A very liberalNortheastern state, and a former bastion of progressive Republicanism until the realignment election of 1992, Vermont was the second most Democratic state in the nation, weighing in as a whopping 31.74% more Democratic than the national average in the 2012 election. Repeating his success from 2008, Obama again carried Vermont in a landslide, taking 66.57% of the vote to Romney's 30.97%, a Democratic victory margin of 35.60%. Though this was slightly worse than his 2008 performance, when he received 67.46% of the vote to Republican Senator John McCain's 30.45%, a margin of 37.01%, this was still the second best performance for a Democrat in Vermont history, surpassing Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 performance.[1]
Vermont historically was a bastion of northeastern Republicanism, voting Republican in every single election but one between 1856 and 1988, interrupted only in 1964. It also elected solely Republican governors from 1854 to 1962 and solely Republican Senators from 1855 to 1968. However, after migration from liberal northeastern cities such as Boston and New York to Vermont in the 1960s and 70s, it shifted sharply towards the Democratic Party with Bill Clinton's landslide victory in 1992, and has been part of the "Blue Wall" – the 19 jurisdictions, worth 238 electoral votes, that voted Democratic six times in a row from 1992 through 2012 – ever since.[2] Vermont also has one of the greenest economies in the country, with its own Clean Air Act and a state trust that buys farmland to support local farming. This, and a virtual nonexistence of party loyalty in the state, guaranteed Obama's landslide victory.[3]
Obama's best performance was in Windham County, where he received 73.06% of the vote, though he also racked up great margins in Chittenden, Rutland, and Washington Counties, the state's three largest counties and home to Burlington, Rutland, and the state capital of Montpelier, respectively. The only county where he won by a margin of less than 20% is in Essex County in the Northeast Kingdom, generally the most conservative region in the state, where he won by 13.40%.
The results of the 2012 election made Vermont the second most Democratic state in the nation, only surpassed by the 42.71% margin in Obama's birth state of Hawaii.
As of 2020, this is the last election in which the Democrat won Essex County, and by extension, every county in the state.
The Republican primary also took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.[5][6]
Vermont has 17 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three superdelegates are bound by the primary results and awarded on a winner-take-all basis. The remaining 14 are awarded winner-take-all to the candidate who wins at least 50% of the vote statewide, or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote statewide if no one gets a majority.[7]
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district because it covers the entire state, is thus equivalent to the statewide election results.
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External linksEdit
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The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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August 25, 2023
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Main article 2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election in Vermont 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 Vermont voters chose three 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 Vermont 2008 November 6 2012 2016 Nominee Barack Obama Mitt RomneyParty Democratic RepublicanHome state Illinois MassachusettsRunning mate Joe Biden Paul RyanElectoral vote 3 0Popular vote 199 239 92 698Percentage 66 57 30 97 County resultsMunicipality resultsObama 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Romney 50 60 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Barack ObamaDemocraticA very liberal Northeastern state and a former bastion of progressive Republicanism until the realignment election of 1992 Vermont was the second most Democratic state in the nation weighing in as a whopping 31 74 more Democratic than the national average in the 2012 election Repeating his success from 2008 Obama again carried Vermont in a landslide taking 66 57 of the vote to Romney s 30 97 a Democratic victory margin of 35 60 Though this was slightly worse than his 2008 performance when he received 67 46 of the vote to Republican Senator John McCain s 30 45 a margin of 37 01 this was still the second best performance for a Democrat in Vermont history surpassing Lyndon B Johnson s 1964 performance 1 Vermont historically was a bastion of northeastern Republicanism voting Republican in every single election but one between 1856 and 1988 interrupted only in 1964 It also elected solely Republican governors from 1854 to 1962 and solely Republican Senators from 1855 to 1968 However after migration from liberal northeastern cities such as Boston and New York to Vermont in the 1960s and 70s it shifted sharply towards the Democratic Party with Bill Clinton s landslide victory in 1992 and has been part of the Blue Wall the 19 jurisdictions worth 238 electoral votes that voted Democratic six times in a row from 1992 through 2012 ever since 2 Vermont also has one of the greenest economies in the country with its own Clean Air Act and a state trust that buys farmland to support local farming This and a virtual nonexistence of party loyalty in the state guaranteed Obama s landslide victory 3 Obama s best performance was in Windham County where he received 73 06 of the vote though he also racked up great margins in Chittenden Rutland and Washington Counties the state s three largest counties and home to Burlington Rutland and the state capital of Montpelier respectively The only county where he won by a margin of less than 20 is in Essex County in the Northeast Kingdom generally the most conservative region in the state where he won by 13 40 The results of the 2012 election made Vermont the second most Democratic state in the nation only surpassed by the 42 71 margin in Obama s birth state of Hawaii As of 2020 this is the last election in which the Democrat won Essex County and by extension every county in the state Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 2 General election 2 1 Candidate ballot access 2 2 Results 2 3 By county 2 4 By congressional district 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPrimaries EditDemocratic Edit The Democratic primary took place on Super Tuesday March 6 2012 Incumbent President Barack Obama ran unopposed According to the Secretary of State of Vermont s office he received 40 247 votes 97 28 and all of the 27 delegates attending the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte North Carolina pledged to support his re nomination The remaining 2 72 of the vote was made up of 675 write ins 1 63 and 450 blank votes 1 09 4 Republican Edit 2012 Vermont Republican primary 2008 March 6 2012 2012 03 06 2016 Candidate Mitt Romney Ron PaulHome state Massachusetts TexasDelegate count 9 4Popular vote 24 008 15 391Percentage 39 45 25 29 Candidate Rick Santorum Newt GingrichHome state Pennsylvania GeorgiaDelegate count 4 0Popular vote 14 368 4 949Percentage 23 61 8 13 Vermont results by county Mitt RomneyThe Republican primary also took place on Super Tuesday March 6 2012 5 6 Vermont has 17 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention Three superdelegates are bound by the primary results and awarded on a winner take all basis The remaining 14 are awarded winner take all to the candidate who wins at least 50 of the vote statewide or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20 of the vote statewide if no one gets a majority 7 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the primary with a plurality receiving 24 008 votes 39 45 and 9 delegates He won every single county Representative from Texas s 14th district Ron Paul placed in second with 15 391 votes or 25 29 while former Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum received 14 368 votes or 23 61 Both were awarded 4 delegates The only other candidate to receive over 5 of the vote was former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich with 8 13 of the vote 8 Vermont Republican presidential primary March 6 2012 9 10 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney 24 008 39 45 9Ron Paul 15 391 25 29 4Rick Santorum 14 368 23 61 4Newt Gingrich 4 949 8 13 0Jon Huntsman 1 198 1 97 0Rick Perry 544 0 89 0Write in 392 0 64 0Unprojected delegates 0Total 60 850 100 00 17General election EditCandidate ballot access Edit Barack Obama Joe Biden Democratic Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Republican Gary Earl Johnson James Polin Gray Libertarian Rocky Anderson Luis J Rodriguez Justice Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio Socialism and LiberationThe following candidates had write in ballot access Ron Paul Republican Jill Stein Cheri Honkala Green Virgil Goode Jim Clymer Constitution Roseanne Barr Cindy Sheehan Peace and FreedomResults Edit 2012 United States presidential election in Vermont 11 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 199 239 66 57 3Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 92 698 30 97 0Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 3 487 1 17 0Write ins Write ins 2 043 0 68 0Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J Rodriguez 1 128 0 38 0Socialism and Liberation Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 695 0 23 0Totals 299 290 100 00 3Write ins included Ron Paul Republican and Jill Stein Green 12 By county Edit County 13 Barack ObamaDemocratic Mitt RomneyRepublican Gary JohnsonLibertarian Rocky AndersonJustice Peta LindsaySocialism and Liberation Various CandidatesWrite Ins Margin TotalVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Addison 12 257 68 44 5 203 29 05 222 1 24 78 0 44 38 0 21 112 0 63 7 054 39 39 17 910Bennington 11 514 65 45 5 687 32 33 203 1 15 64 0 36 41 0 23 84 0 48 5 827 33 12 17 593Caledonia 8 192 59 97 5 088 37 24 168 1 23 61 0 45 36 0 26 116 0 85 3 104 22 73 13 661Chittenden 53 626 69 57 21 571 27 99 926 1 20 263 0 34 163 0 21 531 0 69 32 055 41 58 77 080Essex 1 539 55 00 1 164 41 60 38 1 36 15 0 54 8 0 29 34 1 22 375 13 40 2 798Franklin 12 057 60 62 7 405 37 23 196 0 99 71 0 36 26 0 13 133 0 67 4 652 23 39 19 888Grand Isle 2 531 62 11 1 471 36 10 37 0 91 18 0 44 7 0 17 11 0 27 1 060 26 01 4 075Lamoille 8 371 69 83 3 342 27 88 140 1 17 35 0 29 26 0 22 74 0 62 5 029 41 95 11 988Orange 9 076 64 58 4 588 32 65 194 1 38 67 0 48 40 0 28 88 0 63 4 488 31 93 14 053Orleans 7 117 60 87 4 306 36 83 130 1 11 42 0 36 37 0 32 60 0 51 2 811 24 04 11 692Rutland 17 088 59 73 10 835 37 87 308 1 08 115 0 40 60 0 21 203 0 71 6 253 21 86 28 609Washington 20 351 69 44 8 093 27 61 387 1 32 141 0 48 80 0 27 255 0 87 12 258 41 83 29 307Windham 16 026 73 05 5 347 24 37 221 1 01 78 0 36 82 0 37 183 0 83 10 679 48 68 21 937Windsor 19 494 67 93 8 598 29 96 317 1 10 80 0 28 51 0 18 159 0 55 10 896 37 97 28 699Totals 199 239 66 57 92 698 30 97 3 487 1 17 1 128 0 38 695 0 23 2 043 0 68 106 541 35 60 299 290By congressional district Edit Due to the state s low population only one congressional district is allocated This district called the At Large district because it covers the entire state is thus equivalent to the statewide election results District Romney Obama RepresentativeAt large 30 97 66 57 Peter WelchSee also Edit2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Vermont Republican Party United States presidential elections in VermontReferences Edit Vermont Presidential Election Voting History 270toWin Retrieved December 4 2020 Moskowitz Seth January 20 2020 The Road to 270 Vermont 270toWin Retrieved December 4 2020 Cohen Micah October 1 2012 New Vermont Is Liberal but Old Vermont Is Still There FiveThirtyEight Retrieved December 4 2020 2012 President Democratic Primary Vermont Elections Database Vermont Secretary of State March 6 2012 Retrieved December 4 2020 Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN Retrieved January 12 2012 Presidential Primary Dates PDF Federal Election Commission Retrieved January 23 2012 Nate Silver March 4 2012 Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates FiveThirtyEight Retrieved March 5 2012 2012 President Republican Primary Vermont Elections Database Vermont Secretary of State March 6 2012 Retrieved December 4 2020 Official Report of the Canvassing Committee Archived 2012 08 22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 22 2012 The Green Papers January 14 2012 Vermont Secretary of State Archived from the original on 2014 09 03 Retrieved 2012 11 24 n a Jason 2013 Our Campaigns VT US President Race Nov 06 2012 ourcampaigns com Retrieved 2015 08 25 2012 Presidential General Election Vermont Elections Database Vermont Secretary of State November 6 2012 Retrieved December 4 2020 External links EditThe 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