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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 ...
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 2012 ...
Since then, 19 presidential elections have occurred in which a candidate was elected or reelected without gaining a majority of the popular vote. [4] Since the 1988 election, the popular vote of presidential elections was decided by single-digit margins, the longest streak of close-election results since states began popularly electing ...
Super Tuesday 2012 took place March 6, when the most simultaneous state presidential primary elections was held in the United States. This election cycle's edition of Super Tuesday, where 17.1 percent of all delegates was allocated, was considerably smaller than the 2008 edition , where 41.5 percent of all delegates was allocated (twenty-one ...
The 2010 Census changes the Electoral College vote apportionment for the election for 18 states. [4]December 23 – Jimmy McMillan, perennial candidate from New York changes party affiliation from Democratic to Republican and officially announces his candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party [5] [6] [7]
2012 Republican Party presidential candidates ← 2008 August 28, 2012 (Republican National Convention) 2016 → Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 2061 190 States carried 42+ DC & U.S. Territories 3 Popular vote 10,031,336 2,095,762 Percentage 52.13% 10.89% First place finishes by convention roll call Previous Republican nominee before election John ...
A. Approximately 57.5 percent of all citizens eligible to cast ballots chose to participate in the 2012 election, a slight dip from 62.3 percent in 2008. The turnout was below the 2004 election ...
Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.