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2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming
country	Wyoming
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming
previous_year	2008
next_election	2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming
next_year	2016
election_date	November 6, 2012
image_size	x200px
image1	Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
nominee1	Mitt Romney
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Massachusetts
running_mate1	Paul Ryan
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	170,962
percentage1	68.64%
image2	President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
nominee2	Barack Obama
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Illinois
running_mate2	Joe Biden
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	69,286
percentage2	27.82%
map_image	Wyoming Presidential Election Results 2012.svg
map_size	280px
map_caption	County results
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

Romney Obama

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming 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. Wyoming 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.

Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney carried the state with 68.64% to Obama's 27.82%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 2.14%.

With 68.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Romney's second strongest state in the 2012 election after neighboring Utah. As of the 2024 election, this is the last time that Albany County failed to back the overall winner of the Electoral College, and presidency.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Republican caucuses

The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012. The results of the conventions were reported on Saturday, March 10, 2012, the same day on which the Guam, Kansas, and Virgin Islands caucuses were held. After narrowly beating Santorum during the precinct caucuses in February, Romney went on to win the county conventions decisively.

The caucuses took place over a number of days to accommodate the state's geographic size and sparse population, particularly ranchers in the midst of calving season. The entire process of nominating Wyoming's delegates lasts from February until April.

Precinct caucus results

The precinct caucuses that took place from February 11 to February 29 were the only stage of the Wyoming Republican caucuses in which every registered Wyoming Republican was eligible to participate. No delegates were chosen during this stage.

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
[[File:America Symbol.svg	14px]] Mitt Romney	822	38.99%
Rick Santorum	673	31.93%
Ron Paul	439	20.83%
Newt Gingrich	165	7.83%
Others	9	0.43%
Total:	2,108	100.00%

Convention

Delegates were chosen at county conventions on March 6–10 and the state convention on April 12–14.

Convention Results	Candidate	County
Conventions	State	Party
leaders	Total
[[File:America_Symbol.svg	14px]] Mitt Romney	8	14	0	22
Rick Santorum	2	0	0	2
Ron Paul	1	0	0	1
Unknown	1	0	3	4
Total	12	14	3	29

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

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	170,962	68.64%	3
Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	69,286	27.82%	0
Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	5,326	2.14%	0
Write-Ins	Write-Ins	2,035	0.82%	0
Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	1,452	0.58%	0
Totals	249,061	100.00%	3

By county

County	Mitt Romney
Republican	Barack Obama
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	170,962	68.64%	69,286	27.82%	8,813	3.54%	101,676	40.82%	249,061
	Albany		7,866		48.26%		7,458		45.75%		976		5.99%		408		2.51%		16,300
	Big Horn		4,285		80.48%		868		16.30%		171		3.21%		3,417		64.18%		5,324
	Campbell		14,953		85.10%		2,163		12.31%		455		2.59%		12,790		72.79%		17,571
	Carbon		4,148		63.73%		2,110		32.42%		251		3.86%		2,038		31.31%		6,509
	Converse		5,043		79.50%		1,089		17.17%		211		3.32%		3,954		62.33%		6,343
	Crook		3,109		84.37%		426		11.56%		150		4.07%		2,683		72.81%		3,685
	Fremont		11,075		65.38%		5,333		31.48%		531		3.13%		5,742		33.90%		16,939
	Goshen		4,178		71.96%		1,458		25.11%		170		2.93%		2,720		46.85%		5,806
	Hot Springs		1,895		75.35%		523		20.80%		97		3.86%		1,372		54.55%		2,515
	Johnson		3,363		78.96%		749		17.59%		147		3.45%		2,614		61.37%		4,259
	Laramie		23,904		60.51%		14,295		36.19%		1,306		3.31%		9,609		24.32%		39,505
	Lincoln		7,144		82.90%		1,287		14.93%		187		2.17%		5,857		67.97%		8,618
	Natrona		22,132		68.37%		8,961		27.68%		1,280		3.96%		13,171		40.69%		32,373
	Niobrara		1,022		80.09%		200		15.67%		54		4.23%		822		64.42%		1,276
	Park		11,234		76.90%		2,927		20.04%		447		3.06%		8,307		56.86%		14,608
	Platte		3,136		69.21%		1,223		26.99%		172		3.80%		1,913		42.22%		4,531
	Sheridan		10,267		71.69%		3,618		25.26%		437		3.05%		6,649		46.43%		14,322
	Sublette		3,472		79.34%		767		17.53%		137		3.13%		2,705		61.81%		4,376
	Sweetwater		11,428		67.64%		4,774		28.26%		693		4.10%		6,654		39.38%		16,895
	Teton		4,858		42.38%		6,213		54.20%		393		3.43%		-1,355		-11.82%		11,464
	Uinta		6,615		77.47%		1,628		19.07%		296		3.46%		4,978		58.40%		8,539
	Washakie		3,014		76.42%		794		20.13%		136		3.45%		2,220		56.29%		3,944
	Weston		2,821		83.98%		422		12.56%		116		3.45%		2,399		71.42%		3,359

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

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;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Albany (largest municipality: Laramie)

By congressional district

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

District	Romney	Obama	Representative		At-large
68.64%	27.82%		Cynthia Lummis

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