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.

Quick Facts Turnout, Nominee ...
2012 United States presidential election in Maryland

 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 
Turnout74.00% Increase[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

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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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. In this election, Maryland voted 22.21% to the left of the nation at-large.[2]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won Anne Arundel County and a Democrat won Somerset County.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Quick Facts Candidate, Home state ...
2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary

 2008 April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) 2016 
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 37 0
Popular vote 117,527 69,020
Percentage 49.2% 28.9%

 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 26,088 22,698
Percentage 10.9% 9.5%

Romney:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Santorum:      40–50%      50–60%
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The Republican primary took place on April 3, 2012, the same day as the District of Columbia Republican primary and the Wisconsin Republican primary.[3] After the primary, 37 delegates were selected to attend the Republican National Convention.

More information Candidate, Votes ...
2012 Maryland Republican presidential primary[4][5]
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
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Green primary

More information Candidate, Delegates ...
Green National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote[6][7]
Candidate Delegates Percentage
Jill Stein 5 83%
Roseanne Barr 1 17%
Others - -
Total 6 100%
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Libertarian primary

More information Candidate, Delegates ...
Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote [8]
Candidate Delegates Percentage
Gary Johnson 9 64%
R. Lee Wrights 4 29%
Carl Person 1 7%
Others - -
Total 14 100%
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General Election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
Huffington Post[9] Safe D November 6, 2012
CNN[10] Safe D November 6, 2012
New York Times[11] Safe D November 6, 2012
Washington Post[12] Safe D November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[13] Solid D November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] Solid D November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[15] Solid D November 6, 2012
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2012 United States presidential election in Maryland[16]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 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%
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Results by county

More information County, Barack Obama Democratic ...
County Barack Obama
Democratic
Mitt Romney
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  %
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 -0.07% 260,155
Baltimore 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 -32.92% 87,536
Cecil 16,557 38.98% 24,806 58.39% 1,117 2.63% -8,249 -19.41% 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 -4.65% 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 80.51% 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 -14.81% 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 -18.00% 27,420
Totals1,677,84461.97%971,86935.90%57,6142.13%705,97526.07%2,707,327
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County Flips:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Obama won 7 of the state's 8 congressional districts.[17]

More information District, Obama ...
District Obama Romney Representative
1st 37% 60% Andy Harris
2nd 63% 34% Dutch Ruppersberger
3rd 60% 37% John Sarbanes
4th 78% 20% Donna Edwards
5th 66% 32% Steny Hoyer
6th 55% 42% John Delaney
7th 76% 22% Elijah Cummings
8th 61% 36% Chris Van Hollen
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See also

References

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