2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 170,962 69,286
Percentage 68.64% 27.82%
County results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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.[1] As of the 2020 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

2012 Wyoming Republican presidential caucus
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 11 8
Popular vote 822 673
Percentage 38.99% 31.93%
 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 6 2
Popular vote 439 165
Percentage 20.83% 7.83%
Wyoming results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Rick Santorum
  Ron Paul

The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] No delegates were chosen during this stage.

2012 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses (straw poll)[6]
Candidate Votes Percentage
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[7][8]
Candidate County
Conventions		 State Party
leaders		 Total
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

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming[9]
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

Results by county

County Mitt Romney
Republican		 Barack Obama
Democratic		 Others Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  %
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
Total170,96268.64%69,28627.82%8,8133.54%101,67640.82%249,061
County Flips:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Wyoming Republican". greenpapers.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  3. ↑ Romney wins Wyoming, AP reports. CBS News. 2012-03-10. Accessed 2012-03-11.
  4. ↑ Beck, Bob. "Wyoming's GOP Caucuses: The Process Is Drawn Out And Confusing". It's All Politics. NPR. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Romney Wins Wyoming". NPR. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2012 straw poll results | Wyoming GOPWyoming GOP". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Wyoming Republican Delegation 2012".
  8. ↑ @meadgruver (April 14, 2012). "Wyo. GOP gives all 14 remaining..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Wyoming Secretary of State" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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