S. House of Representatives
* 2000

|

U.S. Senate|

* 2004

Presidential|

* 2008 campaign
* endorsements
* GOP/conservative support
* staff members
* primaries
* primary campaign
* running mate selection
* convention
* debates
* election
* 2012 campaign
* endorsements
* primaries
* convention
* debates
* election

Family|

* Michelle Obama (wife)
* Ann Dunham (mother)
* Barack Obama Sr. (father)
* Lolo Soetoro (stepfather)
* Maya Soetoro-Ng (maternal half-sister)
* Stanley Armour Dunham (maternal grandfather)
* Madelyn Dunham (maternal grandmother)
* Auma Obama (paternal half-sister)
* Malik Obama (paternal half-brother)
* Marian Robinson (mother-in-law)
* Craig Robinson (brother-in-law)
* Bo (family dog)
* Sunny (family dog)

Public image

News and
political events|

* Oprah Winfrey's endorsement
* Citizenship conspiracy theories
* litigation
* Religion conspiracy theories
* Bill Ayers controversy
* Jeremiah Wright controversy
* Republican and conservative support (2008)
* Assassination threats
* 2008 Denver
* 2008 Tennessee
* First inauguration invitations
* Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
* Citizen's Briefing Book
* Tea Party protests
* New Energy for America
* Gates–Crowley Rose Garden meeting
* Firing of Shirley Sherrod
* Impeachment efforts
* Tan suit controversy

Books about|

* Bibliography
* Obama: From Promise to Power
* Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy
* Redemption Song
* The Case Against Barack Obama
* The Obama Nation
* Culture of Corruption
* Catastrophe
* Barack and Michelle
* The Speech
* The Obama Story
* Between Barack and a Hard Place
* Game Change
* Obama Zombies
* Conservative Victory
* The Bridge
* The Obama Diaries
* The Obama Syndrome
* The Obama Identity
* O: A Presidential Novel
* Where's the Birth Certificate?
* Obama's Last Stand
* Barack Obama: The Story
* Game Change 2012
* Buyer's Remorse
* Rising Star
* Shade
* The World as It Is

Music|

* Obama Girl
* "I Got a Crush... on Obama"
* "Barack the Magic Negro"
* will.i.am
* "Yes We Can"
* "The President Sang Amazing Grace"
* "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama"
* "Sí Se Puede Cambiar"
* "My President"
* "Deadheads for Obama"
* "Air and Simple Gifts"
* Change Is Now
* Hope! – Das Obama Musical
* "Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney"
* Barack's Dubs
* "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"

Film, TV,
and stage|

* By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
* Change (2010)
* Obama Anak Menteng (2010)
* 2016: Obama's America (2012)
* The Road We've Traveled (2012)
* Southside with You (2016)
* Hillary and Clinton (2016)
* Barry (2016)
* America's Great Divide (2020)
* We the People (2021)
* Renegades: Born in the USA (2021)
* Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021)
* The First Lady (2022)
* Picturing the Obamas (2022)

Other media|

* Social media use
* Artists for Obama
* "Hope" poster
* "Joker" poster
* Hair Like Mine
* Situation Room
* Iman Crosson
* The Forgotten Man (2010 painting)
* Saraswati (2013 sculpture)
* President Barack Obama (2018 portrait)
* Official White House portrait (2022)
* Obama logo
* In comics
* Barack Obama's summer playlist

Related|

* Barack Obama Day (Illinois)
* Obama Day (Kenya)
* Awards and honors
* Namesakes
* Higher Ground Productions
* "One Last Time (44 Remix)"
* Sunlight before signing

* ← George W. Bush
* Donald Trump →

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Democratic Party

* History
* Second Party System
* Third Party System
* Fourth Party System
* Fifth Party System
* Sixth Party System

National
conventions,
presidential
tickets,
and
presidential
primaries|

* 1828 (None): Jackson/Calhoun
* 1832 (Baltimore): Jackson/Van Buren
* 1835 (Baltimore): Van Buren/R. Johnson
* 1840 (Baltimore): Van Buren/None
* 1844 (Baltimore): Polk/Dallas
* 1848 (Baltimore): Cass/Butler
* 1852 (Baltimore): Pierce/King
* 1856 (Cincinnati): Buchanan/Breckinridge
* 1860 (Charleston/Baltimore): Douglas/H. Johnson (Breckinridge/Lane, SD)
* 1864 (Chicago): McClellan/Pendleton
* 1868 (New York): Seymour/Blair
* 1872 (Baltimore): Greeley/Brown
* 1876 (St. Louis): Tilden/Hendricks
* 1880 (Cincinnati): Hancock/English
* 1884 (Chicago): Cleveland/Hendricks
* 1888 (St. Louis): Cleveland/Thurman
* 1892 (Chicago): Cleveland/Stevenson I
* 1896 (Chicago): W. Bryan/Sewall
* 1900 (Kansas City): W. Bryan/Stevenson I
* 1904 (St. Louis): Parker/H. Davis
* 1908 (Denver): W. Bryan/Kern
* 1912 (Baltimore): Wilson/Marshall
* primaries
* 1916 (St. Louis): Wilson/Marshall
* primaries
* 1920 (San Francisco): Cox/Roosevelt
* primaries
* 1924 (New York): J. Davis/C. Bryan
* primaries
* 1928 (Houston): Smith/Robinson
* primaries
* 1932 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Garner
* primaries
* 1936 (Philadelphia): Roosevelt/Garner
* primaries
* 1940 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Wallace
* primaries
* 1944 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Truman
* primaries
* 1948 (Philadelphia): Truman/Barkley
* primaries
* 1952 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Sparkman
* primaries
* 1956 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Kefauver
* primaries
* 1960 (Los Angeles): Kennedy/L. Johnson
* primaries
* 1964 (Atlantic City): L. Johnson/Humphrey
* primaries
* 1968 (Chicago): Humphrey/Muskie
* primaries
* 1972 (Miami Beach): McGovern/(Eagleton, Shriver)
* primaries
* 1976 (New York): Carter/Mondale
* primaries
* 1980 (New York): Carter/Mondale
* primaries
* 1984 (San Francisco): Mondale/Ferraro
* primaries
* 1988 (Atlanta): Dukakis/Bentsen
* primaries
* 1992 (New York): B. Clinton/Gore
* primaries
* 1996 (Chicago): B. Clinton/Gore
* primaries
* 2000 (Los Angeles): Gore/Lieberman
* primaries
* 2004 (Boston): Kerry/Edwards
* primaries
* 2008 (Denver): Obama/Biden
* primaries
* 2012 (Charlotte): Obama/Biden
* primaries
* 2016 (Philadelphia): H. Clinton/Kaine
* primaries
* 2020 (Milwaukee/other locations): Biden/Harris
* primaries
* 2024 (Chicago): Harris/Walz
* primaries

Presidential
administrations|

* Jackson (1829–1837)
* Van Buren (1837–1841)
* Polk (1845–1849)
* Pierce (1853–1857)
* Buchanan (1857–1861)
* A. Johnson (1868–1869)
* Cleveland (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
* Wilson (1913–1921)
* Roosevelt (1933–1941; 1941–1945)
* Truman (1945–1953)
* Kennedy (1961–1963)
* L. B. Johnson (1963–1969)
* Carter (1977–1981)
* Clinton (1993–2001)
* Obama (2009–2017)
* Biden (2021–2025)

U.S. House
leaders,
Speakers,
and
Caucus
chairs|

* A. Stevenson (1827–1834)
* Bell (1834–1835)
* Polk (1835–1839)
* J. W. Jones (1843–1845)
* Davis (1845–1847)
* Cobb (1849–1851)
* Boyd (1851–1855)
* G. W. Jones (1855–1857)
* Orr (1857–1859)
* Houston (1859–1861)
* Niblack/Randall (1869–1871)
* Niblack (1873–1875)
* Kerr (1875–1876)
* Randall (1876–1881)
* Carlisle (1883–1889)
* Holman (1889–1891)
* Crisp (1891–1895)
* D. B. Culberson (1895–1897)
* Richardson (1897–1903)
* Williams (1903–1909)
* Clark (1909–1921)
* Kitchin (1921–1923)
* Garrett (1923–1929)
* Garner (1929–1933)
* Rainey (1933–1934)
* Byrns (1935–1936)
* Bankhead (1936–1940)
* Rayburn (1940–1961)
* McCormack (1962–1971)
* Albert (1971–1977)
* O'Neill (1977–1987)
* Wright (1987–1989)
* Foley (1989–1995)
* Gephardt (1995–2003)
* Pelosi (2003–2023)
* Jeffries (2023–present)

U.S. Senate
leaders
and
Caucus
chairs|

* J. W. Stevenson (1873–1877)
* Wallace (1877–1881)
* Pendleton (1881–1885)
* Beck (1885–1890)
* Gorman (1890–1898)
* Turpie (1898–1899)
* J. K. Jones (1899–1903)
* Gorman (1903–1906)
* Blackburn (1906–1907)
* C. A. Culberson (1907–1909)
* Money (1909–1911)
* Martin (1911–1913)
* Kern (1913–1917)
* Martin (1917–1919)
* Hitchcock (1919–1920)
* Underwood (1920–1923)
* Robinson (1923–1937)
* Barkley (1937–1949)
* Lucas (1949–1951)
* McFarland (1951–1953)
* Johnson (1953–1961)
* Mansfield (1961–1977)
* Byrd (1977–1989)
* Mitchell (1989–1995)
* Daschle (1995–2005)
* Reid (2005–2017)
* Schumer (2017–present)

Chairs of
the DNC|

* Hallett
* McLane
* Smalley
* Belmont
* Schell
* Hewitt
* Barnum
* Brice
* Harrity
* Jones
* Taggart
* Mack
* McCombs
* McCormick
* Cummings
* G. White
* Hull
* Shaver
* Raskob
* Farley
* Flynn
* Walker
* Hannegan
* McGrath
* Boyle
* McKinney
* Mitchell
* Butler
* Jackson
* Bailey
* O'Brien
* Harris
* O'Brien
* Westwood
* Strauss
* Curtis
* J. White
* Manatt
* Kirk
* Brown
* Wilhelm
* DeLee
* Dodd/Fowler
* Romer/Grossman
* Rendell/Andrew
* McAuliffe
* Dean
* Kaine
* Wasserman Schultz
* Perez
* Harrison
* Martin

State and
territorial
parties|

* Alabama
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* Mississippi
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* New Mexico
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* North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
* Ohio
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* Texas
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* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming
* American Samoa
* District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
* Virgin Islands
* Democrats Abroad

Affiliated
groups|

| Congress|

* Senate Caucus
* Policy Committee
* Steering and Outreach Committee
* House Caucus
* Factions
* Blue Dog Coalition
* Congressional Progressive Caucus
* Squad
* Justice Democrats
* New Democrat Coalition
* Problem Solvers Caucus

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Campaign
committees|

* Democratic Attorneys General Association
* Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
* Democratic Governors Association
* Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
* Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
* National Conference of Democratic Mayors

Constituency
groups|

* College Democrats of America
* Democrats Abroad
* National Federation of Democratic Women
* Stonewall Democrats
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* Young Democrats of America
* High School Democrats of America

Strategic
groups|

* National Democratic Redistricting Committee
* National Democratic Training Committee

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