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Percentage  | 52.36% | 45.68%

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada 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 six 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.

Nevada was won by President Barack Obama with 52.36% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 45.68%, a 6.68% margin of victory.[1] In 2008, Obama won the state by 12.50%. Nevada has voted for the winner in every presidential election from 1912 onwards, except in 1976 when it voted for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter and in 2016 when it voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Carson City, which voted for Obama in 2008, flipped to supporting the Republican Party this election cycle. Despite only winning two counties (Clark and Washoe), these counties consist of over 87% of Nevada's population and are home to Las Vegas and Reno, the largest and third largest cities in the state, thus allowing Obama to win by a comfortable margin.[2]

## Caucuses

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### Democratic caucuses

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Incumbent president Barack Obama was not challenged for the Democratic candidacy, so no Democratic caucuses were held.

### Republican caucuses

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2012 Nevada Republican caucuses

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Candidate  | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul
Home state  | Massachusetts | Texas
Delegate count  | 20 | 8
Popular vote  | 16,486 | 6,175
Percentage  | 50.02% | 18.73%

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Candidate  | Newt Gingrich | Rick Santorum
Home state  | Georgia | Pennsylvania
Delegate count  | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 6,956  | 3,277
Percentage  | 21.10%  | 9.94%

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The Republican caucuses were held on February 4,[3] and they are closed caucuses.[4] Mitt Romney was declared the winner.[5]

There are 400,310 registered Republicans voting for 28 delegates.[6][7]

#### Date

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The 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses were originally scheduled to begin on February 18, 2012,[8] much later than the date in 2008, which almost immediately followed the beginning of the year in January 2008.[9] On September 29, 2011, the entire schedule of caucuses and primaries was disrupted, however, when it was announced that the Republican Party of Florida had decided to move up its primary to January 31, in an attempt to bring attention to its own primary contest, and attract the presidential candidates to visit the state.[10] Because of the move, the Republican National Committee decided to strip Florida of half of its delegates.[11] Also as a result, the Nevada Republican Party, along with Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, then sought to move their caucuses back into early January.[11] All but Nevada, who agreed to follow Florida,[12] confirmed their caucus and primary dates to take place throughout January, with Nevada deciding to hold their contest on February 4, 2012.[13]

The caucuses for 1,835 precincts in 125 sites were scheduled: voting from 9 AM - 1 PM, ballots handling 9-10 AM and to conclude by 3 PM at the latest on February 4, with results for almost all counties to be announced by the party at 5 PM.

#### Clark County

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For Clark County, a special caucus was held at the Adelson Educational Campus at 7 PM, intended to accommodate those who observe Saturday Sabbath.[14] According to Philip Kantor, an Orthodox Jew, the goal of the after-work caucus was to prevent electoral fraud "It has everything to do with not being deprived of a vote, being disenfranchised".[15] This late caucus allowed a timely vote for Seventh-day Adventists, Orthodox Jews and other who don't vote until Sabbath is over.[16] Adelson campus caucus attendees were required to sign affidavits stating that they had not already cast their ballot in an earlier caucus, that day.[14] There was only one nationwide televised (by CNN) public vote-count.[17] That Adelson caucus count provided the following Candidate vote results: Ron Paul 183, Mitt Romney 61, Newt Gingrich 57, and Rick Santorum 16 votes.[18] The results of this special caucus were announced Feb 4.[19] Paul got second place in Clark County, but Gingrich was ahead of Paul by a larger margin in the rest of the state and therefore ended up beating Paul statewide for second place.[20]

#### Polling

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Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the February 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries § Nevada (February 4)

#### Results

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Turnout was 8.23%. 1,800 of 1,800 precincts (100%) reporting.[21]
The voting-eligible population (400,310 registered Nevada Republicans).[6]
125 caucus sites.

Delegates were awarded to candidates who got 3.57% or more of the vote proportionally

Nevada Republican caucuses, February 4, 2012[22]

Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Projected delegate count  | Actual Delegates
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Mitt Romney | 16,486  | 50.02%  | 14  | 14  | 14  | 20
Newt Gingrich | 6,956  | 21.10%  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 0
Ron Paul | 6,175  | 18.73%  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 8
Rick Santorum | 3,277  | 9.94%  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 0
No Vote | 67  | 0.20%  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total: | 32,961 | 100% | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28

This final result was announced by Twitter and the Nevada Republican Party on Monday February 6, at 01:01 am PST (local time).[28] The actual Republican National Convention delegates from Nevada are mostly Ron Paul supporters (22 of 28), which were elected by state convention on May 6. The Nevada Republican Party's rules state that most elected delegates to the RNC are still bound to vote for Romney (in the first round of voting), because of Romney's statewide caucuses winning.

Nevada State Convention Delegates May 6, 2012

Candidate  | Supporters for this candidate who are Delegates from NV to the RNC [29][30][31][32][33][34]
Ron Paul | 22
Mitt Romney | 6
Totals: | 28

#### Controversy

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Allegations of voter fraud have arisen due to a recount of Clark County ballots despite there being no official contest from any of the campaigns. One reason given by the GOP was that there were more ballots cast than people "signed in" at some precincts.[35]

## General election

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### Candidate ballot access

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* Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
* Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
* Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
* Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution

### Polling

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Throughout the race, Barack Obama tied or won every single pre-election poll except one. The final poll showed Obama leading 51% to 47%, while the average of the last 3 polls showed Obama leading Romney 50% to 47%.[36]

### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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Huffington Post[37] | Lean D  | November 6, 2012
CNN[38] | Tossup  | November 6, 2012
New York Times[39] | Lean D  | November 6, 2012
Washington Post[40] | Tossup  | November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[41] | Tossup  | November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[42] | Likely D  | November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[43] | Solid D  | November 6, 2012

### Results

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2012 United States presidential election in Nevada[44]

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 531,373 | 52.36% | 6
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 463,567  | 45.68%  | 0
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 10,968  | 1.08%  | 0
| Other/None  |  |  | 5,770  | 0.57%  | 0
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer  | 3,240  | 0.32%  | 0
| Total  |  |  | 1,014,918  | 100%  |

#### By county

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County  | Barack Obama
Democratic  | Mitt Romney
Republican  | Various candidates
Other parties  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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Carson City | 10,291  | 44.13%  | 12,394  | 53.15%  | 634  | 2.72%  | -2,103  | -9.02%  | 23,319
Churchill | 2,961  | 28.85%  | 7,061  | 68.79%  | 243  | 2.36%  | -4,100  | -39.94%  | 10,265
Clark | 389,936  | 56.42%  | 289,053  | 41.82%  | 12,201  | 1.76%  | 100,883  | 14.60%  | 691,190
Douglas | 9,297  | 35.65%  | 16,276  | 62.42%  | 502  | 1.93%  | -6,979  | -26.77%  | 26,075
Elko | 3,511  | 21.96%  | 12,014  | 75.15%  | 461  | 2.89%  | -8,503  | -53.19%  | 15,986
Esmeralda | 92  | 21.15%  | 317  | 72.87%  | 26  | 5.98%  | -225  | -51.72%  | 435
Eureka | 107  | 13.24%  | 663  | 82.05%  | 38  | 4.71%  | -556  | -68.81%  | 808
Humboldt | 1,737  | 30.24%  | 3,810  | 66.33%  | 197  | 3.43%  | -2,073  | -36.09%  | 5,744
Lander | 534  | 24.67%  | 1,580  | 72.98%  | 51  | 2.35%  | -1,046  | -48.31%  | 2,165
Lincoln | 400  | 18.59%  | 1,691  | 78.58%  | 61  | 2.83%  | -1,291  | -59.99%  | 2,152
Lyon | 7,380  | 34.38%  | 13,520  | 62.99%  | 565  | 2.63%  | -6,140  | -28.61%  | 21,465
Mineral | 863  | 42.41%  | 1,080  | 53.07%  | 92  | 4.52%  | -217  | -10.66%  | 2,035
Nye | 6,320  | 36.07%  | 10,566  | 60.30%  | 636  | 3.63%  | -4,246  | -24.23%  | 17,522
Pershing | 632  | 33.55%  | 1,167  | 61.94%  | 85  | 4.51%  | -535  | -28.39%  | 1,884
Storey | 920  | 39.76%  | 1,321  | 57.09%  | 73  | 3.15%  | -401  | -17.33%  | 2,314
Washoe | 95,409  | 50.79%  | 88,453  | 47.09%  | 3,993  | 2.12%  | 6,956  | 3.70%  | 187,855
White Pine | 983  | 26.54%  | 2,601  | 70.22%  | 120  | 3.24%  | -1,618  | -43.68%  | 3,704
Totals | 531,373 | 52.36% | 463,567 | 45.68% | 19,978 | 1.97% | 67,806 | 6.68% | 1,014,918
County Flips:

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* Carson City

#### By congressional district

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Obama won 3 of 4 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[45]

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1st | 65.64% | 32.4%  | Dina Titus
2nd | 44.82%  | 52.88% | Mark Amodei
3rd | 49.53% | 48.73%  | Joe Heck
4th | 54.43% | 43.71%  | Steven Horsford

## Analysis

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Nevada has historically been a swing state. It has voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1912, except for 1976 and 2016. From 1992 to 2004, the margin of victory was always under five points. In 2008, however, the state swung over dramatically to support Obama, who carried it by 12.49%.

In 2012, Obama held onto Nevada, though by a narrower margin of 6.68%. This was due almost entirely to Obama carrying the state's two largest counties–Clark County, home to Las Vegas and Henderson, and Washoe County, home to Reno. These two counties account for 85% of Nevada's population. Romney dominated the state's rural counties, which have supported Republicans for decades. However, the only large jurisdiction he carried was the independent city of Carson City.

As in 2008, Obama owed his victory in part to the state's Hispanic voters breaking heavily for him. According to exit polls, Hispanics made up 19% of the electorate and voted for Obama by almost three-to-one.[46]

## See also

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* 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
* 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
* Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
* United States presidential elections in Nevada
* Nevada Republican Party

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* Official website of the Nevada Republican Party
* CNN entrance polls of caucus attendants
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* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

U.S.
House
(Election
ratings)|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* American Samoa
* Arizona
* 8th sp
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* District of Columbia
* Florida
* Georgia
* Guam
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* 2nd sp
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* 4th sp
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* 11th
* 11th sp
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* 10th sp
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* 1st sp
* Pennsylvania
* Puerto Rico
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* Washington
* 1st sp
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Governors|

* American Samoa
* Delaware
* Lt. Gov
* Indiana
* Missouri
* Lt. Gov
* Montana
* New Hampshire
* North Carolina
* Lt. Gov
* North Dakota
* Puerto Rico
* Utah
* Vermont
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin (recall)

Attorneys
general|

* Missouri
* North Carolina
* Pennsylvania
* Washington

Other
statewide
elections|

* Wisconsin
* Lieutenant Governor (recall)

State
legislatures|

* Alaska
* Senate
* Arizona
* Senate
* California
* Assembly
* Senate
* Connecticut
* Senate
* Delaware
* House
* Senate
* Florida
* House
* Hawaii
* House
* Senate
* Illinois
* House
* Senate
* Iowa
* Senate
* Michigan
* House
* Minnesota
* House
* Senate
* Montana
* House
* New Mexico
* House
* Senate
* New York
* Senate
* North Carolina
* House
* Senate
* Oregon
* Legislative Assembly
* Pennsylvania
* House
* Senate
* Texas
* House
* Senate
* Washington
* House
* Senate
* Wisconsin
* Assembly
* Senate
* recalls
* Wyoming
* Senate

Mayoral|

* Alexandria, VA
* Anchorage, AK
* Augusta, GA
* Austin, TX
* Bakersfield, CA
* Baton Rouge, LA
* Cheyenne, WY
* Corpus Christi, TX
* Fort Lauderdale, FL
* Fresno, CA
* Glendale, AZ
* Honolulu, HI
* Huntsville, AL
* Irvine, CA
* Juneau, AK
* Lubbock, TX
* Mesa, AZ
* Miami-Dade County, FL
* Milwaukee, WI
* Orlando, FL
* Portland, OR
* Richmond, VA
* Riverside, CA
* Sacramento, CA
* San Diego, CA
* San Juan, PR
* Santa Ana, CA
* Stockton, CA
* Virginia Beach, VA
* Wilmington, DE

Local|

* Bay County, MI
* Executive
* DeKalb County, GA
* Chief Executive Officer
* Milwaukee County, WI
* Executive
* New Castle County, DE
* Executive
* Oakland County, MI
* Executive
* Summit County, OH
* Executive
* Will County, IL
* Executive
* Volusia County, FL
* Chair

States and
territories|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* American Samoa
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Guam
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Puerto Rico
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

* v
* t
* e

State and district results of the 2012 United States presidential election

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* District of Columbia
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

* v
* t
* e

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

* Fundraising
* National polls
* Statewide polls (pre-2012, early 2012)
* Timeline
* General election debates
* Newspaper endorsements
* Hurricane Sandy

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
* t
* 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

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*[VA]: Virginia
*[AK]: Alaska
*[GA]: Georgia
*[TX]: Texas
*[CA]: California
*[LA]: Louisiana
*[WY]: Wyoming
*[FL]: Florida
*[AZ]: Arizona
*[HI]: Hawaii
*[AL]: Alabama
*[WI]: Wisconsin
*[OR]: Oregon
*[PR]: Puerto Rico
*[DE]: Delaware
*[MI]: Michigan
*[OH]: Ohio
*[IL]: Illinois