2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Alaska

2012 United States presidential election in Alaska

2012 United States presidential election in Alaska

Election in Alaska

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alaska 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. Alaska 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.

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Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney won the state of Alaska with 54.80% of the vote, while Obama received 40.81%.[1] This was the first time since 1968 that a Democrat received more than 40% of the vote in Alaska. No Democrat has won Alaska since it was won by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Although Romney easily won its three electoral votes, it was one of six states to swing toward Obama relative to 2008, when Alaska was won with a 21.5% margin of victory by Republican nominee John McCain running with the incumbent governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his vice-presidential candidate. Obama closed his margin of defeat by 7.55% compared to his 2008 loss, thereby making it the state with the strongest Democratic gain in 2012.

He also flipped seven boroughs and census areas he had lost in 2008.[2] As of the 2020 election, this is the last election in which Haines Borough voted for the Republican candidate.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

The Alaska Democratic caucuses were held from April 10 to 14, 2012, with the state party convention being held from May 11 to 13.[3] Precincts within House Districts combined to hold caucuses to pledge delegates to the State Convention. Obama ran mostly unopposed (with the exception of Randall Terry, who was on the ballot but received no votes) and consequently received all of the 500 popular votes and 24 delegates.

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Republican caucuses

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The Alaska Republican caucuses were held Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.[4][5][6] The presidential preference poll portion of the caucuses was scheduled between 4 pm and 8 pm local time (which is 8 pm to midnight EST) at locations across the state and one caucus in Washington, D.C.[7]

Similar to the 2012 Nevada caucuses, the results of the presidential preference poll will be used to directly and proportionately apportion 24 national convention delegates among the candidates.[8] Another 3 super delegates are unbound and not determined by the caucus results.[9]

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General election

Candidate ballot access

Write-in candidate access

Results

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Borough and Census Area Flips:

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    State of Alaska 2012 General Election Official Results
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    "Alaska Presidential Results by County, 1960-2016|Maps". thecinyc. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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    "Alaska Democratic Delegation 2012". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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    "Alaska Republican Events". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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    "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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    "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
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    "2012 Convention Process". ARP. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
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    "2012 Convention Process". ARP. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
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    Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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    New York Times, Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  11. [11]
    "2012 Presidential General Election Results - Alaska". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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