2012 United States presidential election in Utah

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Nominee  | Mitt Romney | Barack Obama |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Home state  | Massachusetts | Illinois
Running mate  | Paul Ryan | Joe Biden
Electoral vote  | 6 | 0
Popular vote  | 740,600 | 251,813
Percentage  | 72.55% | 24.67%

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah 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. Utah 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.

Prior to the election, all leading news organizations making election predictions considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Alongside neighboring Wyoming & Idaho, Utah has voted for the Republican ticket in each presidential election starting in 1968 and all but one starting 1952. Utah is the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket. Romney won in a landslide, carrying 72.55% of the vote to Obama's 24.67%, a margin of 47.88% or 488,787 votes, the best raw vote margin in the state's history to date.[1] He won every county in the state by margins of over 15%, except for Grand and Summit County, home to the cities of Moab and Park City, respectively. Romney flipped these counties along with Salt Lake County, where the state's largest city, Salt Lake City, is located.

With a 47.88% margin, Utah would prove to be Romney's strongest state in the election, and it would also be Romney's largest outperformance of John McCain in 2008, winning the state by almost 20 points more.[2] Romney was elected as a United States senator from Utah six years later in 2018, having moved there in 2014. Romney's vote share in Utah was also the highest of any presidential nominee in any state since Ronald Reagan's in Utah in 1984, and it remains so as of 2024.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the most recent time any presidential candidate has received more than 60% of the vote in Utah, as well as the last time any presidential candidate has carried every county. It is also the most recent election in which Salt Lake and Summit Counties have voted for the Republican presidential nominee. 2012 is also the most recent time that Utah has been the most Republican state in a presidential election.

## Primary elections

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### Democratic primary

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Due to President Barack Obama running for reelection without serious opposition from the Democratic Party in 2012, no Democratic Primary was held in Utah.

### Republican primary

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2012 Utah Republican primary

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Candidate  | Mitt Romney | Ron Paul
Home state  | Massachusetts | Texas
Delegate count  | 40 | 0
Popular vote  | 220,865 | 11,209
Percentage  | 93.07% | 4.72%

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Utah results by county.

Mitt Romney

The 2012 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on 26 June 2012.[3] 37 delegates were chosen, for a total of 40 delegates to go to the national convention, all pledged to the primary winner.

In 2008, Mitt Romney received major support from the Mormon (Latter Day Saints) and other religious population and was able to carry the state with 93.07% of the vote. Romney led the polling in 2012[4][5] and won the primary by more than a landslide, and no other candidate could either scrape past 5% of the vote, awarding him all 40 delegates.[6]

2012 Utah Republican presidential primary[6]

Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Delegates
Mitt Romney | 220,865 | 93.07% | 40
Ron Paul | 11,209  | 4.72%  | 0
Rick Santorum | 3,541 | 1.49% | 0
Newt Gingrich | 1,124 | 0.47% | 0
Fred Karger | 578  | 0.24% | 0
Pledged party leaders: | 3
Total: | 237,317 | 100.0% | 40
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest

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## General election

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### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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Huffington Post[7] | Safe R  | November 6, 2012
CNN[8] | Safe R  | November 6, 2012
New York Times[9] | Safe R  | November 6, 2012
Washington Post[10] | Safe R  | November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[11] | Solid R  | November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] | Solid R  | November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[13] | Solid R  | November 6, 2012

### Candidate ballot access

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* Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican
* Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic
* Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
* Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian
* Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green
* Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution
* Gloria Estela La Riva / Filberto Ramirez Jr., Socialism and Liberation (as stand-ins for Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio, who may not appear on the Utah ballot due to their Constitutional ineligibility to be president and vice president)[needs update]

Write-in access:

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### Results

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2012 United States presidential election in Utah[14]

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 740,600 | 72.55% | 6
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent)  | Joe Biden (incumbent)  | 251,813  | 24.67%  | 0
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 12,572  | 1.23%  | 0
| Justice | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 5,335  | 0.52%  | 0
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 3,817  | 0.37%  | 0
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer  | 2,871  | 0.28%  | 0
| Socialism and Liberation | Gloria La Riva | Filberto Ramirez Jr.  | 393  | 0.04%  | 0
| Others  | Others  | 3,460  | 0.34%  | 0
Totals | 1,020,861 | 100.00% | 6

#### By county

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County[15] | Mitt Romney
Republican  | Barack Obama
Democratic  | Gary Johnson
Libertarian  | Various candidates
Other parties  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
Beaver | 2,174  | 84.92%  | 346  | 13.52%  | 17  | 0.66%  | 23  | 0.90%  | 1,828  | 71.40%  | 2,560
Box Elder | 17,101  | 88.11%  | 1,984  | 10.22%  | 150  | 0.77%  | 173  | 0.89%  | 15,117  | 77.89%  | 19,408
Cache | 35,039  | 82.85%  | 6,244  | 14.76%  | 543  | 1.28%  | 467  | 1.10%  | 28,795  | 68.09%  | 42,293
Carbon | 5,090  | 67.27%  | 2,275  | 30.06%  | 88  | 1.16%  | 114  | 1.51%  | 2,815  | 37.21%  | 7,567
Daggett | 406  | 78.08%  | 94  | 18.08%  | 16  | 3.08%  | 4  | 0.77%  | 312  | 60.00%  | 520
Davis | 96,861  | 80.00%  | 21,889  | 18.08%  | 1,217  | 1.01%  | 1,102  | 0.91%  | 74,972  | 61.92%  | 121,069
Duchesne | 5,698  | 89.32%  | 581  | 9.11%  | 41  | 0.64%  | 59  | 0.92%  | 5,117  | 80.21%  | 6,379
Emery | 3,777  | 84.90%  | 569  | 12.79%  | 48  | 1.08%  | 55  | 1.23%  | 3,208  | 72.11%  | 4,449
Garfield | 1,832  | 83.96%  | 308  | 14.12%  | 17  | 0.78%  | 25  | 1.15%  | 1,524  | 69.84%  | 2,182
Grand | 1,996  | 50.53%  | 1,727  | 43.72%  | 71  | 1.80%  | 156  | 3.95%  | 269  | 6.81%  | 3,950
Iron | 14,200  | 84.47%  | 2,148  | 12.78%  | 202  | 1.20%  | 261  | 1.55%  | 12,052  | 71.69%  | 16,811
Juab | 3,448  | 85.99%  | 451  | 11.25%  | 27  | 0.67%  | 84  | 2.09%  | 2,997  | 74.74%  | 4,010
Kane | 2,522  | 74.81%  | 744  | 22.07%  | 47  | 1.39%  | 58  | 1.72%  | 1,778  | 52.74%  | 3,371
Millard | 4,478  | 88.59%  | 431  | 8.53%  | 43  | 0.85%  | 103  | 2.04%  | 4,047  | 80.06%  | 5,055
Morgan | 4,114  | 89.49%  | 403  | 8.77%  | 36  | 0.78%  | 44  | 0.95%  | 3,711  | 80.72%  | 4,597
Piute | 697  | 89.13%  | 74  | 9.46%  | 5  | 0.64%  | 6  | 0.77%  | 623  | 79.67%  | 782
Rich | 915  | 90.15%  | 83  | 8.18%  | 6  | 0.59%  | 11  | 1.09%  | 832  | 81.97%  | 1,015
Salt Lake | 223,811  | 58.26%  | 146,147  | 38.04%  | 5,521  | 1.44%  | 8,695  | 2.26%  | 77,664  | 20.22%  | 384,174
San Juan | 3,074  | 57.92%  | 2,139  | 40.31%  | 42  | 0.79%  | 52  | 0.98%  | 935  | 17.61%  | 5,307
Sanpete | 8,406  | 88.05%  | 980  | 10.27%  | 69  | 0.72%  | 92  | 0.96%  | 7,426  | 77.78%  | 9,547
Sevier | 7,207  | 89.32%  | 738  | 9.15%  | 56  | 0.69%  | 68  | 0.84%  | 6,469  | 80.17%  | 8,069
Summit | 8,884  | 50.49%  | 8,072  | 45.87%  | 301  | 1.71%  | 340  | 1.93%  | 812  | 4.62%  | 17,597
Tooele | 14,268  | 73.77%  | 4,524  | 23.39%  | 232  | 1.20%  | 318  | 1.64%  | 9,744  | 50.38%  | 19,342
Uintah | 10,421  | 89.75%  | 997  | 8.59%  | 71  | 0.61%  | 122  | 1.05%  | 9,424  | 81.16%  | 11,611
Utah | 156,950  | 88.32%  | 17,281  | 9.72%  | 2,120  | 1.19%  | 1,362  | 0.77%  | 139,669  | 78.60%  | 177,713
Wasatch | 7,220  | 74.90%  | 2,191  | 22.73%  | 90  | 0.93%  | 139  | 1.45%  | 5,029  | 52.17%  | 9,640
Washington | 44,698  | 82.43%  | 8,337  | 15.37%  | 541  | 1.00%  | 650  | 1.19%  | 36,361  | 67.06%  | 54,226
Wayne | 1,089  | 82.06%  | 215  | 16.20%  | 6  | 0.45%  | 17  | 1.28%  | 874  | 65.86%  | 1,327
Weber | 54,224  | 71.08%  | 19,841  | 26.01%  | 949  | 1.24%  | 1,276  | 1.68%  | 34,383  | 45.07%  | 76,290
Totals | 740,600 | 72.55% | 251,813 | 24.67% | 12,572 | 1.23% | 15,876 | 1.55% | 488,787 | 47.88% | 1,020,861
County Flips:

Republican

Hold

Gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Grand (largest city: Moab)
* Salt Lake (largest city: Salt Lake City)
* Summit (largest city: Park City)

#### By congressional district

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Mitt Romney won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[16]

District  | Romney  | Obama  | Representative

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1st | 77% | 20%  | Rob Bishop
2nd | 68% | 29%  | Chris Stewart
3rd | 78% | 19%  | Jason Chaffetz
4th | 67% | 30%  | Jim Matheson

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "Historical Election Results – Utah Voter Information". voteinfo.utah.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
2. ^ "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. ^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
4. ^ "WSJ Poll tracker, 17-poll average". Wall Street Journal. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
5. ^ "Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time". Deseret News. April 3, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012.
6. ^ a b "Republican for president". Utah Election Results. State of Utah. Retrieved August 27, 2012.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard". HuffPost. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013.
8. ^ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". CNN. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
9. ^ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
10. ^ "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.
11. ^ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
12. ^ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
13. ^ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
14. ^ "Utah Secretary of State". Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
15. ^ "2012 Presidential General Election Results - Utah".
16. ^ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rV_11QM-RuSdv-uIfkVuBnuZo7csjtCJeExJVw3yAxk/edit?gid=1109478469#gid=1109478469

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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

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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