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2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota
country	North Dakota
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota
previous_year	2008
election_date	November 6, 2012
next_election	2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota
next_year	2016
image_size	x200px
image1	Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped.jpg
nominee1	Mitt Romney
party1	North Dakota Republican Party
home_state1	Massachusetts
running_mate1	Paul Ryan
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	188,163
percentage1	58.32%
image2	President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
nominee2	Barack Obama
party2	North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
home_state2	Illinois
running_mate2	Joe Biden
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	124,827
percentage2	38.69%
map_image	North Dakota Presidential Election Results 2012.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Barack Obama
before_party	Democratic-NPL
after_election	Barack Obama
after_party	Democratic-NPL

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election

Romney Obama

The 2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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. North Dakota voters chose three 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.

Mitt Romney handily won the state with 58.32% of the vote to Barack Obama's 38.69%, a 19.63% margin of victory, considerably higher than McCain's 8.65% margin of victory. He flipped seven counties that Obama carried in 2008, including Cass County, home to Fargo, the state's largest city. Obama was the first Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to win without Mountrail County. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won Benson, Ransom, Sargent, and Steele counties.

Despite Romney's comfortable margin of victory, Democratic candidate Heidi Heitkamp narrowly won the concurrent senate election.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Republican caucuses

Main article: 2012 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses

The 2012 North Dakota Republican caucuses were held on March 6, 2012. North Dakota has 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention; despite Rick Santorum's nominal win in the preference poll conducted during the caucuses, the majority of the delegates elected by the state party convention later in March said they supported Romney.

2012 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
	Rick Santorum	4,510	39.7%	6
	Ron Paul	3,186	28.1%	2
	Mitt Romney	2,691	23.7%	20
	Newt Gingrich	962	8.5%	0
Unprojected delegates	0
Totals	11,349	100.0%	28

Convention controversy

The North Dakota Republican Party held its state convention from Friday, March 30 to Sunday, April 1, where twenty-five unbound National Convention delegates were elected. Rick Santorum had won the straw poll at the Legislative Districts caucuses on Super Tuesday with a large margin to Ron Paul in second place and Mitt Romney in third place. The party leadership's recommended slate of delegates was to reflect this straw poll result. However, the slate gave Romney a large majority of the delegates. Former NDGOP Chairman Gary Emineth called the vote undemocratic and a railroad job.

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Barack
Obama (D)	Mitt
Romney (R)	Other	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	October 26–28	625	± 4.0%	40%	54%	3%	3%
Forum/Essman	October 12–15	500	± 4.3%	32%	57%	-	11%
Rasmussen Reports	October 17–18	600	± 4.0%	40%	54%	2%	4%
Mason-Dixon	October 3–5	625	± 4.0%	40%	54%	1%	5%
Rasmussen Reports	July 10–11, 2012	400	± - 5%	36%	51%	6%	7%
Mason-Dixon	June 4–12	625	± 4.0%	39%	52%	–	–

‡Likely primary voters

Predictions

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

Results

2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	188,163	58.32%	3
Democratic-NPL	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	124,827	38.69%	0
Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	5,238	1.62%	0
Other			1,860	0.58%	0
Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,362	0.42%	0
Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	1,186	0.37%	0
Totals	322,932	100.00%	3

By county

County	Mitt Romney
Republican	Barack Obama
Democratic-NPL	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	188,163	58.32%	124,827	38.69%	9,637	2.99%	63,336	19.63%	322,627
	Adams		918		71.38%		328		25.51%		40		3.11%		590		45.87%		1,286
	Barnes		2,964		53.68%		2,394		43.35%		164		2.97%		570		10.33%		5,522
	Benson		868		40.24%		1,235		57.26%		54		2.50%		-367		-17.02%		2,157
	Billings		472		81.66%		89		15.40%		16		2.94%		383		66.26%		578
	Bottineau		2,280		64.14%		1,183		33.28%		92		2.58%		1,097		30.86%		3,555
	Bowman		1,280		73.69%		414		23.83%		43		2.48%		866		49.86%		1,737
	Burke		769		75.17%		230		22.48%		24		2.35%		539		52.69%		1,023
	Burleigh		27,951		64.42%		14,122		32.55%		1,314		3.03%		13,829		31.87%		43,387
	Cass		36,855		49.90%		34,712		47.00%		2,288		3.10%		2,143		2.90%		73,855
	Cavalier		1,195		57.76%		818		39.54%		56		2.70%		377		18.22%		2,069
	Dickey		1,610		63.51%		853		33.65%		72		2.84%		757		29.86%		2,535
	Divide		733		63.08%		385		33.13%		44		3.79%		348		29.95%		1,162
	Dunn		1,506		74.04%		508		24.98%		20		0.98%		998		49.06%		2,034
	Eddy		634		54.80%		486		42.01%		37		3.19%		148		12.79%		1,157
	Emmons		1,435		76.17%		383		20.33%		66		3.50%		1,052		55.84%		1,884
	Foster		1,030		61.24%		607		36.09%		45		2.67%		423		25.15%		1,682
	Golden Valley		742		79.96%		162		17.46%		24		2.58%		580		62.50%		928
	Grand Forks		15,060		50.15%		14,032		46.73%		937		3.12%		1,028		3.42%		30,029
	Grant		1,025		72.54%		334		23.64%		54		3.82%		691		48.90%		1,413
	Griggs		771		57.41%		536		39.91%		36		2.68%		235		17.50%		1,343
	Hettinger		1,000		73.42%		313		22.98%		49		3.60%		687		50.44%		1,362
	Kidder		870		65.51%		393		29.59%		65		4.90%		477		35.92%		1,328
	LaMoure		1,377		62.76%		740		33.73%		77		3.51%		637		29.03%		2,194
	Logan		810		75.49%		232		21.62%		31		2.89%		578		53.87%		1,073
	McHenry		1,678		61.87%		943		34.77%		91		3.36%		735		27.10%		2,712
	McIntosh		1,035		67.65%		459		30.00%		36		2.35%		576		37.65%		1,530
	McKenzie		2,458		71.23%		927		26.86%		66		1.91%		1,531		44.37%		3,451
	McLean		3,141		63.61%		1,670		33.82%		127		2.57%		1,471		29.79%		4,938
	Mercer		3,152		70.75%		1,166		26.17%		137		3.08%		1,986		44.58%		4,455
	Morton		8,680		63.76%		4,469		32.83%		464		3.41%		4,211		30.93%		13,613
	Mountrail		1,962		56.75%		1,403		40.58%		92		2.67%		559		16.17%		3,457
	Nelson		865		51.55%		767		45.71%		46		2.74%		98		5.84%		1,678
	Oliver		693		68.41%		281		27.74%		39		3.85%		412		40.67%		1,013
	Pembina		1,899		58.34%		1,253		38.49%		103		3.17%		646		19.85%		3,255
	Pierce		1,465		67.26%		660		30.30%		53		2.44%		805		36.96%		2,178
	Ramsey		2,665		53.31%		2,164		43.29%		170		3.40%		501		10.02%		4,999
	Ransom		1,009		41.61%		1,343		55.38%		73		3.01%		-334		-13.77%		2,425
	Renville		851		66.59%		398		31.14%		29		2.27%		453		35.45%		1,278
	Richland		4,229		55.55%		3,198		42.01%		186		2.44%		1,031		13.54%		7,613
	Rolette		1,092		23.99%		3,353		73.66%		107		2.35%		-2,261		-49.67%		4,552
	Sargent		879		43.80%		1,075		53.56%		53		2.64%		-196		-9.76%		2,007
	Sheridan		642		78.10%		163		19.83%		17		2.07%		479		58.27%		822
	Sioux		225		19.67%		900		78.67%		19		1.66%		-675		-59.00%		1,144
	Slope		341		78.03%		83		18.99%		13		2.98%		258		59.04%		437
	Stark		8,521		73.25%		2,812		24.17%		300		2.58%		5,709		49.08%		11,633
	Steele		498		47.79%		518		49.71%		26		2.50%		-20		-1.92%		1,042
	Stutsman		5,685		59.48%		3,585		37.51%		288		3.01%		2,100		21.97%		9,558
	Towner		623		52.71%		516		43.65%		43		3.64%		107		9.06%		1,182
	Traill		1,996		50.91%		1,811		46.19%		114		2.90%		185		4.72%		3,921
	Walsh		2,656		55.44%		1,985		41.43%		150		3.13%		671		14.01%		4,791
	Ward		16,230		63.74%		8,441		33.15%		792		3.11%		7,789		30.59%		25,463
	Wells		1,654		69.53%		673		28.29%		52		2.18%		981		41.24%		2,379
	Williams		7,184		73.25%		2,322		23.67%		302		3.08%		4,862		49.58%		9,808

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Cass (largest city: Fargo)
Eddy (largest city: New Rockford)
Grand Forks (largest city: Grand Forks)
Mountrail (largest city: Stanley)
Nelson (largest city: Lakota)
Towner (largest city: Cando)
Traill (largest city: Mayville)

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is an at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District	Romney	Obama	Representative		At-large
58.32%	38.7%		Kevin Cramer

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