2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii 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. Hawaii voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 306,658 121,015 Percentage 70.55% 27.84%

County Results State Senate District Results Obama   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The Hawaiian-born president handily won the state's 4 electoral votes by a wide 42.71% margin of victory. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat would win more than 70% of the vote in any state in a presidential race, as well as the last time any state (along with Utah) gave a candidate over 70% of the vote.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Republican caucuses

2012 Hawaii Republican caucuses

← 2008 March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13) 2016 →

Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 9 4 Popular vote 4,548 2,589 Percentage 44.47% 25.31%       Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich Home state Texas Georgia Delegate count 3 0 Popular vote 1,975 1,116 Percentage 19.31% 10.91%

Hawaii results by county   Mitt Romney   Ron Paul

The 2012 Hawaii Republican caucuses took place on March 13, 2012.^[1][2]

Hawaii Republican caucuses, 2012^[3]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates^[4]
Mitt Romney	4,548	44.47%	9
Rick Santorum	2,589	25.31%	5
Ron Paul	1,975	19.31%	3
Newt Gingrich	1,116	10.91%	0
Unprojected delegates:			3
Total:	10,228	100%	20

Certified results doesn't include 858 outstanding votes (write-ins and provisional ballots).^[5]

General election

Candidate ballot access

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii^[6]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	306,658	70.55%	4
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	121,015	27.84%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	3,840	0.88%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	3,184	0.73%	0
Totals				434,697	100.00%	4
Voter turnout (registered voters)						61.9%

By county

County	Barack Obama Democratic		Mitt Romney Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Hawaii	47,224	74.42%	14,753	23.25%	1,477	2.33%	32,471	51.17%	63,454
Honolulu	204,349	68.86%	88,461	29.81%	3,932	1.33%	115,888	39.05%	296,742
Kalawao	25	92.59%	2	7.41%	0	0.00%	23	85.18%	27
Kauai	18,641	73.47%	6,121	24.13%	610	2.40%	12,520	49.34%	25,372
Maui	36,052	74.10%	11,602	23.85%	999	2.05%	24,450	50.25%	48,653
Totals	306,658	70.55%	121,015	27.84%	7,024	1.62%	185,643	42.71%	434,697

Results by congressional district

Obama won both congressional districts.^[7]

District	Obama	Romney	Representative
1st	69.7%	29.02%	Colleen Hanabusa
2nd	71.38%	26.67%	Tulsi Gabbard

See also

• 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Hawaii Republican Party

References

1. Hawaii Republican – The Green Papers
2. "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. . Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
4. Green Papers (March 18, 2012). "Hawaii Republican Caucus 2012". Green Papers. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Hawaii Office of Elections Final Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2012.
7. "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

External links

• The Green Papers: for Hawaii
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order