This article contains the results of the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Democratic Party selects delegates to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
| Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries | |
|---|---|
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Maps
edit| Barack Hussein Obama |
| John Wolfe, Jr. |
| Keith Judd |
| Bob Ely |
| Randall Terry |
| Jim Rogers |
| Uncommitted |
| Tie |
| No votes reported |
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First-place winners of each county
Overview of results
editDuring the 2012 presidential primaries, 51 individuals sought the nomination of the Democratic Party. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the nomination unanimously at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was re-elected as president in the general election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney. As expected for the incumbent president, Obama won every primary election, but faced more difficulty than projected. Fifteen additional candidates appeared on primary ballots, and of these, four appeared on more than one ballot. Four qualified for convention delegates including: attorney John Wolfe, Jr., prison inmate Keith Russell Judd, perennial candidate Jim Rogers, and anti-abortion activist Randall Terry. Each of these had their delegates stripped prior to the convention due to technicalities.
The following candidates earned at least 5% of the popular vote in any contest:
| Legend: | 1st place (popular vote) |
2nd place (popular vote) |
3rd place (popular vote) |
Candidate not on ballot |
|---|
| Date (daily totals)[1] |
Pledged delegates |
Contest | Candidates and results | Total votes cast | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Barack Obama |
 John Wolfe Jr. |
KJ Keith Judd |
 Darcy Richardson |
BE Bob Ely |
 Randall Terry |
JR Jim Rogers |
 Other/Uncommitted | |||||
| January 3 | 54 | Iowa | 94.0% 110 delegates 7,666 votes |
Unknown | 6.0%[a] 486 votes |
8,152 votes | [2] | |||||
| January 10 | 28 | New Hampshire | 80.9% 28 delegates 49,080 votes |
0.4% 245 votes |
Unknown | 0.4% 264 votes |
0.5% 287 votes |
0.7% 442 votes |
Unknown | 17.1%[b] 10,341 votes |
60,659 votes | [3] |
| January 21 | 36 | Nevada | 100% 31 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [4] | ||||||
| January 28 | 56 | South Carolina | 100% 56 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [5] | |||||||
| February 7 | 91 | Minnesota | 96.3% 91 delegates 16,733 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.7% 643 votes |
17,376 votes | [6] | |||||
| February 7 | 89 | Missouri | 88.4% 89 delegates 64,435 votes |
1.4% 1,000 votes |
Not on ballot | 1.2% 873 votes |
Not on ballot | 2.7% 1,998 votes |
Not on ballot | 6.3% 4,582 votes |
72,888 votes | [7] |
| February 26 | 31 | Maine | 100% 31 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [8] | ||||||
| February 28 | None | Michigan (primary) |
89.3% 174,054 votes |
Not on ballot | 10.7% 20,833 votes |
194,887 votes | [9] | |||||
| March 5 | 110 | Georgia | 100% 110 delegates 139,273 votes |
Not on ballot | 139,273 votes | [10] | ||||||
| March 6 (541) |
110 | Massachusetts | 81.2% 110 delegates 127,909 votes |
Not on ballot | 18.8%[c] 29,654 votes |
157,563 votes | [11] | |||||
| 174 | Ohio | 100% 174 delegates 547,588 votes |
Not on ballot | 547,588 votes | [12] | |||||||
| 45 | Oklahoma | 57.1% 35 delegates 64,259 votes |
Not on ballot | 6.4% 7,192 votes |
4.7% 5,318 votes |
18.0% 7 delegates 20,294 votes |
13.8% 3 delegates 15,535 votes |
Not on ballot | 112,598 votes | [13] | ||
| 82 | Tennessee | 88.5% 94 delegates 80,357 votes |
Not on ballot | 11.5% 3 delegates 10,413 votes |
90,770 votes | [14] | ||||||
| 18 | Vermont | 98.2% 18 delegates 30,954 votes |
Not on ballot | 1.8%[d] 582 votes |
31,536 votes | [15] | ||||||
| 106 | Virginia | 100% 106 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [16] | ||||||||
| 6 | American Samoa | 100% 6 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [17] | |||||||
| March 7 | 26 | Hawai'i | 96.9% 26 delegates 1,316 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.1% 42 votes |
1,358 votes | [18] | |||||
| March 13 | 63 | Alabama | 84.1% 55 delegates 241,167 votes |
Not on ballot | 15.9% 8 delegates 45,613 votes |
286,780 votes | [19] | |||||
| March 13 (69) |
40 | Mississippi | 100% 40 delegates 97,304 votes |
Not on ballot | 97,304 votes | [20] | ||||||
| 29 | Utah | 100% 29 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [21] | |||||||
| March 20 | 189 | Illinois | 99.9% 189 delegates 652,583 votes |
Not on ballot | nil% 124 votes |
Not on ballot | 652,717 votes | [22] | ||||
| March 24 | 64 | Louisiana | 76.5% 60 delegates 115,150 votes |
11.8% 4 delegates 17,804 votes |
Not on ballot | 5.2% 7,750 votes |
6.6% 9,897 votes |
Not on ballot | 150,601 votes | [23] | ||
| March 31 | 70 | Arizona | 100% 70 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [24] | |||||||
| April 3 (219) |
97 | Maryland | 88.5% 94 delegates 288,766 votes |
Not on ballot | 11.5% 3 delegates 37,704 votes |
326,470 votes | [25] | |||||
| 100 | Wisconsin | 98.2% 100 delegates 293,029 votes |
Not on ballot | 1.8% 3 delegates 5,385 votes |
298,414 votes | [26] | ||||||
| 100 | Washington, D.C. | 96.2% 22 delegates 56,503 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.8% 2,211 votes |
58,714 votes | [27] | ||||||
| April 14 (142) |
19 | Alaska | 100% 19 delegates 500 votes |
Not on ballot | 500 votes | [28] | ||||||
| 24 | Idaho | 100% 24 delegates 1,400 votes |
Not on ballot | 1400 votes | [29] | |||||||
| 49 | Kansas | 100% 49 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [30] | |||||||
| 38 | Nebraska (caucus) |
100% 49 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [31] | |||||||
| 12 | Wyoming (caucus) |
100% 12 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [32] | |||||||
| April 24 (693) |
73 | Connecticut | 100% 73 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [33] | |||||||
| 23 | Delaware | 100% 23 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [34] | ||||||||
| 337 | New York | 100% 337 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [35] | ||||||||
| 228 | Pennsylvania | 97.0% 228 delegates 610,401 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.0%[e] 19,082 votes |
629,483 votes | [36] | ||||||
| 32 | Rhode Island | 83.4% 32 delegates 6,759 votes |
Not on ballot | 16.6%[f] 1,347 votes |
8,106 votes | [37] | ||||||
| May 5 (466) |
276 | Florida | 100% 276 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [38] | ||||||
| 183 | Michigan (caucus) |
100% 183 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [39] | |||||||
| 7 | Guam | 100% 7 delegates 700 votes |
Not on ballot | 700 votes | [40] | |||||||
| May 6 | 19 | Democrats Abroad | 99.1% 19 delegates 2,709 votes |
Not on ballot | 0.9% 25 votes |
2,734 votes | [41] | |||||
| May 8 (271) |
96 | Indiana | 100% 96 delegates 221,466 votes |
Not on ballot | 221,466 votes | [42] | ||||||
| 139 | North Carolina | 79.2% 104 delegates 766,079 votes |
Not on ballot | 20.8% 35 delegates 200,810 votes |
966,889 votes | [43] | ||||||
| 36 | West Virginia | 59.4% 21 delegates 106,770 votes |
Not on ballot | 40.6% 15 delegates[g] 73,138 votes |
Not on ballot | 179,908 votes | [44] | |||||
| May 15 (40) |
None | Nebraska (primary) |
100% 62,229 votes |
Not on ballot | 62,229 votes | [45] | ||||||
| 40 | Oregon | 94.7% 40 delegates 267,382 votes |
Not on ballot | 5.3%[h] 15,077 votes |
282,459 votes | [46] | ||||||
| May 22 | 47 | Arkansas | 58.4% 28 delegates 94,936 votes |
41.6% 19 delegates 67,711 votes |
Not on ballot | 162,647 votes | [47] | |||||
| 47 | Kentucky | 57.9% 38 delegates 119,291 votes |
Not on ballot | 42.1% 27 delegates 86,921 votes |
206,218 votes | [48] | ||||||
| May 26 | 8 | Wyoming (convention) |
100% 8 delegates |
Not on ballot | [49] | |||||||
| May 29 | None | Texas (primary) |
88.2% 520,410 votes |
5.1% 29,879 votes |
Not on ballot | 4.3% 25,430 votes |
2.5% 14,445 votes |
Not on ballot | 590,164 votes | [50] | ||
| June 2 | 72 | Colorado | 100% 72 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [51] | ||||||
| June 3 | 60 | Puerto Rico | 100% 60 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [52] | ||||||
| June 5 (802) |
547 | California | 99.9% 547 delegates 2,075,905 votes |
Not on ballot | nil% 221 votes |
Not on ballot | nil%[i] 183 votes |
2,076,309 votes | [53] | |||
| 24 | Montana | 90.5% 24 delegates 79,537 votes |
Not on ballot | 9.5% 8,306 votes |
87,843 votes | [54] | ||||||
| 153 | New Jersey | 100% 153 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [55] | |||||||
| 39 | New Mexico | 100% 39 delegates 121,769 votes |
Not on ballot | 121,769 votes | [56] | |||||||
| 22 | North Dakota | 100% 22 delegates |
Not on ballot | Unreported | [57] | |||||||
| 22 | South Dakota | 100% 22 delegates |
Primary cancelled | [58] | ||||||||
| June 3 (112) |
105 | Washington (convention) |
100% 105 delegates |
Not on ballot | [59] | |||||||
| 7 | Virgin Islands | 100% 7 delegates |
Not on ballot | [60] | ||||||||
| June 9 | 260 | Texas (convention) |
100% 260 delegates |
Not on ballot | [61] | |||||||
| N/A | N/A | Northern Mariana Islands | No convention held | [62] | ||||||||
| Totals votes earned | 4,761 | 60 contests | 91.0% 4,780 delegates 8,106,369 votes |
1.3% 23 delegates 116,639 votes |
0.8% 15 delegates 73,138 votes |
0.5% 0 delegates 41,730 votes |
0.3% 0 delegates 29,947 votes |
0.3% 7 delegates 22,858 votes |
0.2% 3 delegates 15,535 votes |
5.6% 79 delegates 500,240 votes |
8,903,722 votes | |
| Convention roll call | 100% 5,556 delegates |
0% | ||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Results for individual candidates unknown
- ^ 2,289 votes (3.8%) for Ron Paul
1,814 votes (3.0%) for Mitt Romney
1,238 votes (2.0%) for John Huntsman
945 votes (1.5%) for Ed Cowan
833 votes (1.4%) for Vermin Supreme
3,222 votes (5.4%) for all others - ^ 16,075 votes (10.2%) for "Uncommitted"
9,690 (6.2%) blanked ballots
3,889 votes (2.5%) for "Others" - ^ Write-in
- ^ Write-in
- ^ 1,133 votes (14.0%) for "Uncommitted"
214 (2.6%) write-in - ^ Delegates were invalidated and pledged to Obama.
- ^ Write-in
- ^ 129 votes for Michael Meyer
54 votes for Luis Ramos
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