Minnesota backed Obama for re-election, giving him 52.65% of the vote, while Republican challenger Mitt Romney took 44.96%, a victory margin of 7.69%. With ten Democratic wins in a row, Minnesota has the longest current streak of voting for the Democratic candidate in presidential elections of any state, having not voted Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. This is the longest streak for the Democrats in history amongst non-Southern states.[2]
However, Romney was able to significantly improve on McCain's performance in the North Star State, as he did nationally. Fourteen counties which voted for Obama in 2008 flipped and voted for the Republican Party in 2012, while many Democratic counties had a margin of victory much narrower than in 2008. Many of these counties had not voted for a Republican in decades, such as Big Stone County which only voted for a Republican only once since 1952 for Dwight D. Eisenhower until this election. [3]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the most recent time the Democratic candidate won the following counties: Beltrami, Chippewa, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Mahnomen, Mower, Norman, Rice, Swift, and Traverse. It is also, to date, the most recent time that Minnesota voted to the left of Colorado and Virginia, two former Republican strongholds that rapidly transitioned to being reliably blue in the 2010s.
There is no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates in any step of the election process. At each meeting the participants decides what the best course of action is. The state convention can vote to bind the 13 at-large delegates to a candidate. The 24 delegates elected at the CD conventions and the 3 automatic (RNC) delegates are not legally bound to vote for a candidate.
17 February - 31 March: BPOU conventions elect delegates to the state convention and the congressional district conventions.
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Main article 2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota 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 State voters chose ten 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 Minnesota 2008 November 6 2012 2016 Turnout76 42 1 Nominee Barack Obama Mitt RomneyParty Democratic DFL RepublicanHome state Illinois MassachusettsRunning mate Joe Biden Paul RyanElectoral vote 10 0Popular vote 1 546 167 1 320 225Percentage 52 65 44 96 County Results Obama 40 50 50 60 60 70 Romney 40 50 50 60 60 70 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Barack ObamaDemocraticMinnesota backed Obama for re election giving him 52 65 of the vote while Republican challenger Mitt Romney took 44 96 a victory margin of 7 69 With ten Democratic wins in a row Minnesota has the longest current streak of voting for the Democratic candidate in presidential elections of any state having not voted Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972 This is the longest streak for the Democrats in history amongst non Southern states 2 However Romney was able to significantly improve on McCain s performance in the North Star State as he did nationally Fourteen counties which voted for Obama in 2008 flipped and voted for the Republican Party in 2012 while many Democratic counties had a margin of victory much narrower than in 2008 Many of these counties had not voted for a Republican in decades such as Big Stone County which only voted for a Republican only once since 1952 for Dwight D Eisenhower until this election 3 As of the 2020 presidential election this is the most recent time the Democratic candidate won the following counties Beltrami Chippewa Fillmore Freeborn Houston Itasca Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Mahnomen Mower Norman Rice Swift and Traverse It is also to date the most recent time that Minnesota voted to the left of Colorado and Virginia two former Republican strongholds that rapidly transitioned to being reliably blue in the 2010s Contents 1 Caucuses 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 1 2 1 Conventions 2 General election 2 1 Results 2 2 By county 2 2 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCaucuses EditDemocratic Edit Main article 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2012 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucus 2008 February 7 2012 2012 02 07 2016 Candidate Barack ObamaHome state IllinoisDelegate count 91Popular vote 16 733Percentage 96 3 Minnesota results by county Barack Obama No votes2012 Minnesota Democratic caucus 4 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Barack Obama 16 733 96 30 91Uncommited 643 3 70 0Republican Edit Main article 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries 2012 Minnesota Republican presidential caucus 2008 February 7 2012 2012 02 07 2016 Candidate Rick Santorum Ron PaulHome state Pennsylvania TexasPopular vote 21 988 13 282Percentage 44 95 27 15 Candidate Mitt Romney Newt GingrichHome state Massachusetts GeorgiaPopular vote 8 240 5 263Percentage 16 85 10 76 Minnesota results by county Rick Santorum Ron Paul TieThe Republican caucuses were held on February 7 2012 5 The events coincided with the Colorado Republican caucuses as well as the Missouri Republican primary Minnesota has a total of 40 delegates 37 of which are tied to the caucuses while 3 are unpledged RNC delegates The non binding straw poll was won by Rick Santorum but Ron Paul won 32 of the 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention Election Reporting 6 7 8 9 10 Candidate Votes DelegatesTotal Percentage Total PercentageRick Santorum 21 988 44 95 2 5 Ron Paul 13 282 27 15 32 80 Mitt Romney 8 240 16 85 1 2 5 Newt Gingrich 5 263 10 76 0 0 Write in 143 0 29 0 0 Unpledged delegates 5 12 5 Total 48 916 100 0 40 100 0 Conventions Edit There is no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates in any step of the election process At each meeting the participants decides what the best course of action is The state convention can vote to bind the 13 at large delegates to a candidate The 24 delegates elected at the CD conventions and the 3 automatic RNC delegates are not legally bound to vote for a candidate 17 February 31 March BPOU conventions elect delegates to the state convention and the congressional district conventions 14 21 April Eight congressional conventions elect 3 National Convention delegates each 18 19 May State convention elect 13 National Convention delegates 11 Convention Results 7 9 10 Candidate 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th State Partyleaders Total Ron Paul 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 12 0 32Rick Santorum 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2Mitt Romney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1Unknown 1 1 3 5Total 24 13 3 40General election EditResults Edit 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota 12 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDFL Barack Obama Joe Biden 1 546 167 52 65 10Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1 320 225 44 96 0Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 35 098 1 20 0Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 13 023 0 44 0Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 3 722 0 13 0Grassroots Jim Carlson George McMahon 3 149 0 11 0Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J Rodriguez 1 996 0 07 0Constitutional Government Dean Morstad Josh Franke Hyland 1 092 0 04 0Socialist Workers James Harris Maura DeLuca 1 051 0 04 0Socialism and Liberation Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 397 0 01 0Write Ins 10 641 0 36 0Totals 2 936 561 100 00 10Voter turnout eligible voters 75 74 By county Edit County Obama Obama Votes Romney Romney Votes Others Others Votes Total VotesAitkin 48 26 4 412 49 58 4 533 2 15 197 9 142Anoka 47 52 88 611 50 11 93 430 2 37 4 420 186 461Becker 41 69 6 829 56 18 9 204 2 13 349 16 382Beltrami 53 59 11 818 43 70 9 637 2 70 596 22 051Benton 41 66 8 173 55 30 10 849 3 04 597 19 619Big Stone 48 23 1 345 49 66 1 385 2 12 59 2 789Blue Earth 53 00 18 164 43 52 14 916 3 48 1 194 34 274Brown 40 42 5 630 56 99 7 938 2 59 361 13 929Carlton 61 78 11 389 35 72 6 586 2 50 461 18 436Carver 39 22 20 745 58 90 31 155 1 89 999 52 899Cass 42 49 6 858 55 49 8 957 2 02 326 16 141Chippewa 49 72 3 083 47 85 2 967 2 44 151 6 201Chisago 42 54 12 524 55 12 16 227 2 34 690 29 441Clay 52 65 15 208 44 73 12 920 2 62 758 28 886Clearwater 41 77 1 753 56 21 2 359 2 03 85 4 197Cook 59 99 1 993 36 75 1 221 3 25 108 3 322Cottonwood 41 50 2 433 56 57 3 316 1 93 113 5 862Crow Wing 42 27 14 760 55 60 19 415 2 13 745 34 920Dakota 50 37 116 252 47 45 109 514 2 19 5 049 230 815Dodge 43 46 4 487 53 48 5 522 3 06 316 10 325Douglas 41 29 8 665 56 73 11 905 1 98 416 20 986Faribault 44 17 3 407 53 21 4 104 2 62 202 7 713Fillmore 52 45 5 713 45 11 4 913 2 44 266 10 892Freeborn 55 82 9 326 41 72 6 969 2 46 411 16 706Goodhue 47 33 12 212 50 33 12 986 2 34 603 25 801Grant 47 23 1 647 50 13 1 748 2 64 92 3 487Hennepin 62 34 423 979 35 30 240 073 2 35 16 007 680 059Houston 50 56 5 281 47 40 4 951 2 05 214 10 446Hubbard 40 59 4 676 57 48 6 622 1 93 222 11 520Isanti 39 69 8 024 57 75 11 675 2 56 518 20 217Itasca 53 73 12 852 43 90 10 500 2 37 566 23 918Jackson 41 77 2 268 56 06 3 044 2 17 118 5 430Kanabec 44 09 3 593 53 10 4 328 2 81 229 8 150Kandiyohi 45 68 9 806 52 36 11 239 1 96 420 21 465Kittson 51 32 1 241 45 29 1 095 3 39 82 2 418Koochiching 53 44 3 451 43 99 2 841 2 57 166 6 458Lac Qui Parle 49 55 1 974 48 64 1 938 1 81 72 3 984Lake 59 31 4 043 38 29 2 610 2 41 164 6 817Lake of the Woods 38 45 859 58 46 1 306 3 09 69 2 234Le Sueur 45 65 6 753 52 14 7 714 2 21 327 14 794Lincoln 45 80 1 428 51 12 1 594 3 08 96 3 118Lyon 44 11 5 465 53 23 6 595 2 66 329 12 389Mahnomen 58 48 1 276 39 92 871 1 60 35 2 182Marshall 42 53 1 998 54 68 2 569 2 79 131 4 698Martin 36 96 4 054 60 69 6 657 2 34 257 10 968McLeod 37 56 6 968 59 66 11 069 2 78 516 18 553Meeker 40 68 4 969 56 60 6 913 2 72 332 12 214Mille Lacs 44 53 5 829 53 10 6 951 2 38 311 13 091Morrison 36 81 6 153 60 78 10 159 2 41 402 16 714Mower 60 03 11 129 37 42 6 938 2 55 472 18 539Murray 45 31 2 160 52 53 2 504 2 16 103 4 767Nicollet 52 58 9 652 44 75 8 214 2 67 491 18 357Nobles 44 52 3 793 53 77 4 581 1 71 146 8 520Norman 53 94 1 730 43 16 1 384 2 90 93 3 207Olmsted 50 23 39 338 47 03 36 832 2 74 2 146 78 316Otter Tail 38 41 12 165 59 55 18 860 2 04 645 31 670Pennington 46 41 3 024 50 71 3 304 2 89 188 6 516Pine 48 34 6 750 49 02 6 845 2 65 370 13 965Pipestone 37 13 1 725 60 83 2 826 2 04 95 4 646Polk 46 10 6 773 51 83 7 615 2 08 305 14 693Pope 47 73 2 981 50 30 3 142 1 97 123 6 246Ramsey 66 33 184 936 31 13 86 799 2 54 7 086 278 821Red Lake 46 99 928 49 52 978 3 49 69 1 975Redwood 38 61 3 008 58 66 4 570 2 72 212 7 790Renville 44 02 3 394 53 81 4 149 2 17 167 7 710Rice 52 85 17 054 44 58 14 384 2 57 829 32 267Rock 40 16 1 946 57 99 2 810 1 86 90 4 846Roseau 37 70 2 772 59 97 4 409 2 33 171 7 352Saint Louis 63 48 73 378 33 85 39 131 2 67 3 085 115 594Scott 41 47 29 712 56 28 40 323 2 25 1 612 71 647Sherburne 37 84 17 597 59 88 27 848 2 29 1 064 46 509Sibley 37 31 2 916 60 05 4 693 2 64 206 7 815Stearns 42 75 33 551 54 81 43 015 2 44 1911 78 477Steele 45 52 8 706 51 78 9 903 2 69 515 19 124Stevens 48 51 2 742 48 94 2 766 2 55 144 5 652Swift 53 74 2 751 43 91 2 248 2 34 120 5 119Todd 40 83 4 819 56 93 6 719 2 25 265 11 803Traverse 51 06 942 46 61 860 2 33 43 1 845Wabasha 46 03 5 415 51 42 6 049 2 54 299 11 763Wadena 36 70 2 492 61 02 4 143 2 28 155 6 790Waseca 44 83 4 370 52 49 5 116 2 68 261 9 747Washington 49 39 70 203 48 64 69 137 1 97 2 793 142 133Watonwan 48 48 2 494 48 93 2 517 2 59 133 5 144Wilkin 39 04 1 258 58 47 1 884 2 48 80 3 222Winona 55 01 14 980 42 16 11 480 2 83 772 27 232Wright 37 95 25 739 59 67 40 468 2 37 1 609 67 816Yellow Medicine 45 53 2 465 51 83 2 806 2 64 143 5 414Minnesota Total 52 65 1 546 021 44 95 1 320 048 2 38 70 139 2 936 208Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit Aitkin largest city Aitkin Big Stone largest city Ortonville Grant largest city Elbow Lake Lincoln largest city Tyler Marshall largest city Warren Murray largest city Slayton Pennington largest city Thief River Falls Pine largest city Pine City Polk largest city East Grand Forks Pope largest city Glenwood Red Lake largest city Red Lake Falls Stevens largest city Morris Watonwan largest city St James Yellow Medicine largest city Granite Falls See also EditUnited States presidential elections in Minnesota 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primariesReferences Edit Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State www sos state mn us Retrieved 2017 07 22 Will Vermont s 27 Cycle GOP Presidential Streak Ever Be Broken Smart Politics 2012 04 30 Retrieved 2021 06 22 Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Retrieved 2020 09 02 Presidential Preference by County Minnesota Secretary of State Archived from the original on 2016 10 09 Retrieved 2016 10 07 Scheck Tom September 30 2011 MNGOP keeping Feb 7 Caucus date Capitol View Minnesota Public Radio Election Reporting System Statewide Results for Republican Party Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved March 1 2012 a b Paul supporters chosen as delegates in three congressional districts Pierce County Herald April 15 2012 Archived from the original on April 19 2012 Retrieved April 17 2012 Anderson Pat 21 April 2012 Ron Paul gets 20 24 Congressional District delegates CD4 3 CD2 3 CD8 2 CD1 2 mngop mnleg twitter com Twitter Retrieved 22 April 2012 a b Rep Paul supporters elected to half of Minnesota GOP convention delegation Pierce County Herald April 22 2012 Archived from the original on April 25 2012 Retrieved April 22 2012 a b Ron Paul Wins Minnesota State Convention Retrieved 20 May 2012 Republican Party of Minnesota Events Archived from the original on 17 May 2012 Retrieved 4 May 2012 Minnesota Secretary of State Archived from the original on 2012 11 10 Retrieved 2012 11 10 External links Edit2012 Election Central 2012 Primary Schedule The Green Papers Minnesota Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers Major state elections in chronological order Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota amp oldid 1128625563 Republican caucuses, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
