2012 United States presidential election in Georgia
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose 16 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.
Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin, an improvement from 2008 when John McCain won by 5.20%. Romney received 53.19% of the vote to Obama's 45.39%. Early County flipped from supporting the Republican candidate to the Democratic candidate, while Chattahoochee County flipped from the Democratic column to the Republican column.
Obama remains the only Democrat to ever win two terms in office without carrying Georgia either time. Georgia is also one of only two states that voted against Obama in both 2008 and 2012 that his vice president Joe Biden would go on to win in 2020, the other being Arizona.
As of 2020, this is the last time a Democratic presidential nominee won the rural Black Belt counties of Baker, Dooly, Early, Peach, Quitman, and Twiggs, and the last time that the suburban Atlanta counties of Gwinnett, Henry, and Cobb would vote Republican in a presidential race. This is also the last time that Georgia has backed the losing candidate in a presidential election and the last time a Democrat won the presidency without winning Georgia. Obama became the first democrat president since Martin Van buren to never win Georgia in two elections.
Primary elections
[edit]Democratic primary
[edit]Incumbent president Barack Obama was unopposed in the Georgia primary, therefore winning all of the state's delegates.
Republican primary
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| Elections in Georgia |
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The 2012 Georgia Republican primary took place on March 6, 2012.[2][3]
Georgia has 76 delegates to the Republic National Convention. The three super delegates are awarded winner-take-all to the statewide winner. Thirty-one delegates are awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide. Another 42 delegates are allocated by congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in a district, he wins all 3 delegates. If no one get majority, the delegates are split 2 and 1 between the top two candidates respectively.[4]
| Georgia Republican primary, 2012[5] | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Estimated national delegates [6] |
 Newt Gingrich | 425,395 | 47.2% | 54 |
| Mitt Romney | 233,611 | 25.9% | 19 |
| Rick Santorum | 176,259 | 19.6% | 3 |
| Ron Paul | 59,100 | 6.6% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman Jr. | 1,813 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann | 1,714 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 1,696 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer | 1,142 | 0.13% | 0 |
| Gary Johnson | 740 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Undecided or Other | 0 | ||
| Totals | 901,470 | 100.0% | 76 |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest. |
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
- Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
- Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Write-in candidate access:
- Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
- Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
- Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
Results
[edit]Out of a total of 6,066,961 registered voters at the time of the presidential election, turnout for the general election was 3,908,369, or 64.42% of registered voters.
| United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012[14] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 2,078,688 | 53.19% | 16 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 1,773,827 | 45.39% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 45,324 | 1.16% | 0 | |
| Green (Write-in) | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,516 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Constitution (Write-in) | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 432 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Justice (Write-in) | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 154 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Other Write-ins | Other Write-ins | 109 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,900,050 | 100.00% | 16 | |||
| Voter turnout (registered voters) | 71.36% | |||||
By county
[edit]| County | Mitt Romney Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Appling | 5,233 | 73.78% | 1,758 | 24.78% | 102 | 1.44% | 3,475 | 49.00% | 7,093 |
| Atkinson | 1,938 | 66.67% | 930 | 31.99% | 39 | 1.34% | 1,008 | 34.68% | 2,907 |
| Bacon | 3,093 | 78.58% | 791 | 20.10% | 52 | 1.32% | 2,302 | 58.48% | 3,936 |
| Baker | 785 | 49.34% | 794 | 49.91% | 12 | 0.75% | -9 | -0.57% | 1,591 |
| Baldwin | 7,589 | 46.64% | 8,483 | 52.14% | 198 | 1.22% | -894 | -5.50% | 16,270 |
| Banks | 5,354 | 86.30% | 780 | 12.57% | 70 | 1.13% | 4,574 | 73.73% | 6,204 |
| Barrow | 18,725 | 74.10% | 6,028 | 23.85% | 517 | 2.05% | 12,697 | 50.25% | 25,270 |
| Bartow | 26,876 | 74.87% | 8,396 | 23.39% | 625 | 1.74% | 18,480 | 51.48% | 35,897 |
| Ben Hill | 3,396 | 56.88% | 2,512 | 42.08% | 62 | 1.04% | 884 | 14.80% | 5,970 |
| Berrien | 4,843 | 77.81% | 1,273 | 20.45% | 108 | 1.74% | 3,570 | 57.36% | 6,224 |
| Bibb | 25,623 | 39.54% | 38,585 | 59.54% | 595 | 0.92% | -12,962 | -20.00% | 64,803 |
| Bleckley | 3,587 | 72.91% | 1,269 | 25.79% | 64 | 1.30% | 2,318 | 47.12% | 4,920 |
| Brantley | 4,964 | 82.46% | 939 | 15.60% | 117 | 1.94% | 4,025 | 66.86% | 6,020 |
| Brooks | 3,554 | 52.62% | 3,138 | 46.46% | 62 | 0.92% | 416 | 6.16% | 6,754 |
| Bryan | 9,560 | 70.94% | 3,707 | 27.51% | 209 | 1.55% | 5,853 | 43.43% | 13,476 |
| Bulloch | 14,174 | 58.73% | 9,593 | 39.75% | 366 | 1.52% | 4,581 | 18.98% | 24,133 |
| Burke | 4,301 | 43.92% | 5,405 | 55.19% | 87 | 0.89% | -1,104 | -11.27% | 9,793 |
| Butts | 6,306 | 67.09% | 2,968 | 31.57% | 126 | 1.34% | 3,338 | 35.52% | 9,400 |
| Calhoun | 883 | 40.34% | 1,298 | 59.30% | 8 | 0.36% | -415 | -18.96% | 2,189 |
| Camden | 11,343 | 62.84% | 6,377 | 35.33% | 330 | 1.83% | 4,966 | 27.51% | 18,050 |
| Candler | 2,344 | 66.38% | 1,157 | 32.77% | 30 | 0.85% | 1,187 | 33.61% | 3,531 |
| Carroll | 28,280 | 67.86% | 12,688 | 30.45% | 704 | 1.69% | 15,592 | 37.41% | 41,672 |
| Catoosa | 17,858 | 75.06% | 5,365 | 22.55% | 568 | 2.39% | 12,493 | 52.51% | 23,791 |
| Charlton | 2,527 | 67.12% | 1,197 | 31.79% | 41 | 1.09% | 1,330 | 35.33% | 3,765 |
| Chatham | 47,204 | 43.38% | 60,246 | 55.36% | 1,371 | 1.26% | -13,042 | -11.98% | 108,821 |
| Chattahoochee | 735 | 49.23% | 729 | 48.83% | 29 | 1.94% | 6 | 0.40% | 1,493 |
| Chattooga | 5,452 | 69.28% | 2,232 | 28.36% | 185 | 2.36% | 3,220 | 40.92% | 7,869 |
| Cherokee | 76,514 | 77.73% | 19,841 | 20.16% | 2,084 | 2.11% | 56,673 | 57.57% | 98,439 |
| Clarke | 13,815 | 34.10% | 25,431 | 62.77% | 1,269 | 3.13% | -11,616 | -28.67% | 40,515 |
| Clay | 537 | 38.28% | 862 | 61.44% | 4 | 0.28% | -325 | -23.16% | 1,403 |
| Clayton | 14,164 | 14.72% | 81,479 | 84.67% | 587 | 0.61% | -67,315 | -69.95% | 96,230 |
| Clinch | 1,598 | 64.57% | 852 | 34.42% | 25 | 1.01% | 746 | 30.15% | 2,475 |
| Cobb | 171,722 | 55.25% | 133,124 | 42.83% | 5,989 | 1.92% | 38,598 | 12.42% | 310,835 |
| Coffee | 9,248 | 63.89% | 5,057 | 34.94% | 169 | 1.17% | 4,191 | 28.95% | 14,474 |
| Colquitt | 9,243 | 69.25% | 3,973 | 29.77% | 131 | 0.98% | 5,270 | 39.48% | 13,347 |
| Columbia | 41,765 | 70.70% | 16,451 | 27.85% | 855 | 1.45% | 25,314 | 42.85% | 59,071 |
| Cook | 3,935 | 65.14% | 2,042 | 33.80% | 64 | 1.06% | 1,893 | 31.34% | 6,041 |
| Coweta | 39,653 | 71.17% | 15,168 | 27.22% | 897 | 1.61% | 24,485 | 43.95% | 55,718 |
| Crawford | 3,368 | 65.47% | 1,706 | 33.16% | 70 | 1.37% | 1,662 | 32.31% | 5,144 |
| Crisp | 4,182 | 56.51% | 3,167 | 42.80% | 51 | 0.69% | 1,015 | 13.71% | 7,400 |
| Dade | 4,471 | 73.94% | 1,411 | 23.33% | 165 | 2.73% | 3,060 | 50.61% | 6,047 |
| Dawson | 8,847 | 86.19% | 1,241 | 12.09% | 176 | 1.72% | 7,606 | 74.10% | 10,264 |
| Decatur | 5,824 | 55.47% | 4,591 | 43.72% | 85 | 0.81% | 1,233 | 11.75% | 10,500 |
| DeKalb | 64,392 | 20.98% | 238,224 | 77.63% | 4,242 | 1.39% | -173,832 | -56.65% | 306,858 |
| Dodge | 5,214 | 67.24% | 2,442 | 31.49% | 98 | 1.27% | 2,772 | 35.75% | 7,754 |
| Dooly | 1,985 | 46.14% | 2,285 | 53.11% | 32 | 0.75% | -300 | -6.97% | 4,302 |
| Dougherty | 11,449 | 30.15% | 26,295 | 69.24% | 231 | 0.61% | -14,846 | -39.09% | 37,975 |
| Douglas | 26,241 | 47.38% | 28,441 | 51.36% | 697 | 1.26% | -2,200 | -3.98% | 55,379 |
| Early | 2,557 | 47.71% | 2,765 | 51.60% | 37 | 0.69% | -208 | -3.89% | 5,359 |
| Echols | 917 | 82.99% | 173 | 15.66% | 15 | 1.35% | 744 | 67.33% | 1,105 |
| Effingham | 15,596 | 74.79% | 4,947 | 23.72% | 311 | 1.49% | 10,649 | 51.07% | 20,854 |
| Elbert | 4,859 | 59.58% | 3,181 | 39.00% | 116 | 1.42% | 1,678 | 20.58% | 8,156 |
| Emanuel | 5,100 | 63.05% | 2,927 | 36.18% | 62 | 0.77% | 2,173 | 26.87% | 8,089 |
| Evans | 2,268 | 63.62% | 1,268 | 35.57% | 29 | 0.81% | 1,000 | 28.05% | 3,565 |
| Fannin | 7,857 | 78.10% | 2,028 | 20.16% | 175 | 1.74% | 5,829 | 57.94% | 10,060 |
| Fayette | 38,075 | 64.83% | 19,736 | 33.61% | 917 | 1.56% | 18,339 | 31.22% | 58,728 |
| Floyd | 22,733 | 69.04% | 9,640 | 29.28% | 554 | 1.68% | 13,093 | 39.76% | 32,927 |
| Forsyth | 65,908 | 80.47% | 14,571 | 17.79% | 1,421 | 1.74% | 51,337 | 62.68% | 81,900 |
| Franklin | 6,114 | 78.62% | 1,499 | 19.27% | 164 | 2.11% | 4,615 | 59.35% | 7,777 |
| Fulton | 137,124 | 34.42% | 255,470 | 64.13% | 5,752 | 1.45% | -118,346 | -29.71% | 398,346 |
| Gilmer | 8,926 | 80.76% | 1,958 | 17.71% | 169 | 1.53% | 6,968 | 63.05% | 11,053 |
| Glascock | 1,135 | 84.96% | 176 | 13.17% | 25 | 1.87% | 959 | 71.79% | 1,336 |
| Glynn | 20,893 | 62.95% | 11,950 | 36.00% | 348 | 1.05% | 8,943 | 26.95% | 33,191 |
| Gordon | 13,197 | 77.91% | 3,440 | 20.31% | 302 | 1.78% | 9,757 | 57.60% | 16,939 |
| Grady | 5,924 | 62.93% | 3,419 | 36.32% | 70 | 0.75% | 2,505 | 26.61% | 9,413 |
| Greene | 5,071 | 60.90% | 3,201 | 38.44% | 55 | 0.66% | 1,870 | 22.46% | 8,327 |
| Gwinnett | 159,855 | 53.76% | 132,509 | 44.56% | 4,992 | 1.68% | 27,346 | 9.20% | 297,356 |
| Habersham | 12,166 | 82.90% | 2,301 | 15.68% | 209 | 1.42% | 9,865 | 67.22% | 14,676 |
| Hall | 47,481 | 77.19% | 12,999 | 21.13% | 1,032 | 1.68% | 34,482 | 56.06% | 61,512 |
| Hancock | 769 | 18.80% | 3,308 | 80.88% | 13 | 0.32% | -2,539 | -62.08% | 4,090 |
| Haralson | 8,446 | 81.16% | 1,789 | 17.19% | 172 | 1.65% | 6,657 | 63.97% | 10,407 |
| Harris | 11,197 | 72.14% | 4,145 | 26.71% | 179 | 1.15% | 7,052 | 45.43% | 15,521 |
| Hart | 6,517 | 68.39% | 2,870 | 30.12% | 142 | 1.49% | 3,647 | 38.27% | 9,529 |
| Heard | 3,160 | 75.63% | 948 | 22.69% | 70 | 1.68% | 2,212 | 52.94% | 4,178 |
| Henry | 46,774 | 51.10% | 43,761 | 47.81% | 996 | 1.09% | 3,013 | 3.29% | 91,531 |
| Houston | 34,662 | 59.58% | 22,702 | 39.02% | 811 | 1.40% | 11,960 | 20.56% | 58,175 |
| Irwin | 2,538 | 68.34% | 1,141 | 30.72% | 35 | 0.94% | 1,397 | 37.62% | 3,714 |
| Jackson | 19,135 | 80.59% | 4,238 | 17.85% | 372 | 1.56% | 14,897 | 62.74% | 23,745 |
| Jasper | 4,136 | 68.45% | 1,845 | 30.54% | 61 | 1.01% | 2,291 | 37.91% | 6,042 |
| Jeff Davis | 3,996 | 74.85% | 1,275 | 23.88% | 68 | 1.27% | 2,721 | 50.97% | 5,339 |
| Jefferson | 2,999 | 41.08% | 4,261 | 58.36% | 41 | 0.56% | -1,262 | -17.28% | 7,301 |
| Jenkins | 1,887 | 55.60% | 1,488 | 43.84% | 19 | 0.56% | 399 | 11.76% | 3,394 |
| Johnson | 2,440 | 64.62% | 1,305 | 34.56% | 31 | 0.82% | 1,135 | 30.06% | 3,776 |
| Jones | 7,744 | 63.90% | 4,274 | 35.27% | 101 | 0.83% | 3,470 | 28.63% | 12,119 |
| Lamar | 4,899 | 64.36% | 2,602 | 34.18% | 111 | 1.46% | 2,297 | 30.18% | 7,612 |
| Lanier | 1,820 | 61.11% | 1,114 | 37.41% | 44 | 1.48% | 706 | 23.70% | 2,978 |
| Laurens | 11,950 | 60.85% | 7,513 | 38.26% | 176 | 0.89% | 4,437 | 22.59% | 19,639 |
| Lee | 10,314 | 75.58% | 3,196 | 23.42% | 136 | 1.00% | 7,118 | 52.16% | 13,646 |
| Liberty | 5,565 | 34.36% | 10,457 | 64.57% | 173 | 1.07% | -4,892 | -30.21% | 16,195 |
| Lincoln | 2,807 | 63.36% | 1,586 | 35.80% | 37 | 0.84% | 1,221 | 27.56% | 4,430 |
| Long | 2,306 | 60.45% | 1,442 | 37.80% | 67 | 1.75% | 864 | 22.65% | 3,815 |
| Lowndes | 21,327 | 54.38% | 17,470 | 44.54% | 424 | 1.08% | 3,857 | 9.84% | 39,221 |
| Lumpkin | 8,647 | 78.98% | 2,055 | 18.77% | 246 | 2.25% | 6,592 | 60.21% | 10,948 |
| Macon | 1,545 | 32.28% | 3,211 | 67.09% | 30 | 0.63% | -1,666 | -34.81% | 4,786 |
| Madison | 8,443 | 75.84% | 2,494 | 22.40% | 196 | 1.76% | 5,949 | 53.44% | 11,133 |
| Marion | 1,733 | 54.51% | 1,412 | 44.42% | 34 | 1.07% | 321 | 10.09% | 3,179 |
| McDuffie | 5,475 | 57.00% | 4,044 | 42.10% | 86 | 0.90% | 1,431 | 14.90% | 9,605 |
| McIntosh | 3,409 | 53.65% | 2,864 | 45.07% | 81 | 1.28% | 545 | 8.58% | 6,354 |
| Meriwether | 4,856 | 52.36% | 4,331 | 46.70% | 87 | 0.94% | 525 | 5.66% | 9,274 |
| Miller | 1,905 | 68.53% | 852 | 30.65% | 23 | 0.82% | 1,053 | 37.88% | 2,780 |
| Mitchell | 4,155 | 50.18% | 4,081 | 49.28% | 45 | 0.54% | 74 | 0.90% | 8,281 |
| Monroe | 8,361 | 68.00% | 3,785 | 30.78% | 149 | 1.22% | 4,576 | 37.22% | 12,295 |
| Montgomery | 2,662 | 69.41% | 1,135 | 29.60% | 38 | 0.99% | 1,527 | 39.81% | 3,835 |
| Morgan | 6,186 | 68.42% | 2,753 | 30.45% | 102 | 1.13% | 3,433 | 37.97% | 9,041 |
| Murray | 8,443 | 75.02% | 2,542 | 22.59% | 270 | 2.39% | 5,901 | 52.43% | 11,255 |
| Muscogee | 27,510 | 38.90% | 42,573 | 60.20% | 632 | 0.90% | -15,063 | -21.30% | 70,715 |
| Newton | 20,982 | 48.45% | 21,851 | 50.45% | 476 | 1.10% | -869 | -2.00% | 43,309 |
| Oconee | 13,098 | 73.34% | 4,421 | 24.76% | 340 | 1.90% | 8,677 | 48.58% | 17,859 |
| Oglethorpe | 4,251 | 67.64% | 1,914 | 30.45% | 120 | 1.91% | 2,337 | 37.19% | 6,285 |
| Paulding | 40,846 | 70.98% | 15,825 | 27.50% | 872 | 1.52% | 25,021 | 43.48% | 57,543 |
| Peach | 5,287 | 45.83% | 6,148 | 53.29% | 102 | 0.88% | -861 | -7.46% | 11,537 |
| Pickens | 10,547 | 83.03% | 1,975 | 15.55% | 180 | 1.42% | 8,572 | 67.48% | 12,702 |
| Pierce | 5,667 | 82.67% | 1,124 | 16.40% | 64 | 0.93% | 4,543 | 66.27% | 6,855 |
| Pike | 6,668 | 81.93% | 1,356 | 16.66% | 115 | 1.41% | 5,312 | 65.27% | 8,139 |
| Polk | 9,811 | 71.89% | 3,615 | 26.49% | 222 | 1.62% | 6,196 | 45.40% | 13,648 |
| Pulaski | 2,444 | 66.32% | 1,219 | 33.08% | 22 | 0.60% | 1,225 | 33.24% | 3,685 |
| Putnam | 6,215 | 67.34% | 2,926 | 31.70% | 88 | 0.96% | 3,289 | 35.64% | 9,229 |
| Quitman | 510 | 45.21% | 612 | 54.26% | 6 | 0.53% | -102 | -9.05% | 1,128 |
| Rabun | 5,754 | 77.08% | 1,559 | 20.88% | 152 | 2.04% | 4,195 | 56.20% | 7,465 |
| Randolph | 1,271 | 41.54% | 1,770 | 57.84% | 19 | 0.62% | -499 | -16.30% | 3,060 |
| Richmond | 25,845 | 32.64% | 52,560 | 66.39% | 769 | 0.97% | -26,715 | -33.75% | 79,174 |
| Rockdale | 15,716 | 41.19% | 22,023 | 57.72% | 417 | 1.09% | -6,307 | -16.53% | 38,156 |
| Schley | 1,286 | 73.40% | 448 | 25.57% | 18 | 1.03% | 838 | 47.83% | 1,752 |
| Screven | 3,287 | 53.79% | 2,774 | 45.39% | 50 | 0.82% | 513 | 8.40% | 6,111 |
| Seminole | 2,245 | 59.44% | 1,478 | 39.13% | 54 | 1.43% | 767 | 20.31% | 3,777 |
| Spalding | 14,911 | 59.31% | 9,898 | 39.37% | 330 | 1.32% | 5,013 | 19.94% | 25,139 |
| Stephens | 7,221 | 75.74% | 2,131 | 22.35% | 182 | 1.91% | 5,090 | 53.39% | 9,534 |
| Stewart | 745 | 35.89% | 1,323 | 63.73% | 8 | 0.38% | -578 | -27.84% | 2,076 |
| Sumter | 5,378 | 45.36% | 6,375 | 53.77% | 103 | 0.87% | -997 | -8.41% | 11,856 |
| Talbot | 1,202 | 34.41% | 2,265 | 64.84% | 26 | 0.75% | -1,063 | -30.43% | 3,493 |
| Taliaferro | 323 | 33.54% | 636 | 66.04% | 4 | 0.42% | -313 | -32.50% | 963 |
| Tattnall | 4,706 | 70.48% | 1,897 | 28.41% | 74 | 1.11% | 2,809 | 42.07% | 6,677 |
| Taylor | 1,948 | 55.03% | 1,572 | 44.41% | 20 | 0.56% | 376 | 10.62% | 3,540 |
| Telfair | 2,480 | 57.17% | 1,805 | 41.61% | 53 | 1.22% | 675 | 15.56% | 4,338 |
| Terrell | 1,834 | 41.62% | 2,544 | 57.73% | 29 | 0.65% | -710 | -16.11% | 4,407 |
| Thomas | 11,156 | 58.74% | 7,653 | 40.30% | 183 | 0.96% | 3,503 | 18.44% | 18,992 |
| Tift | 9,185 | 65.88% | 4,660 | 33.42% | 97 | 0.70% | 4,525 | 32.46% | 13,942 |
| Toombs | 6,524 | 69.72% | 2,746 | 29.35% | 87 | 0.93% | 3,778 | 40.37% | 9,357 |
| Towns | 4,876 | 78.09% | 1,273 | 20.39% | 95 | 1.52% | 3,603 | 57.70% | 6,244 |
| Treutlen | 1,652 | 60.05% | 1,074 | 39.04% | 25 | 0.91% | 578 | 21.01% | 2,751 |
| Troup | 15,179 | 58.30% | 10,547 | 40.51% | 309 | 1.19% | 4,632 | 17.79% | 26,035 |
| Turner | 2,028 | 56.85% | 1,510 | 42.33% | 29 | 0.82% | 518 | 14.52% | 3,567 |
| Twiggs | 1,907 | 45.35% | 2,270 | 53.98% | 28 | 0.67% | -363 | -8.63% | 4,205 |
| Union | 8,773 | 78.97% | 2,139 | 19.25% | 197 | 1.78% | 6,634 | 59.72% | 11,109 |
| Upson | 7,230 | 64.10% | 3,959 | 35.10% | 90 | 0.80% | 3,271 | 29.00% | 11,279 |
| Walker | 16,247 | 73.86% | 5,274 | 23.98% | 475 | 2.16% | 10,973 | 49.88% | 21,996 |
| Walton | 29,036 | 77.07% | 8,148 | 21.63% | 493 | 1.30% | 20,888 | 55.44% | 37,677 |
| Ware | 7,941 | 66.44% | 3,900 | 32.63% | 112 | 0.93% | 4,041 | 33.81% | 11,953 |
| Warren | 990 | 39.18% | 1,529 | 60.51% | 8 | 0.31% | -539 | -21.33% | 2,527 |
| Washington | 4,035 | 45.76% | 4,714 | 53.46% | 68 | 0.78% | -679 | -7.70% | 8,817 |
| Wayne | 7,557 | 73.45% | 2,596 | 25.23% | 135 | 1.32% | 4,961 | 48.22% | 10,288 |
| Webster | 601 | 50.59% | 582 | 48.99% | 5 | 0.42% | 19 | 1.60% | 1,188 |
| Wheeler | 1,366 | 63.09% | 772 | 35.66% | 27 | 1.25% | 594 | 27.43% | 2,165 |
| White | 8,651 | 82.21% | 1,671 | 15.88% | 201 | 1.91% | 6,980 | 66.33% | 10,523 |
| Whitfield | 19,305 | 71.58% | 7,210 | 26.74% | 453 | 1.68% | 12,095 | 44.84% | 26,968 |
| Wilcox | 2,053 | 65.55% | 1,060 | 33.84% | 19 | 0.61% | 993 | 31.71% | 3,132 |
| Wilkes | 2,635 | 55.30% | 2,087 | 43.80% | 43 | 0.90% | 548 | 11.50% | 4,765 |
| Wilkinson | 2,246 | 50.40% | 2,181 | 48.95% | 29 | 0.65% | 65 | 1.45% | 4,456 |
| Worth | 5,869 | 69.57% | 2,487 | 29.48% | 80 | 0.95% | 3,382 | 40.09% | 8,436 |
| Totals | 2,078,688 | 53.19% | 1,773,827 | 45.39% | 55,854 | 1.43% | 304,861 | 7.80% | 3,908,369 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
- Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Chattahoochee (largest city: Cusseta)
- Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
By congressional district
[edit]Romney won 10 of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[15]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 55.9% | 43% | Jack Kingston |
| 2nd | 40.8% | 58.6% | Sanford Bishop |
| 3rd | 65.85% | 33% | Lynn Westmoreland |
| 4th | 25.6% | 73.6% | Hank Johnson |
| 5th | 15.8% | 83.1% | John Lewis |
| 6th | 60.8% | 37.45% | Tom Price |
| 7th | 60.23% | 38.32% | Rob Woodall |
| 8th | 61.63% | 37.48% | Austin Scott |
| 9th | 78.14% | 20.5% | Doug Collins |
| 10th | 62.46% | 36.3% | Paul Broun |
| 11th | 66.9% | 31.5% | Phil Gingrey |
| 12th | 55.42% | 43.64% | John Barrow |
| 13th | 29.97% | 69.24% | David Scott |
| 14th | 73.21% | 25.3% | Tom Graves |
See also
[edit]- 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
- Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Georgia Democratic Party
- Georgia Republican Party
References
[edit]- ^ ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2012". United States Census Bureau. May 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2021.)
- ^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Official Results of the Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Presidential Preference Primary Election (PDF) (Report). Georgia Secretary of State. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ Georgia Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard". HuffPost. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013.
- ^ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". CNN. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
- ^ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.
- ^ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
- ^ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
- ^ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
- ^ "Georgia Election Results". Secretary of State of Georgia. November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
External links
[edit]- The Green Papers: for Georgia
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
