The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine 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.

In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory. While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2024 presidential election.

Primary elections Democratic primary On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted. Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama. Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.

Republican primary

The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.Alabama Republican – The Green Papers Rick Santorum was declared the winner.

+ Alabama Republican primary, 2012 Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count AP CNN FOXRick Santorum 215,105 34.55% 22 18 –Newt Gingrich 182,276 29.28% 14 9 –Mitt Romney 180,321 28.97% 11 9 –Ron Paul 30,937 4.97% 0 0 –Rick Perry (withdrawn) 1,867 0.30% 0 0 –Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) 1,700 0.27% 0 0 –Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) 1,049 0.17% 0 0 – Uncommitted 9,259 1.49% 0 0 –Unprojected delegates31450Total:622,514100.00%505050

General election Polling

Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.

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

Candidate ballot access Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution Write-in candidate access: Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform

Results 2012 United States presidential election in AlabamaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,255,925 60.55% 9 Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 795,696 38.36% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 12,328 0.59% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 4,011 0.19% 0 Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 3,397 0.16% 0 Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2,981 0.14% 0 Totals 2,074,338 100.00% 9

By county CountyMitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Autauga17,37972.49%6,36326.54%2310.97%11,01645.95%23,973Baldwin66,01677.22%18,42421.55%1,0511.23%47,59255.67%85,491Barbour5,55048.19%5,91251.33%550.48%-362-3.14%11,517Bibb6,13272.83%2,20226.15%861.02%3,93046.68%8,420Blount20,75786.27%2,97012.34%3331.39%17,78773.93%24,060Bullock1,25123.51%4,06176.31%100.18%-2,810-52.80%5,322Butler5,08753.54%4,37446.03%410.43%7137.51%9,502Calhoun30,27865.30%15,51133.45%5751.25%14,76731.85%46,364Chambers7,62652.13%6,87146.97%1320.90%7555.16%14,629Cherokee7,50676.65%2,13221.77%1541.58%5,37454.88%9,792Chilton13,93279.68%3,39719.43%1560.89%10,53560.25%17,485Choctaw4,15252.06%3,78647.47%380.47%3664.59%7,976Clarke7,47053.90%6,33445.70%560.40%1,1368.20%13,860Clay4,81772.12%1,77726.61%851.27%3,04045.51%6,679Cleburne5,27283.43%97115.37%761.20%4,30168.06%6,319Coffee14,66673.99%4,92524.85%2301.16%9,74149.14%19,821Colbert13,93659.44%9,16639.10%3421.46%4,77020.34%23,444Conecuh3,43948.95%3,55550.60%310.45%-116-1.65%7,025Coosa3,04957.72%2,19141.48%420.80%85816.24%5,282Covington12,15378.72%3,15820.45%1280.83%8,99558.27%15,439Crenshaw4,33167.42%2,05031.91%430.67%2,28135.51%6,424Cullman28,99983.92%5,05214.62%5041.46%23,94769.30%34,555Dale13,10870.47%5,28628.42%2071.11%7,82242.05%18,601Dallas6,28829.99%14,61269.70%640.31%-8,324-39.71%20,964DeKalb18,33176.54%5,23921.87%3801.59%13,09254.67%23,950Elmore26,25373.86%8,95425.19%3390.95%17,29948.67%35,546Escambia9,28762.35%5,48936.85%1180.80%3,79825.50%14,894Etowah29,13068.34%12,80330.04%6911.62%16,32738.30%42,624Fayette6,05476.07%1,81722.83%871.10%4,23753.24%7,958Franklin7,56769.54%3,17129.14%1431.32%4,39640.40%10,881Geneva9,17580.97%2,03917.99%1171.04%7,13662.98%11,331Greene80415.05%4,52184.62%180.33%-3,717-69.57%5,343Hale3,21037.12%5,41162.58%260.30%-2,201-25.46%8,647Henry5,62864.20%3,08335.17%550.63%2,54529.03%8,766Houston29,27069.72%12,36729.46%3470.82%16,90340.26%41,984Jackson14,43969.98%5,82228.22%3711.80%8,61741.76%20,632Jefferson141,68346.53%159,87652.50%2,9640.97%-18,193-5.97%304,523Lamar5,45776.05%1,64622.94%731.01%3,81153.11%7,176Lauderdale23,91164.57%12,51133.78%6101.65%11,40030.79%37,032Lawrence8,87462.72%5,06935.83%2051.45%3,80526.89%14,148Lee32,19459.08%21,38139.23%9211.69%10,81319.85%54,496Limestone25,29571.17%9,82927.66%4161.17%15,46643.51%35,540Lowndes1,75623.34%5,74776.39%200.27%-3,991-53.05%7,523Macon1,33112.80%9,04587.00%200.20%-7,714-74.20%10,396Madison90,88458.47%62,01539.90%2,5291.63%28,86918.57%155,428Marengo5,33646.23%6,16753.43%400.34%-831-7.20%11,543Marion9,69779.95%2,24918.54%1831.51%7,44861.41%12,129Marshall25,86779.24%6,29919.30%4781.46%19,56859.94%32,644Mobile94,89354.18%78,76044.97%1,4870.85%16,1339.21%175,140Monroe5,74153.57%4,91445.85%620.58%8277.72%10,717Montgomery38,33237.56%63,08561.81%6500.63%-24,753-24.25%102,067Morgan35,39171.56%13,43927.17%6291.27%21,95244.39%49,459Perry1,50624.68%4,56874.87%270.45%-3,062-50.19%6,101Pickens5,12453.26%4,45546.30%420.44%6696.96%9,621Pike7,96356.38%6,03542.73%1250.89%1,92813.65%14,123Randolph7,22469.32%3,07829.54%1191.14%4,14639.78%10,421Russell8,27843.78%10,50055.53%1320.69%-2,222-11.75%18,910Shelby71,43677.03%20,05121.62%1,2551.35%51,38555.41%92,742St. Clair29,03182.39%5,80116.46%4031.15%23,23065.93%35,235Sumter1,58622.56%5,42177.11%230.33%-3,835-54.55%7,030Talladega19,24657.60%13,90541.61%2650.79%5,34115.99%33,416Tallapoosa12,39665.76%6,31933.52%1360.72%6,07732.24%18,851Tuscaloosa45,74858.08%32,04840.68%9761.24%13,70017.40%78,772Walker21,65175.74%6,55722.94%3771.32%15,09452.80%28,585Washington5,76165.56%2,97633.87%500.57%2,78531.69%8,787Wilcox1,67925.61%4,86874.26%80.13%-3,189-48.65%6,555Winston8,31285.44%1,28613.22%1301.34%7,02672.22%9,728Totals1,255,92560.55%795,69638.36%22,7171.09%460,22922.19%2,074,338

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Barbour (largest city: Eufaula) Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

By congressional district Romney won six of seven congressional districts.

District Romney Obama Representative 61.84% 37.4%Jo Bonner 62.9% 36.4%Martha Roby 62.3% 36.8%Mike Rogers 74.8% 23.98%Robert Aderholt 63.87% 34.85%Mo Brooks 74.3% 24.66%Spencer Bachus 27.12% 72.4%Terri Sewell

See also List of 2012 United States presidential electors 2008 United States presidential election in Alabama 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Alabama Democratic Party Alabama Republican Party United States presidential elections in Alabama

References

External links Official website of the Alabama Republican Party Official website of the Alabama Democratic Party Official website of the Alabama Green Party The Green Papers: for Alabama The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order