2012 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland 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. Maryland voters chose 10 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.

Maryland is one of six states where Obama performed better in 2012 than in 2008, with his percentage of the vote increasing from 61.92% to 61.97%. He flipped Somerset County but lost Kent County which he won in 2008. In this election, Maryland voted 22.21% to the left of the nation at-large.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won Anne Arundel County and a Democrat won Somerset County.

Primary elections Democratic primary

Republican primary

The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary. After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.

+ 2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney117,52749.2%37Rick Santorum 69,020 28.9% 0Newt Gingrich 26,088 10.9% 0Ron Paul 22,698 9.5% 0Jon Huntsman, Jr. 1,406 0.6% 0Rick Perry 1,041 0.4% 0Buddy Roemer 858 0.4% 0Fred Karger 342 0.1% 0Unprojected delegates:3Total: 238,987 100%37

Green primary + Green National Convention, Maryland Delegate VoteArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Candidate Delegates PercentageJill Stein583%Roseanne Barr 1 17%Others - -Total6100%

Libertarian primary + Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote Candidate Delegates PercentageGary Johnson964%R. Lee Wrights 4 29%Carl Person 1 7%Others - -Total14100%

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostNovember 6, 2012CNNNovember 6, 2012 New York Times November 6, 2012Washington PostNovember 6, 2012RealClearPoliticsNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEightNovember 6, 2012

Results 2012 United States presidential election in MarylandPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 1,677,844 61.97% 10 Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 971,869 35.90% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 30,195 1.12% 0 Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 17,110 0.63% 0 Others 10,309 0.38% 0 Totals 2,707,327 100.00% 10 Voter turnout (registered voters) 69.4%

By county CountyBarack ObamaDemocraticMitt RomneyRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Allegany 9,805 32.85% 19,230 64.42% 815 2.73% -9,425 -31.57% 29,850 Anne Arundel 126,635 48.68% 126,832 48.75% 6,688 2.57% -197 -0.07% 260,155 Baltimore 220,322 57.26% 154,908 40.26% 9,552 2.48% 65,414 17.00% 384,782 Baltimore City 221,478 87.19% 28,171 11.09% 4,356 1.71% 193,307 76.10% 254,005 Calvert 20,529 45.10% 23,952 52.62% 1,037 2.28% -3,423 -7.52% 45,518 Caroline 4,970 37.21% 8,098 60.63% 289 2.16% -3,128 -23.42% 13,357 Carroll 27,939 31.92% 56,761 64.84% 2,836 3.24% -28,822 -32.92% 87,536 Cecil 16,557 38.98% 24,806 58.39% 1,117 2.63% -8,249 -19.41% 42,480 Charles 48,774 64.84% 25,178 33.47% 1,270 1.69% 23,596 31.37% 75,222 Dorchester 7,257 46.99% 7,976 51.64% 211 1.37% -719 -4.65% 15,444 Frederick 55,146 47.09% 58,798 50.21% 3,171 2.71% -3,652 -3.12% 117,115 Garrett 3,124 23.74% 9,743 74.05% 290 2.20% -6,619 -50.31% 13,157 Harford 49,729 39.48% 72,911 57.89% 3,314 2.63% -23,182 -18.41% 125,954 Howard 91,393 59.69% 57,758 37.72% 3,957 2.58% 33,635 21.97% 153,108 Kent 4,842 48.89% 4,870 49.17% 192 1.94% -28 -0.28% 9,904 Montgomery 323,400 70.92% 123,353 27.05% 9,239 2.03% 200,047 43.87% 455,992 Prince George's 347,938 89.73% 35,734 9.22% 4,072 1.05% 312,204 80.51% 387,744 Queen Anne's 8,556 34.38% 15,823 63.58% 509 2.05% -7,267 -29.20% 24,888 St. Mary's 19,711 41.22% 26,797 56.03% 1,316 2.75% -7,086 -14.81% 47,824 Somerset 5,240 50.39% 5,042 48.49% 117 1.13% 198 1.90% 10,399 Talbot 8,808 43.05% 11,339 55.42% 312 1.53% -2,531 -12.37% 20,459 Washington 25,042 39.90% 36,074 57.48% 1,639 2.61% -11,032 -17.58% 62,755 Wicomico 19,635 46.46% 21,764 51.50% 860 2.04% -2,129 -5.04% 42,259 Worcester 11,014 40.17% 15,951 58.17% 455 1.66% -4,937 -18.00% 27,420Totals1,677,84461.97%971,86935.90%57,6142.13%705,97526.07%2,707,327

County that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kent (largest town: Chestertown)

County that flipped from Republican to Democratic Somerset (largest town: Princess Anne)

By congressional district Obama won seven of the state's eight congressional districts. District Obama Romney Representative 38% 60%Andy Harris63% 35%Dutch Ruppersberger61% 37%John Sarbanes78% 21%Donna Edwards66% 32%Steny Hoyer55% 43%John Delaney76% 22%Elijah Cummings 62% 36%Chris Van Hollen

See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States elections Maryland Republican Party Maryland Green Party Maryland Libertarian Party

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