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The 2012 Republican primaries were the selection processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention from August 27–30. The series of primaries , caucuses , and state conventions culminated in the national convention, where the delegates cast their votes to formally select a candidate.
The 2008 Republican National Convention decided that the 2012 primary schedule generally would be subject to the same rules as the 2008 delegate selection contests, [17] but on August 6, 2010, the Republican National Committee (RNC) adopted new rules for the timing of elections, with 103 votes in favor out of 144. [18]
He stopped running as a Republican candidate on January 31, 2012, in an attempt to get his Rent Is Too Damn High Party on the New York ballot in November via lawsuit. [60] On September 13, 2012, McMillan dropped out of the race in order to focus on his candidacy for the 2013 New York City mayoral election, and endorsed President Barack Obama. [61]
The winner within each congressional district gets one electoral vote for the district. The winner of the statewide vote gets two additional electoral votes. In the 2012 election, all four of Maine's electoral votes were won by Obama and all five of Nebraska's electoral votes were won by Romney. [129] [130]
Timeline of the 2012 United States presidential election ← 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 → 2012 U.S. presidential election Timeline General election debates Electors Polling nationwide statewide Parties Democratic Party Candidates Primaries Results Nominee Convention Republican Party Prelude Candidates Debates and forums Primaries National polling Statewide polling Straw polls Results Nominee ...
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. [4] For instance, Stewart Greenleaf , who had no interest in becoming president, registered for the ballot to promote the issue of government spending in the ...
The Republican ticket took 62.14% of the vote to the Democratic ticket's 35.45%, sweeping every county in the state. [1] Romney became the first presidential candidate from any party since West Virginia's admission to the Union in 1863 to sweep every single county in the state and the first since Richard Nixon in 1972 to carry over 60% of the ...
The 2012 Missouri Republican presidential primary took place on February 7 [1] and the caucuses ran from March 15 to March 24, 2012, [2] except for one rescheduled for April 10.