United States presidential election in California, 2012

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United States presidential election in California, 2012

November 6, 2012

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 55 0 Popular vote 7,854,285 4,839,958 Percentage 60.24% 37.12%

County Results   Obama—80-90%   Obama—70-80%   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%   Obama—<50%   Romney—<50%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

California Republican primary, 2012

June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)

Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Party Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 171 0 Popular vote 1,151,197 147,893 Percentage 79.6 % 10.2 %

Results by county. Orange indicates a win by Romney.

The 2012 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. California voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any state, 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.

According to Secretary of State Debra Bowen's website, the President won the popular vote with 60.24%, with Mitt Romney in second place at 37.12%, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in third place at 1.10%. The Democrats have won the state in every presidential election since 1992.

Primaries

Democratic primary

There was no primary in 2012 for the Democratic party.

Republican primary

The California Republican 2012 primary took place on June 5, 2012. 169 delegates were chosen, for a total of 172 delegates at the national convention.

Delegate allocation rule

As noted in the Green Papers for California [1]. "159 district delegates are to be bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 53 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates. 10 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 0 bonus delegate) are to be bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide. In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the California's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position."

Results

California Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	1,530,513	79.5%	171
Ron Paul	199,246	10.4%	0
Rick Santorum	102,258	5.3%	0
Newt Gingrich	72,022	3.7%	0
Buddy Roemer	12,520	0.7%	0
Fred Karger	8,393	0.4%	0
Jeremy Hannon	11	0.0%	0
Donald James Gonzales	5	0.0%	0
Sheldon Yeu Howard	2	0.0%	0
Unpledged delegates:			1
Total:	1,924,970	100%	172

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Write-in

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
• Tom Hoefling/Robert Ornelas, Independent
• Roseanne Barr/Cindy Sheehan, Peace and Freedom

Write-In Candidate Access:

• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
• James Harris/Maura DeLuca, Socialist Workers
• Stewart Alexander/Alejandro Mendoza, Socialist
• Jerry White/Phyllis Scherrer, Socialist Equality
• Stephen Durham/Christina Lopez, Freedom Socialist
• Ron Paul/Andrew Napolitano

By county

County	Obama	Votes	Romney	Votes	Others	Votes	Total
Alameda	78.9%	469,684	18.2%	108,182	3.0%	17,776	595,642
Alpine	59.6%	389	36.1%	236	4.3%	28	653
Amador	38.7%	6,830	58.3%	10,281	3.3%	538	17,649
Butte	47.0%	42,669	49.0%	44,479	4.0%	3,604	90,752
Calaveras	39.8%	8,670	56.8%	12,365	3.4%	751	21,786
Colusa	38.3%	2,314	59.7%	3,601	2.0%	119	6,034
Contra Costa	66.4%	290,824	31.2%	136,517	2.5%	10,885	438,226
Del Norte	43.2%	3,791	52.6%	4,614	4.2%	365	8,770
El Dorado	39.6%	35,166	57.4%	50,973	3.0%	2,635	88,774
Fresno	49.9%	129,129	48.1%	124,490	2.0%	5,208	258,827
Glenn	35.8%	3,301	61.1%	5,632	3.0%	278	9,211
Humboldt	60.0%	34,457	32.8%	18,825	7.3%	4,188	57,470
Imperial	65.2%	25,136	33.1%	12,777	1.7%	652	38,565
Inyo	42.6%	3,422	54.0%	4,340	3.4%	274	8,036
Kern	40.4%	89,495	57.2%	126,618	2.4%	5,359	221,472
Kings	41.3%	12,979	56.2%	17,671	2.4%	768	31,418
Lake	56.3%	13,163	39.3%	9,200	4.4%	1,028	23,391
Lassen	28.6%	3,053	68.3%	7,296	3.1%	334	10,683
Los Angeles	69.7%	2,216,903	27.8%	885,333	2.5%	78,831	3,181,067
Madera	40.2%	16,018	57.3%	22,852	2.5%	996	39,866
Marin	74.3%	99,896	23.0%	30,880	2.8%	3,740	134,516
Mariposa	38.9%	3,498	57.1%	5,140	4.0%	362	9,000
Mendocino	66.2%	23,193	27.6%	9,658	6.2%	2,166	35,017
Merced	53.2%	33,005	44.4%	27,581	2.4%	1,471	62,057
Modoc	27.9%	1,111	69.7%	2,777	2.5%	98	3986
Mono	52.8%	2,733	44.1%	2,285	3.1%	163	5,181
Monterey	67.1%	82,920	30.3%	37,390	2.6%	3,208	123,518
Napa	63.0%	35,870	34.3%	19,526	2.8%	1,572	56,968
Nevada	47.7%	24,663	48.4%	24,986	3.9%	2,027	51,676
Orange	45.6%	512,440	51.9%	582,332	2.5%	27,892	1,122,664
Placer	39.0%	66,818	58.3%	99,921	2.7%	4,583	171,322
Plumas	40.1%	4,026	56.9%	5,721	3.0%	300	10,047
Riverside	49.7%	329,063	48.1%	318,127	2.2%	14,717	661,907
Sacramento	58.1%	300,503	39.2%	202,514	2.7%	13,792	516,809
San Benito	59.2%	11,276	38.6%	7,343	2.2%	425	19,044
San Bernardino	52.5%	305,109	45.1%	262,358	2.4%	14,050	581,517
San Diego	52.6%	626,957	45.0%	536,726	2.4%	28,599	1,192,282
San Francisco	83.5%	301,723	13.0%	47,076	3.4%	12,410	361,209
San Joaquin	55.8%	114,121	42.0%	86,071	2.2%	4,505	204,697
San Luis Obispo	48.8%	61,258	47.7%	59,967	3.5%	4,413	125,638
San Mateo	72.1%	206,085	25.5%	72,756	2.4%	6,879	285,720
Santa Barbara	57.6%	94,129	39.6%	64,606	2.8%	4,585	163,320
Santa Clara	70.1%	450,818	27.2%	174,843	2.7%	17,430	643,091
Santa Cruz	75.6%	90,805	20.0%	24,047	4.4%	5,243	120,095
Shasta	33.8%	25,819	63.0%	48,067	3.2%	2,449	76,335
Sierra	36.4%	653	58.8%	1,056	4.8%	86	1,795
Siskiyou	40.4%	8,046	55.6%	11,077	4.0%	787	19,910
Solano	63.5%	96,783	34.2%	52,092	2.3%	3,569	152,444
Sonoma	71.1%	153,942	25.3%	54,784	3.6%	7,782	216,508
Stanislaus	50.0%	77,724	47.3%	73,459	2.7%	4,186	155,369
Sutter	39.3%	12,192	58.4%	18,122	2.3%	712	31,026
Tehama	34.5%	7,934	62.0%	14,235	3.5%	808	22,977
Trinity	47.1%	2,674	47.9%	2,716	5.0%	284	5,674
Tulare	41.3%	41,752	56.3%	56,956	2.4%	2,392	101,100
Tuolumne	40.5%	9,998	56.2%	13,880	3.3%	809	24,687
Ventura	52.3%	170,929	45.3%	147,958	2.5%	8,087	326,974
Yolo	65.4%	48,715	31.4%	23,368	3.2%	2,392	74,475
Yuba	39.1%	7,711	57.2%	11,275	3.6%	714	19,700

Final results

United States presidential election in California, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	7,854,285	60.24%	55
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	4,839,958	37.12%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	143,221	1.10%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	85,638	0.66%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Roseanne Barr	Cindy Sheehan	53,824	0.41%	0
	American Independent	Thomas Hoefling	Robert Ornelas	38,372	0.29%	0
	Independent	Ron Paul (write-in)	Andrew Napolitano	21,461	0.16%	0
	Independent	Rocky Anderson (write-in)	Luis Rodriguez	992	0.01%	0
	Independent	Virgil Goode (write-in)	Jim Clymer	503	0.00%	0
	Independent	Stewart Alexander (write-in)	Alejandro Mendoza	82	0.00%	0
	Independent	Jerry White (write-in)	Phyllis Scherrer	79	0.00%	0
	Independent	James Harris (write-in)	Maura DeLuca	72	0.00%	0
	Independent	Stephen Durham (write-in)	Christina López	54	0.00%	0
	Independent	Shelia Tittle (write-in)	Matthew Turner	6	0.00%	0
Valid votes				13,038,547	98.76%	—
Invalid or blank votes				163,611	1.24%	—
Totals				13,202,158	100.00%	55
Voter turnout				72.35%		—

See also

• United States presidential election, 2012 timeline
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2012
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• California Republican Party

External links

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