2012 United States presidential election in Arizona information
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2012 United States presidential election in Arizona
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November 6, 2012
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Turnout
74.36%
Nominee
Mitt Romney
Barack Obama
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Massachusetts
Illinois
Running mate
Paul Ryan
Joe Biden
Electoral vote
11
0
Popular vote
1,233,654
1,025,232
Percentage
53.65%
44.59%
County Results
Precinct Results
Romney
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
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90–100%
Tie/No Data
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Barack Obama
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Barack Obama
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Arizona 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. State voters chose 11 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. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Arizona was won by Romney with a 9.06% margin. This is the most recent presidential election in which Arizona failed to back the national winner, and when the Democratic candidate won a presidential election without winning the state. Obama remains the only president to win two terms in office without carrying Arizona either time since the state's founding in 1912. Arizona is also one of only two states that Obama lost in 2008 or 2012 that his vice president Joe Biden would go on to win in 2020, the other being Georgia. This also remains the most recent election where Arizona voted to the right of Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina.
Until 2020, Arizona had been won by the Republican nominee for president in every election since 1952, except when Bill Clinton narrowly carried the state over Bob Dole in 1996. No Democratic presidential nominee has won a majority in the state since Harry S. Truman in 1948, and the 2012 election remains the most recent presidential election in which any candidate won a majority of the vote.
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