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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 The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-e ...
in which all 50 states plus the
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participated. Hawaii voters chose four 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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Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe
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. The Hawaiian-born president handily won the state's 4 electoral votes by a wide 42.71% margin of victory. This is the most recent 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
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) gave a candidate over 70% of the vote.


Caucuses


Democratic


Republican

The 2012 Hawaii Republican caucuses took place on March 13, 2012.Hawaii Republican – ''The Green Papers''
/ref> Certified results doesn't include 858 outstanding votes (write-ins and
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s).


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


By county


Results by congressional district

Obama won both congressional districts.


See also

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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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Hawaii Republican Party The Hawaii Republican Party ( haw, ʻAoʻao Lepupalika o Hawaiʻi) is the affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP) in Hawaii, headquartered in Honolulu. The party was initially strong during Hawaii's territorial days, but following statehood the ...


References


External links


The Green Papers
for Hawaii
The Green Papers
Major state elections in chronological order {{U.S. presidential primaries
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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...