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2012 United States presidential election in Texas [20] Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican: Mitt Romney: Paul Ryan: 4,569,843: 57.17%: 38: Democratic: Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 3,308,124 41.38% 0 Libertarian: Gary Johnson: Jim Gray: 88,580 1.11% 0 Green: Jill Stein: Cheri Honkala: 24,657 ...
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election every two years. The number of seats allocated to each state is determined by its population. Because of redistricting, many representatives are running in new districts.
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 ...
An outlier in presidential races, the 2000 election between former Vice President Al Gore and then-Texas Gov. George Bush was not decided until Dec. 12, 2000, five weeks after Election Day.
Republicans haven't won the popular vote in a presidential contest since 2004 -- when President George W. Bush got 62 million votes. ... Follow the New York Post’s 2024 Election Live Updates ...
The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday (March 6), but due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3. That date is uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, earliest in late May 2012, with both May 22 and May 29 being proposed.