2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 306,658 121,015
Percentage 70.55% 27.84%
Obama
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii 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. Hawaii 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.

Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The Hawaiian-born president handily won the state's 4 electoral votes by a wide 42.71% margin of victory. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat would win more than 70% of the vote in any state in a presidential race, as well as the last time any state (along with Utah) gave a candidate over 70% of the vote.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Republican caucuses

2012 Hawaii Republican caucuses
March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 9 4
Popular vote 4,548 2,589
Percentage 44.47% 25.31%
 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 3 0
Popular vote 1,975 1,116
Percentage 19.31% 10.91%
Hawaii results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Ron Paul

The 2012 Hawaii Republican caucuses took place on March 13, 2012.[1][2]

Hawaii Republican caucuses, 2012[3]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates[4]
Mitt Romney 4,548 44.47% 9
Rick Santorum 2,589 25.31% 5
Ron Paul 1,975 19.31% 3
Newt Gingrich 1,116 10.91% 0
Unprojected delegates: 3
Total: 10,228 100% 20

Certified results doesn't include 858 outstanding votes (write-ins and provisional ballots).[5]

General election

Candidate ballot access

  • Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  • Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
  • Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  • Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii[6]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 306,658 70.55% 4
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 121,015 27.84% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 3,840 0.88% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,184 0.73% 0
Totals 434,697 100.00% 4
Voter turnout (registered voters) 61.9%

By county

County Barack Obama
Democratic		 Mitt Romney
Republican		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  %
Hawaii 47,224 74.42% 14,753 23.25% 1,477 2.33% 32,471 51.17% 63,454
Honolulu 204,349 68.86% 88,461 29.81% 3,932 1.33% 115,888 39.05% 296,742
Kalawao 25 92.59% 2 7.41% 0 0.00% 23 85.18% 27
Kauai 18,641 73.47% 6,121 24.13% 610 2.40% 12,520 49.34% 25,372
Maui 36,052 74.10% 11,602 23.85% 999 2.05% 24,450 50.25% 48,653
Totals306,65870.55%121,01527.84%7,0241.62%185,64342.71%434,697

Results by congressional district

Obama won both congressional districts.[7]

District Obama Romney Representative
1st 69.7% 29.02% Colleen Hanabusa
2nd 71.38% 26.67% Tulsi Gabbard

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hawaii Republican – The Green Papers
  2. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Presidential Caucus Results | Hawaii GOPHawaii GOP". Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Green Papers (March 18, 2012). "Hawaii Republican Caucus 2012". Green Papers. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Hawaii Office of Elections Final Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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