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The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the
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in which all 50 states plus the
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participated.
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voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting
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Democratic
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and his running mate,
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Joe Biden, against
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challenger and former
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and his running mate,
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. Obama easily carried Delaware by 18.63 points. Throughout the campaign, news organizations considered Delaware a state Obama would win, or a safe
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. It has not been carried by a Republican presidential candidate since
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, it has not been seriously contested by Republicans since
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, and it is reckoned to be part of the blue wall, referring to the group of states that voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election from 1992 to 2012. Additionally, it is the home state of Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, who served as Senator there from 1973 to 2009.


Primaries


Democratic

The Democratic primary in Delaware was cancelled as President Obama was the only candidate to file for the ballot, and received Delaware's entire delegation.


Republican

The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.


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 Write-in candidate access: * Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice


Results


By county


By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.


See also

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United States presidential elections in Delaware Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Delaware, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, Delaware has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refe ...
* 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums *
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential ...
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Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries This article contains the results of the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, which resulted in the nomination of Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The 2012 Republican primaries were the s ...
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Delaware Republican Party The Republican State Committee of Delaware is the affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), United States Republican Party in Delaware. It has regional offices in Dover, Delaware, Dover, Newark, North Wilmington, and Georgetown, Delawa ...


References


External links


The Green Papers
for Delaware
The Green Papers
Major state elections in chronological order {{U.S. presidential primaries
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...