2012 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose 16 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.

2012 United States presidential election in Georgia

November 6, 2012
Turnout	58.1%[1] 1.5 pp
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Illinois Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden Electoral vote 16 0 Popular vote 2,078,688 1,773,827 Percentage 53.30% 45.48%
County Results Romney   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Obama   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin, an improvement from 2008 when McCain won by 5.2%. Romney received 53.30% of the vote to Obama's 45.48%. Obama is the first (and so far only) Democrat to win two terms without winning Georgia either time. Early County flipped from supporting the Republican candidate to the Democratic candidate, while Chattahoochee flipped from Democratic to Republican.

As of 2020, this is also the last time that Cobb, Gwinnett, and Henry counties voted for the Republican candidate in a presidential election. (All three counties are in the Atlanta metropolitan area.) This is also the last time the Democrat won these rural Black Belt counties: Baker County, Dooly County, Early County, Peach County, Quitman County and Twiggs County, along with the most recent presidential election when Georgia backed the losing candidate who failed to win the electoral college, and presidency. This is the first election since 1980 in which Georgia voted to the left of Missouri.

Democratic primary

Incumbent president Barack Obama was unopposed in the Georgia primary, therefore winning all of the state's delegates.

Republican primary

Georgia Republican primary, 2012

March 6, 2012

Candidate Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Home state Georgia Massachusetts Delegate count 52 21 Popular vote 425,395 233,611 Percentage 47.2% 25.9%   Candidate Rick Santorum Ron Paul Home state Pennsylvania Texas Delegate count 3 0 Popular vote 176,259 59,100 Percentage 19.6% 6.6%

Georgia results by county   Newt Gingrich   Mitt Romney

The 2012 Georgia Republican primary took place on March 6, 2012.[2][3]

Georgia has 76 delegates to the Republic National Convention. The three super delegates are awarded winner-take-all to the statewide winner. Thirty-one delegates are awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide. Another 42 delegates are allocated by Congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate gets a majority in a district, he wins all 3 delegates. If no one get majority, the delegates are split 2 and 1 between the top two candidates respectively.[4]

Georgia Republican primary, 2012[5]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Estimated national delegates [6]
Newt Gingrich	425,395	47.2%	54
Mitt Romney	233,611	25.9%	19
Rick Santorum	176,259	19.6%	3
Ron Paul	59,100	6.6%	0
Jon Huntsman Jr.	1,813	0.2%	0
Michele Bachmann	1,714	0.2%	0
Rick Perry	1,696	0.2%	0
Buddy Roemer	1,142	0.13%	0
Gary Johnson	740	0.08%	0
Undecided or Other			0
Totals	901,470	100.0%	76

Key:	Withdrew prior to contest.

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

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

Write-In Candidate Access:

• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

Out of a total of 6,066,961 registered voters at the time of the presidential election, turnout for the general election was 3,908,369, or 64.42% of registered voters.

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012[7]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	2,078,688	53.30%	16
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,773,827	45.48%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	45,324	1.16%	0
	Green (Write-in)	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,516	0.04%	0
	Constitution (Write-in)	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	432	0.01%	0
	Justice (Write-in)	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	154	0.00%	0
	Other Write-ins	Other Write-ins		109	0.00%	0
Totals				3,900,050	100.00%	16
Voter turnout (registered voters)						71.36%

By county

County	Obama%	Obama#	Romney%	Romney#	Others%	Others#	Total
Appling	24.78%	1,758	73.78%	5,233	1.44%	102	7,093
Atkinson	31.99%	930	66.67%	1,938	1.34%	39	2,907
Bacon	20.10%	791	78.58%	3,093	1.32%	52	3,936
Baker	49.91%	794	49.34%	785	0.75%	12	1,591
Baldwin	52.14%	8,483	46.64%	7,589	1.22%	198	16,270
Banks	12.57%	780	86.30%	5,354	1.13%	70	6,204
Barrow	23.85%	6,028	74.10%	18,725	2.05%	517	25,270
Bartow	23.39%	8,396	74.87%	26,876	1.74%	625	35,897
Ben Hill	42.08%	2,512	56.88%	3,396	1.04%	62	5,970
Berrien	20.45%	1,273	77.81%	4,843	1.74%	108	6,224
Bibb	59.54%	38,585	39.54%	25,623	0.92%	595	64,803
Bleckley	25.79%	1,269	72.91%	3,587	1.30%	64	4,920
Brantley	15.60%	939	82.46%	4,964	1.94%	117	6,020
Brooks	46.46%	3,138	52.62%	3,554	0.92%	62	6,754
Bryan	27.51%	3,707	70.94%	9,560	1.55%	209	13,476
Bulloch	39.75%	9,593	58.73%	14,174	1.52%	366	24,133
Burke	55.19%	5,405	43.92%	4,301	0.89%	87	9,793
Butts	31.57%	2,968	67.09%	6,306	1.34%	126	9,400
Calhoun	59.30%	1,298	40.34%	883	0.37%	8	2,189
Camden	35.33%	6,377	62.84%	11,343	1.83%	330	18,050
Candler	32.77%	1,157	66.38%	2,344	0.85%	30	3,531
Carroll	30.45%	12,688	67.86%	28,280	1.69%	704	41,672
Catoosa	22.55%	5,365	75.06%	17,858	2.39%	568	23,791
Charlton	31.79%	1,197	67.12%	2,527	1.09%	41	3,765
Chatham	55.36%	60,246	43.38%	47,204	1.26%	1,371	108,821
Chattahoochee	48.83%	729	49.23%	735	1.94%	29	1,493
Chattooga	28.36%	2,232	69.28%	5,452	2.35%	185	7,869
Cherokee	20.16%	19,841	77.73%	76,514	2.12%	2,084	98,439
Clarke	62.77%	25,431	34.10%	13,815	3.13%	1,269	40,515
Clay	61.44%	862	38.28%	537	0.29%	4	1,403
Clayton	84.67%	81,479	14.72%	14,164	0.61%	587	96,230
Clinch	34.54%	860	64.46%	1,605	1.00%	25	2,490
Cobb	42.83%	133,124	55.25%	171,722	1.93%	5,989	310,835
Coffee	34.94%	5,057	63.89%	9,248	1.17%	169	14,474
Colquitt	29.77%	3,973	69.25%	9,243	0.98%	131	13,347
Columbia	27.85%	16,451	70.70%	41,765	1.45%	855	59,071
Cook	33.80%	2,042	65.14%	3,935	1.06%	64	6,041
Coweta	27.22%	15,168	71.17%	39,653	1.61%	897	55,718
Crawford	33.16%	1,706	65.47%	3,368	1.36%	70	5,144
Crisp	42.80%	3,167	56.51%	4,182	0.69%	51	7,400
Dade	23.33%	1,411	73.94%	4,471	2.73%	165	6,047
Dawson	12.09%	1,241	86.19%	8,847	1.71%	176	10,264
Decatur	43.72%	4,591	55.47%	5,824	0.81%	85	10,500
DeKalb	77.63%	238,224	20.98%	64,392	1.38%	4,242	306,858
Dodge	31.49%	2,442	67.24%	5,214	1.26%	98	7,754
Dooly	53.11%	2,285	46.14%	1,985	0.74%	32	4,302
Dougherty	69.24%	26,295	30.15%	11,449	0.61%	231	37,975
Douglas	51.36%	28,441	47.38%	26,241	1.26%	697	55,379
Early	51.60%	2,765	47.71%	2,557	0.69%	37	5,359
Echols	15.66%	173	82.99%	917	1.36%	15	1,105
Effingham	23.72%	4,947	74.79%	15,596	1.49%	311	20,854
Elbert	39.00%	3,181	59.58%	4,859	1.42%	116	8,156
Emanuel	36.18%	2,927	63.05%	5,100	0.77%	62	8,089
Evans	35.57%	1,268	63.62%	2,268	0.81%	29	3,565
Fannin	20.16%	2,028	78.10%	7,857	1.74%	175	10,060
Fayette	33.61%	19,736	64.83%	38,075	1.56%	917	58,728
Floyd	29.28%	9,640	69.04%	22,733	1.68%	554	32,927
Forsyth	17.79%	14,571	80.47%	65,908	1.74%	1,421	81,900
Franklin	19.27%	1,499	78.62%	6,114	2.11%	164	7,777
Fulton	64.13%	255,470	34.42%	137,124	1.44%	5,752	398,346
Gilmer	17.71%	1,958	80.76%	8,926	1.53%	169	11,053
Glascock	13.17%	176	84.96%	1,135	1.87%	25	1,336
Glynn	36.00%	11,950	62.95%	20,893	1.05%	348	33,191
Gordon	20.31%	3,440	77.91%	13,197	1.78%	302	16,939
Grady	36.32%	3,419	62.93%	5,924	0.74%	70	9,413
Greene	38.44%	3,201	60.90%	5,071	0.66%	55	8,327
Gwinnett	44.56%	132,509	53.76%	159,855	1.68%	4,992	297,356
Habersham	15.68%	2,301	82.90%	12,166	1.42%	209	14,676
Hall	21.13%	12,999	77.19%	47,481	1.68%	1,032	61,512
Hancock	80.88%	3,308	18.80%	769	0.32%	13	4,090
Haralson	17.19%	1,789	81.16%	8,446	1.65%	172	10,407
Harris	26.71%	4,145	72.14%	11,197	1.79%	279	15,621
Hart	30.12%	2,870	68.39%	6,517	1.49%	142	9,529
Heard	22.69%	948	75.63%	3,160	1.68%	70	4,178
Henry	47.81%	43,761	51.10%	46,774	1.09%	996	91,531
Houston	39.02%	22,702	59.58%	34,662	1.39%	811	58,175
Irwin	30.72%	1,141	68.34%	2,538	0.94%	35	3,714
Jackson	17.85%	4,238	80.59%	19,135	1.57%	372	23,745
Jasper	30.54%	1,845	68.45%	4,136	1.01%	61	6,042
Jeff Davis	23.88%	1,275	74.85%	3,996	1.27%	68	5,339
Jefferson	58.36%	4,261	41.08%	2,999	0.56%	41	7,301
Jenkins	43.84%	1,488	55.60%	1,887	0.56%	19	3,394
Johnson	34.56%	1,305	64.62%	2,440	0.82%	31	3,776
Jones	35.27%	4,274	63.90%	7,744	0.83%	101	12,119
Lamar	34.18%	2,602	64.36%	4,899	1.46%	111	7,612
Lanier	37.41%	1,114	61.11%	1,820	1.48%	44	2,978
Laurens	38.26%	7,513	60.85%	11,950	0.90%	176	19,639
Lee	23.42%	3,196	75.58%	10,314	1.00%	136	13,646
Liberty	64.57%	10,457	34.36%	5,565	1.07%	173	16,195
Lincoln	35.80%	1,586	63.36%	2,807	0.84%	37	4,430
Long	37.80%	1,442	60.45%	2,306	1.76%	67	3,815
Lowndes	44.54%	17,470	54.38%	21,327	1.08%	424	39,221
Lumpkin	18.77%	2,055	78.98%	8,647	2.25%	246	10,948
Macon	67.09%	3,211	32.28%	1,545	0.63%	30	4,786
Madison	22.40%	2,494	75.84%	8,443	1.76%	196	11,133
Marion	44.42%	1,412	54.51%	1,733	1.07%	34	3,179
McDuffie	42.10%	4,044	57.00%	5,475	0.90%	86	9,605
McIntosh	45.07%	2,864	53.65%	3,409	1.27%	81	6,354
Meriwether	46.70%	4,331	52.36%	4,856	0.94%	87	9,274
Miller	30.65%	852	68.53%	1,905	0.83%	23	2,780
Mitchell	49.28%	4,081	50.18%	4,155	0.54%	45	8,281
Monroe	30.78%	3,785	68.00%	8,361	1.21%	149	12,295
Montgomery	29.60%	1,135	69.41%	2,662	0.99%	38	3,835
Morgan	30.45%	2,753	68.42%	6,186	1.13%	102	9,041
Murray	22.59%	2,542	75.02%	8,443	2.40%	270	11,255
Muscogee	60.20%	42,573	38.90%	27,510	0.89%	632	70,715
Newton	50.45%	21,851	48.45%	20,982	1.10%	476	43,309
Oconee	24.76%	4,421	73.34%	13,098	1.90%	340	17,859
Oglethorpe	30.45%	1,914	67.64%	4,251	1.91%	120	6,285
Paulding	27.50%	15,825	70.98%	40,846	1.52%	872	57,543
Peach	53.29%	6,148	45.83%	5,287	0.88%	102	11,537
Pickens	15.55%	1,975	83.03%	10,547	1.42%	180	12,702
Pierce	16.40%	1,124	82.67%	5,667	0.93%	64	6,855
Pike	16.66%	1,356	81.93%	6,668	1.41%	115	8,139
Polk	26.49%	3,615	71.89%	9,811	1.63%	222	13,648
Pulaski	33.08%	1,219	66.32%	2,444	0.60%	22	3,685
Putnam	31.70%	2,926	67.34%	6,215	0.95%	88	9,229
Quitman	54.26%	612	45.21%	510	0.53%	6	1,128
Rabun	20.88%	1,559	77.08%	5,754	2.04%	152	7,465
Randolph	57.84%	1,770	41.54%	1,271	0.62%	19	3,060
Richmond	66.39%	52,560	32.64%	25,845	0.97%	769	79,174
Rockdale	57.72%	22,023	41.19%	15,716	1.09%	417	38,156
Schley	25.57%	448	73.40%	1,286	1.03%	18	1,752
Screven	45.39%	2,774	53.79%	3,287	0.82%	50	6,111
Seminole	39.13%	1,478	59.44%	2,245	1.43%	54	3,777
Spalding	39.37%	9,898	59.31%	14,911	1.31%	330	25,139
Stephens	22.35%	2,131	75.74%	7,221	1.91%	182	9,534
Stewart	63.73%	1,323	35.89%	745	0.39%	8	2,076
Sumter	53.77%	6,375	45.36%	5,378	0.87%	103	11,856
Talbot	64.84%	2,265	34.41%	1,202	0.74%	26	3,493
Taliaferro	66.04%	636	33.54%	323	0.42%	4	963
Tattnall	28.41%	1,897	70.48%	4,706	1.11%	74	6,677
Taylor	44.41%	1,572	55.03%	1,948	0.56%	20	3,540
Telfair	41.61%	1,805	57.17%	2,480	1.22%	53	4,338
Terrell	57.73%	2,544	41.62%	1,834	0.66%	29	4,407
Thomas	40.30%	7,653	58.74%	11,156	0.96%	183	18,992
Tift	33.42%	4,660	65.88%	9,185	0.70%	97	13,942
Toombs	29.35%	2,746	69.72%	6,524	0.93%	87	9,357
Towns	20.39%	1,273	78.09%	4,876	1.52%	95	6,244
Treutlen	39.04%	1,074	60.05%	1,652	0.91%	25	2,751
Troup	40.51%	10,547	58.30%	15,179	0.01%	3	25,729
Turner	42.33%	1,510	56.85%	2,028	0.81%	29	3,567
Twiggs	53.98%	2,270	45.35%	1,907	0.67%	28	4,205
Union	19.25%	2,139	78.97%	8,773	1.77%	197	11,109
Upson	35.10%	3,959	64.10%	7,230	0.80%	90	11,279
Walker	23.98%	5,274	73.86%	16,247	2.16%	475	21,996
Walton	21.63%	8,148	77.07%	29,036	1.31%	493	37,677
Ware	32.63%	3,900	66.44%	7,941	0.94%	112	11,953
Warren	60.51%	1,529	39.18%	990	0.32%	8	2,527
Washington	53.46%	4,714	45.76%	4,035	0.77%	68	8,817
Wayne	25.23%	2,596	73.45%	7,557	1.31%	135	10,288
Webster	48.99%	582	50.59%	601	0.42%	5	1,188
Wheeler	35.66%	772	63.09%	1,366	1.25%	27	2,165
White	15.88%	1,671	82.21%	8,651	1.91%	201	10,523
Whitfield	26.74%	7,210	71.58%	19,305	1.68%	453	26,968
Wilcox	33.84%	1,060	65.55%	2,053	0.61%	19	3,132
Wilkes	43.80%	2,087	55.30%	2,635	0.90%	43	4,765
Wilkinson	48.95%	2,181	50.40%	2,246	0.65%	29	4,456
Worth	29.48%	2,487	69.57%	5,869	0.95%	80	8,436

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Chattahoochee (largest city: Cusseta)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Early (largest city: Blakely)

See also

• 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Georgia Democratic Party
• Georgia Republican Party

References

1. ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2012". United States Census Bureau. May 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2020.)
2. "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
4. Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
5. Georgia Election Results, Retrieved March 23, 2012.
6. Georgia Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
7. "Georgia Election Results". Secretary of State of Georgia. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-08.

External links

• The Green Papers: for Georgia
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order