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The 2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 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. The primary election to select the Democratic and Republican candidates had been held on April 24, 2012. [2]
Gary Johnson's popular vote total set a Libertarian Party record, and his popular vote percentage was the second-best showing for a Libertarian in a presidential election, trailing only Ed Clark's in 1980. [163] Johnson would go on to beat this record in the 2016 presidential election, winning the most votes for the Libertarian ticket in history.
[2] [3] During the first presidential election in 1789, Pennsylvania was allotted 15 electoral votes. In 2024, the most recent election, the state was allotted 19. This number, proportional to the state's population and decided every 10 years after a census, peaked at 38 from the 1912 election through the 1928 election. [4]
Mitt Romney has only recently begun making a play for the state, whose 21 electoral votes would provide him with many more paths to 270. Sen. Bob Casey (D) has a slight advantage over challenger Tom Smith (R), and House races in the 8th and 12th districts are competitive.
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 ...
By Burwell-Perry’s count, 200 community members shuttled about 26,000 people from Amish weddings to the polls to vote for Trump on Election Day — one of the highest turnouts the region has ...
Democratic turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris lagged 2020 turnout as Donald Trump made gains all over the state, especially in rural counties.
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.