Election in Maryland
2012 United States presidential election in Maryland Turnout 74.00% [quantify ] pp[1]
Nominee
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Illinois
Massachusetts
Running mate
Joe Biden
Paul Ryan
Electoral vote
10
0
Popular vote
1,677,844
971,869
Percentage
61.97%
35.90%
County Results
Obama
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Romney
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
President before election
Barack Obama
Democratic
Elected President
Barack Obama
Democratic
Main article: 2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland 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. Maryland voters chose 10 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 .
Maryland is one of six states where Obama did better in 2012 than in 2008, with his percentage of the vote increasing from 61.92% to 61.97%. He managed to flip Somerset County but lost Kent County which he won in 2008 .
As of 2020 , this is the last time a Republican won Anne Arundel County and a Democrat won Somerset County .
Republican primary [ ]
The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary .[2] After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.
2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary[3] [4]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Delegates
Mitt Romney
117,527
49.2%
37
Rick Santorum
69,020
28.9%
0
Newt Gingrich
26,088
10.9%
0
Ron Paul
22,698
9.5%
0
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
1,406
0.6%
0
Rick Perry
1,041
0.4%
0
Buddy Roemer
858
0.4%
0
Fred Karger
342
0.1%
0
Unprojected delegates:
3
Total:
238,987
100%
37
Minor parties [ ]
Green convention [ ]
Green National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote[5] [6]
Candidate
Delegates
Percentage
Jill Stein
5
83%
Roseanne Barr
1
17%
Others
-
-
Total
6
100%
Libertarian convention [ ]
Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote [7]
Candidate
Delegates
Percentage
Gary Johnson
9
64%
R. Lee Wrights
4
29%
Carl Person
1
7%
Others
-
-
Total
14
100%
Results [ ]
2012 United States presidential election in Maryland[8]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
1,677,844
61.97%
10
Republican
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
971,869
35.90%
0
Libertarian
Gary Johnson
Jim Gray
30,195
1.12%
0
Green
Jill Stein
Cheri Honkala
17,110
0.63%
0
Others
10,309
0.38%
0
Totals
2,707,327
100.00%
10
Voter turnout (registered voters)
69.4%
Results by county [ ]
Barack Hussein Obama Democratic
Willard Mitt Romney Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Allegany
9,805
32.85%
19,230
64.42%
815
2.73%
-9,425
-31.57%
29,850
Anne Arundel
126,635
48.68%
126,832
48.75%
6,688
2.57%
-197
-0.08%
260,155
Baltimore County
220,322
57.26%
154,908
40.26%
9,552
2.48%
65,414
17.00%
384,782
Baltimore City
221,478
87.19%
28,171
11.09%
4,356
1.71%
193,307
76.10%
254,005
Calvert
20,529
45.10%
23,952
52.62%
1,037
2.28%
-3,423
-7.52%
45,518
Caroline
4,970
37.21%
8,098
60.63%
289
2.16%
-3,128
-23.42%
13,357
Carroll
27,939
31.92%
56,761
64.84%
2,836
3.24%
-28,822
-32.93%
87,536
Cecil
16,557
38.98%
24,806
58.39%
1,117
2.63%
-8,249
-19.42%
42,480
Charles
48,774
64.84%
25,178
33.47%
1,270
1.69%
23,596
31.37%
75,222
Dorchester
7,257
46.99%
7,976
51.64%
211
1.37%
-719
-4.66%
15,444
Frederick
55,146
47.09%
58,798
50.21%
3,171
2.71%
-3,652
-3.12%
117,115
Garrett
3,124
23.74%
9,743
74.05%
290
2.20%
-6,619
-50.31%
13,157
Harford
49,729
39.48%
72,911
57.89%
3,314
2.63%
-23,182
-18.41%
125,954
Howard
91,393
59.69%
57,758
37.72%
3,957
2.58%
33,635
21.97%
153,108
Kent
4,842
48.89%
4,870
49.17%
192
1.94%
-28
-0.28%
9,904
Montgomery
323,400
70.92%
123,353
27.05%
9,239
2.03%
200,047
43.87%
455,992
Prince George's
347,938
89.73%
35,734
9.22%
4,072
1.05%
312,204
80.52%
387,744
Queen Anne's
8,556
34.38%
15,823
63.58%
509
2.05%
-7,267
-29.20%
24,888
St. Mary's
19,711
41.22%
26,797
56.03%
1,316
2.75%
-7,086
-14.82%
47,824
Somerset
5,240
50.39%
5,042
48.49%
117
1.13%
198
1.90%
10,399
Talbot
8,808
43.05%
11,339
55.42%
312
1.53%
-2,531
-12.37%
20,459
Washington
25,042
39.90%
36,074
57.48%
1,639
2.61%
-11,032
-17.58%
62,755
Wicomico
19,635
46.46%
21,764
51.50%
860
2.04%
-2,129
-5.04%
42,259
Worcester
11,014
40.17%
15,951
58.17%
455
1.66%
-4,937
-18.01%
27,420
Totals
1,677,844
61.97%
971,869
35.90%
57,614
2.13%
705,975
26.08%
2,707,327
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ ]
Kent (largest town: Chestertown )
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ ]
Somerset (largest town: Princess Anne )
See also [ ]
References [ ]
show State and district results of the 2012 United States presidential election