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2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
country	Rhode Island
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
previous_year	2008
next_election	2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
next_year	2016
turnout	60.8%This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 2012 (446,049) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 2012 (732,860).
* For the number of votes cast, see {{cite web	title	Official 2012 Presidential General Election Results	url=http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2012/general_election/	publisher=Rhode Island Board of Elections	date=November 26, 2012	access-date=February 6, 2018}}
* For the estimated number of registered voters, see {{cite web	title	STATEWIDE - VOTER REGISTRATION SUMMARY	url=http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Voter_Registration/11-01-12_RI_VR_STATS.pdf	publisher=Rhode Island Board of Elections	date=November 14, 2012	access-date=February 6, 2018	archive-date=July 26, 2015	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726000251/http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Voter_Registration/11-01-12_RI_VR_STATS.pdf	url-status=dead}} 6.1 pp
election_date	November 6, 2012
image_size	x200px
image1	President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
nominee1	Barack Obama
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Illinois
electoral_vote1	4
running_mate1	Joe Biden
popular_vote1	279,677
percentage1	62.70%
image2	Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
nominee2	Mitt Romney
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Massachusetts
running_mate2	Paul Ryan
popular_vote2	157,204
electoral_vote2	0
percentage2	35.24%
map_image	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	Barack Obama
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Barack Obama
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election

For the number of votes cast, see
For the estimated number of registered voters, see 6.1 pp | [[File:Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|250px]] | County results | [[File:Rhode Island Presidential Election Municipality Results 2012.svg|250px]] | Municipality results | [[File:United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 2016 results by district.svg|250px]] | Congressional district results | [[File:Rhode Island Presidential Election Precinct Results 2012.svg|250px]] | Precinct results Obama Romney The 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island voters chose four 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.

Also on the ballot were Libertarian nominee, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and his running mate, jurist Jim Gray. The left-wing Green Party nominated activist and physician Jill Stein and her running mate, anti-poverty advocate Cheri Honkala.

Rhode Island was won by Democratic nominee Obama by a 27.46% margin of victory. This was the seventh straight win for the Democratic Party in Rhode Island on the presidential level. It was also the seventh time in a row that the Democratic nominee for president won all 5 counties – a streak which would be broken when Donald Trump won Kent County in 2016 – and the sixth consecutive time that a Republican nominee failed to break 40% of the vote in Rhode Island. Rhode Island has been a safe Democratic state since 1988, and has only voted for a Republican nominee four times since 1928 (all of which in landslide elections). State politics are dominated by the Providence and Warwick metropolitan areas, and Providence County gave Obama his largest margin in the state at 34.92%. However, white working class voters in the inland and diverse, urban voters on the coast alike consistently vote Democratic, enough to provide the Democratic nominee with landslide margins in each election.

To date, this is the last time that the towns of Burrillville, Coventry, Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Hopkinton, Johnston, North Smithfield, and Smithfield voted Democratic, and the last time that the town of East Greenwich voted Republican.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The 2012 Rhode Island Democratic primary was held April 24, 2012. Rhode Island awarded 40 delegates proportionally.

No candidate ran against incumbent President Barack Obama in Rhode Island's Democratic presidential preference primary. Obama received 6,759 votes, or 83.38% of the vote, with 1,133 uncommitted votes (13.98%) and 214 write-in votes (2.64%)

At the Rhode Island Democratic state convention held on June 21, 2012, 35 delegates were awarded to Barack Obama, with 5 delegates remaining unannounced.

Rhode Island 2012 Democratic presidential primary	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Barack Obama (incumbent)	6,759	83.38%	35
Uncommitted	1,133	13.98%
Write-in	214	2.64%
Unannounced			5
Totals	8,106	100.00%	40

Republican primary

The 2012 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012. Former Massachusetts Governor and frontrunner Mitt Romney received 63.02% of the vote, followed by U.S. Representative from Texas Ron Paul with 23.85% and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich with 6.04%. Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum, who dropped out on April 10, received 5.66% of the vote.

2012 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
[[File:America Symbol.svg	14px]] Mitt Romney	9,178	63.02%	12
Ron Paul	3,473	23.85%	4
Newt Gingrich	880	6.04%	0
Rick Santorum	825	5.66%	0
Uncommitted	131	0.90%	3
Buddy Roemer	40	0.27%	0
Write-in	37	0.25%	0
Unprojected delegates:	0
Total:	14,564	100%	19

General election

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 Rhode Island	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	279,677	62.70%	4
Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	157,204	35.24%	0
Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	4,388	0.98%	0
Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	2,421	0.54%	0
Others & write-in			2,359	0.53%	0
Totals	446,049	100.00%	4
Voter turnout	60.79%

By county

County	Barack Obama
Democratic	Mitt Romney
Republican	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	279,677	62.70%	157,204	35.24%	9,168	2.06%	122,473	27.46%	446,049
	Bristol		14,974		60.68%		9,231		37.41%		471		1.91%		5,743		23.27%		24,676
	Kent		45,564		57.73%		31,567		40.00%		1,792		2.27%		13,997		17.73%		78,923
	Newport		23,463		59.47%		15,202		38.53%		787		2.00%		8,261		20.94%		39,452
	Providence		159,520		66.53%		75,785		31.61%		4,481		1.86%		83,735		34.92%		239,786
	Washington		35,888		57.07%		25,366		40.34%		1,625		2.59%		10,522		16.73%		62,879

|[[File:2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island swing by county.svg|300px]]|Shift by county |[[File:2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island trend relative to the state by county.svg|300px]]|Trend relative to the state by county | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}}}}}

By congressional district

Obama won both congressional districts.

District	Obama	Romney	Representative
66.21%	32.18%		David Cicilline
59.84%	38.29%		James Langevin

References

"Rhode Island 2016 Presidential And State Election Results".
"The Road to 270: Rhode Island".
"Rhode Island Democrat". The Green Papers.
"Presidential Primary Dates". [[Federal Election Commission]].
"REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE".
[http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2012/presidential_preference_primary/races/108.html State of Rhode Island official election results]
"Huffington Post Election Dashboard". [[HuffPost]].
"America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". [[CNN]].
"Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". [[The New York Times]].
"2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post.
"RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House".
"PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM".
"Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome".
"State of Rhode Island Board of Elections".
"Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts".

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