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The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
Elections were held in the United States on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress, retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives.
Until May 2012, Obama had a consistent but narrow lead over Romney. Throughout the summer of 2012, the tide changed with Romney winning more polls than Obama. In September, Obama's momentum rose and Obama won most polls in September 2012. In October, the tide changed in Romney's favor, and Obama had not won a poll since October 1, 2012.
Romney easily carried Tennessee's 11 electoral votes, winning 59.42% of the vote in the state to Obama's 39.04%. [2] Tennessee has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1996 , when Bill Clinton won the state and many other states of the South , and Tennessee has not given a majority to a Democratic nominee since fellow ...
In 2012, a record 33 Republican candidates filed to appear on the ballot in New Hampshire, including various single-issue activists, protest candidates, and perennial candidates. [8] For instance, Stewart Greenleaf , who had no interest in becoming president, registered for the ballot to promote the issue of government spending in the ...
United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2012 [14] Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican: Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan: 1,087,190: 60.47%: 8: Democratic: Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 679,370 37.78% 0 Libertarian: Gary Johnson: Jim Gray: 17,063 0.95% 0 Independent Randall Terry: Missy Smith ...
Third parties and write-ins received a cumulative 60,147 votes, representing 1.56% of the vote. In 2008 , Obama won the state by 6.30%, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee to win it since Lyndon B. Johnson 's nationwide Democratic landslide of 1964 , but it had otherwise been a reliably Republican state prior to this.
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