2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 689,809 439,908
Percentage 59.59% 38.00%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas 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. Kansas voters chose six 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. Romney and Ryan carried the state with 59.59 percent of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.00 percent, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.[1]

Obama carried only two counties: Douglas, home to Lawrence and the University of Kansas; and Wyandotte, home to Kansas City and the state's largest concentration of nonwhite voters. He lost Crawford County, home to Pittsburg State University, which he won in 2008, thereby making him the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying this county since John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

No major Democratic candidate challenged President Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012. Obama thus won all 517 votes at the State Convention on June 9 and all 53 delegates.

Republican caucuses

2012 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
March 10, 2012 (2012-03-10)
 
Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt Romney
Home state Pennsylvania Massachusetts
Delegate count 33 7
Popular vote 15,290 6,250
Percentage 51.2% 20.9%
 
Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul
Home state Georgia Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 4,297 3,767
Percentage 14.4% 12.6%
Kansas results by county
  Rick Santorum
  Mitt Romney
  No votes

The Republican caucuses were held on Saturday, March 10, 2012.[2][3] Kansas has 40 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. 25 of these delegates are allocated proportionally to candidates who exceed a 20% threshold in the statewide vote tally. The 15 remaining delegates are 'winner-take-all' delegates. 12 delegates are given (3 each) to the candidates with most votes in each of Kansas's 4 congressional districts. 3 delegates are awarded to the candidate with most votes statewide.[4]

Rick Santorum won the caucus and will receive 33 delegates. He won the state with 51% of the statewide vote and received most votes in all of the congressional districts, thus winning 15 delegates. As only Santorum and Mitt Romney exceeded the 20% threshold, 18 of the 25 proportionally allocated delegates were allocated to Santorum and 7 to Romney.

2012 Kansas Republican caucuses
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Rick Santorum 15,290 51.2% 33
Mitt Romney 6,250 20.9% 7
Newt Gingrich 4,298 14.4% 0
Ron Paul 3,767 12.6% 0
Uncommitted 122 0.4% 0
Herman Cain 39 0.1% 0
Jon Huntsman 38 0.1% 0
Rick Perry 37 0.1% 0
Michele Bachmann 16 0.1% 0
Totals 29,857 100% 0
Key:Withdrew
prior to contest

General election results

2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 689,809 59.59% 6
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 439,908 38.00% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 20,409 1.77% 0
Reform Chuck Baldwin Joseph Martin 4,990 0.43% 0
Green (Write-In) Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 714 0.06% 0
Constitution (Write-In) Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 187 0.02% 0
Justice (Write-In) Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 95 0.01% 0
Peace & Freedom (Write-In) Roseanne Barr Cindy Sheehan 58 0.01% 0
Other Write-Ins Other Write-Ins 84 0.01% 0
Totals 1,156,254 100.00% 6

Results by county

County[5] Mitt Romney
Republican		 Barack Obama
Democratic		 Gary Johnson
Libertarian		 Charles Baldwin
Reform		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Allen 3,316 62.45% 1,869 35.20% 75 1.41% 43 0.81% 7 0.13% 1,447 27.25% 5,310
Anderson 2,276 68.66% 944 28.48% 74 2.23% 18 0.54% 3 0.09% 1,332 40.18% 3,315
Atchison 3,917 58.69% 2,567 38.46% 148 2.22% 35 0.52% 7 0.10% 1,350 20.23% 6,674
Barber 1,772 76.58% 482 20.83% 42 1.82% 16 0.69% 2 0.09% 1,290 55.75% 2,314
Barton 7,874 76.14% 2,297 22.21% 123 1.19% 46 0.44% 1 0.01% 5,577 53.93% 10,341
Bourbon 4,102 65.59% 1,996 31.92% 110 1.76% 40 0.64% 6 0.10% 2,106 33.67% 6,254
Brown 2,829 70.85% 1,076 26.95% 64 1.60% 24 0.60% 0 0.00% 1,753 43.90% 3,993
Butler 18,157 69.61% 7,282 27.92% 459 1.76% 119 0.46% 68 0.26% 10,875 41.69% 26,085
Chase 875 68.84% 358 28.17% 27 2.12% 8 0.63% 3 0.24% 517 40.67% 1,271
Chautauqua 1,304 80.00% 280 17.18% 34 2.09% 12 0.74% 0 0.00% 1,024 62.82% 1,630
Cherokee 5,456 63.66% 2,930 34.19% 145 1.69% 40 0.47% 0 0.00% 2,526 29.47% 8,571
Cheyenne 1,159 81.28% 233 16.34% 25 1.75% 9 0.63% 0 0.00% 926 64.94% 1,426
Clark 805 79.15% 174 17.11% 24 2.36% 14 1.38% 0 0.00% 631 62.04% 1,017
Clay 2,788 75.64% 834 22.63% 45 1.22% 19 0.52% 0 0.00% 1,954 53.01% 3,686
Cloud 2,954 72.79% 974 24.00% 106 2.61% 20 0.49% 4 0.10% 1,980 48.79% 4,058
Coffey 2,903 74.32% 898 22.99% 81 2.07% 20 0.51% 4 0.10% 2,005 51.33% 3,906
Comanche 767 82.65% 143 15.41% 16 1.72% 2 0.22% 0 0.00% 624 67.24% 928
Cowley 8,081 63.58% 4,319 33.98% 225 1.77% 80 0.63% 5 0.04% 3,762 29.60% 12,710
Crawford 7,708 51.25% 6,826 45.39% 320 2.13% 71 0.47% 115 0.76% 882 5.96% 15,040
Decatur 1,218 79.50% 266 17.36% 42 2.74% 6 0.39% 0 0.00% 952 62.14% 1,532
Dickinson 5,832 72.52% 2,020 25.12% 149 1.85% 38 0.47% 3 0.04% 3,812 47.40% 8,042
Doniphan 2,414 70.94% 902 26.51% 63 1.85% 24 0.71% 0 0.00% 1,512 44.43% 3,403
Douglas 17,401 35.91% 29,267 60.39% 1,131 2.33% 162 0.33% 503 1.04% -11,866 -24.48% 48,464
Edwards 1,059 76.46% 298 21.52% 20 1.44% 8 0.58% 0 0.00% 761 54.94% 1,385
Elk 1,049 76.63% 281 20.53% 32 2.34% 7 0.51% 0 0.00% 768 56.10% 1,369
Ellis 8,399 71.70% 3,057 26.10% 201 1.72% 48 0.41% 9 0.08% 5,342 45.60% 11,714
Ellsworth 1,930 71.17% 702 25.88% 60 2.21% 18 0.66% 2 0.07% 1,228 45.29% 2,712
Finney 6,219 68.46% 2,682 29.52% 138 1.52% 44 0.48% 1 0.01% 3,537 38.94% 9,084
Ford 5,602 66.99% 2,600 31.09% 117 1.40% 43 0.51% 0 0.00% 3,002 35.90% 8,362
Franklin 6,984 63.55% 3,694 33.61% 221 2.01% 85 0.77% 6 0.05% 3,290 29.94% 10,990
Geary 4,372 55.73% 3,332 42.47% 105 1.34% 29 0.37% 7 0.09% 1,040 13.26% 7,845
Gove 1,168 84.45% 176 12.73% 23 1.66% 16 1.16% 0 0.00% 992 71.72% 1,383
Graham 1,056 78.81% 256 19.10% 17 1.27% 10 0.75% 1 0.07% 800 59.71% 1,340
Grant 1,811 78.53% 456 19.77% 25 1.08% 12 0.52% 2 0.09% 1,355 58.76% 2,306
Gray 1,603 81.87% 324 16.55% 23 1.17% 6 0.31% 2 0.10% 1,279 65.32% 1,958
Greeley 543 81.04% 113 16.87% 12 1.79% 2 0.30% 0 0.00% 430 64.17% 670
Greenwood 1,590 74.89% 478 22.52% 43 2.03% 12 0.57% 0 0.00% 1,112 52.37% 2,123
Hamilton 693 79.02% 163 18.59% 17 1.94% 4 0.46% 0 0.00% 530 60.43% 877
Harper 1,759 73.63% 550 23.02% 59 2.47% 17 0.71% 4 0.17% 1,209 50.61% 2,389
Harvey 8,588 60.08% 5,373 37.59% 235 1.64% 68 0.48% 30 0.21% 3,215 22.49% 14,294
Haskell 1,159 83.02% 215 15.40% 18 1.29% 4 0.29% 0 0.00% 944 67.62% 1,396
Hodgeman 868 81.89% 179 16.89% 7 0.66% 6 0.57% 0 0.00% 689 65.00% 1,060
Jackson 3,527 63.42% 1,901 34.18% 106 1.91% 27 0.49% 0 0.00% 1,626 29.24% 5,561
Jefferson 4,827 60.24% 2,977 37.15% 167 2.08% 38 0.47% 4 0.05% 1,850 23.09% 8,013
Jewell 1,235 82.50% 229 15.30% 21 1.40% 12 0.80% 0 0.00% 1,006 67.20% 1,497
Johnson 158,401 57.58% 110,526 40.18% 4,590 1.67% 611 0.22% 946 0.35% 47,875 17.40% 275,074
Kearny 1,097 79.15% 268 19.34% 16 1.15% 5 0.36% 0 0.00% 829 59.81% 1,386
Kingman 2,397 74.19% 733 22.69% 70 2.17% 27 0.84% 4 0.12% 1,664 51.50% 3,231
Kiowa 976 85.31% 163 14.25% 1 0.09% 2 0.17% 2 0.17% 813 71.06% 1,144
Labette 4,742 59.00% 3,117 38.78% 121 1.51% 47 0.58% 10 0.12% 1,625 20.22% 8,037
Lane 739 79.63% 172 18.53% 10 1.08% 7 0.75% 0 0.00% 567 61.10% 928
Leavenworth 17,059 58.65% 11,357 39.05% 494 1.70% 156 0.54% 19 0.07% 5,702 19.60% 29,085
Lincoln 1,165 78.56% 289 19.49% 18 1.21% 11 0.74% 0 0.00% 876 59.07% 1,483
Linn 3,177 71.12% 1,170 26.19% 77 1.72% 40 0.90% 3 0.07% 2,007 44.93% 4,467
Logan 1,126 83.41% 197 14.59% 15 1.11% 12 0.89% 0 0.00% 929 68.82% 1,350
Lyon 6,470 54.48% 5,111 43.04% 226 1.90% 65 0.55% 3 0.03% 1,359 11.44% 11,875
Marion 3,889 71.90% 1,385 25.61% 80 1.48% 52 0.96% 3 0.06% 2,504 46.29% 5,409
Marshall 3,195 66.94% 1,469 30.78% 80 1.68% 29 0.61% 0 0.00% 1,726 36.16% 4,773
McPherson 8,545 69.49% 3,449 28.05% 212 1.72% 72 0.59% 19 0.15% 5,096 41.44% 12,297
Meade 1,428 83.56% 258 15.10% 18 1.05% 5 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,170 68.46% 1,709
Miami 9,858 66.36% 4,712 31.72% 213 1.43% 69 0.46% 4 0.03% 5,146 34.64% 14,856
Mitchell 2,327 78.48% 584 19.70% 16 0.54% 38 1.28% 0 0.00% 1,743 58.78% 2,965
Montgomery 8,630 69.50% 3,501 28.20% 200 1.61% 81 0.65% 5 0.04% 5,129 41.30% 12,417
Morris 1,773 69.20% 718 28.02% 51 1.99% 20 0.78% 0 0.00% 1,055 41.18% 2,562
Morton 1,072 83.88% 189 14.79% 10 0.78% 7 0.55% 0 0.00% 883 69.09% 1,278
Nemaha 3,930 78.19% 1,000 19.90% 54 1.07% 41 0.82% 1 0.02% 2,930 58.29% 5,026
Neosho 4,272 65.93% 2,050 31.64% 102 1.57% 55 0.85% 1 0.02% 2,222 34.29% 6,480
Ness 1,209 83.73% 218 15.10% 12 0.83% 5 0.35% 0 0.00% 991 68.63% 1,444
Norton 1,878 80.77% 398 17.12% 35 1.51% 13 0.56% 1 0.04% 1,480 63.65% 2,325
Osage 4,427 64.10% 2,268 32.84% 167 2.42% 44 0.64% 0 0.00% 2,159 31.26% 6,906
Osborne County 1,479 80.47% 324 17.63% 21 1.14% 14 0.76% 0 0.00% 1,155 62.84% 1,838
Ottawa 2,295 78.25% 558 19.02% 65 2.22% 15 0.51% 0 0.00% 1,737 59.23% 2,933
Pawnee 1,836 70.40% 718 27.53% 40 1.53% 13 0.50% 1 0.04% 1,118 42.87% 2,608
Phillips 2,135 83.24% 382 14.89% 36 1.40% 11 0.43% 1 0.04% 1,753 68.35% 2,565
Pottawatomie 6,804 71.78% 2,335 24.63% 193 2.04% 135 1.42% 12 0.13% 4,469 47.15% 9,479
Pratt 2,771 72.90% 980 25.78% 42 1.10% 7 0.18% 1 0.03% 1,791 47.12% 3,801
Rawlins 1,223 84.70% 190 13.16% 27 1.87% 4 0.28% 0 0.00% 1,033 71.54% 1,444
Reno 15,718 64.36% 8,085 33.11% 440 1.80% 156 0.64% 23 0.09% 7,633 31.25% 24,422
Republic 2,134 79.45% 477 17.76% 50 1.86% 25 0.93% 0 0.00% 1,657 61.69% 2,686
Rice 2,676 72.70% 911 24.75% 65 1.77% 29 0.79% 0 0.00% 1,765 47.95% 3,681
Riley 11,507 54.53% 8,977 42.54% 488 2.31% 73 0.35% 56 0.27% 2,530 11.99% 21,101
Rooks 2,038 82.85% 361 14.67% 45 1.83% 15 0.61% 1 0.04% 1,677 68.18% 2,460
Rush 1,166 74.27% 367 23.38% 31 1.97% 6 0.38% 0 0.00% 799 50.89% 1,570
Russell 2,553 79.78% 593 18.53% 33 1.03% 21 0.66% 0 0.00% 1,960 61.25% 3,200
Saline 13,840 64.38% 7,040 32.75% 505 2.35% 96 0.45% 15 0.07% 6,800 31.63% 21,496
Scott 1,728 84.21% 277 13.50% 37 1.80% 10 0.49% 0 0.00% 1,451 70.71% 2,052
Sedgwick 106,506 58.23% 71,977 39.35% 3,521 1.93% 683 0.37% 208 0.11% 34,529 18.88% 182,895
Seward 3,617 69.88% 1,490 28.79% 55 1.06% 14 0.27% 0 0.00% 2,127 41.09% 5,176
Shawnee 37,782 49.38% 36,975 48.33% 1,369 1.79% 321 0.42% 61 0.08% 807 1.05% 76,508
Sheridan 1,154 85.99% 168 12.52% 17 1.27% 3 0.22% 0 0.00% 986 73.47% 1,342
Sherman 1,976 75.33% 577 22.00% 49 1.87% 17 0.65% 4 0.15% 1,399 53.33% 2,623
Smith 1,624 80.28% 358 17.70% 26 1.29% 15 0.74% 0 0.00% 1,266 62.58% 2,023
Stafford 1,385 75.31% 404 21.97% 31 1.69% 17 0.92% 2 0.11% 981 53.34% 1,839
Stanton 605 79.71% 143 18.84% 6 0.79% 5 0.66% 0 0.00% 462 60.87% 759
Stevens 1,749 85.99% 252 12.39% 23 1.13% 10 0.49% 0 0.00% 1,497 73.60% 2,034
Sumner 6,260 68.48% 2,658 29.08% 156 1.71% 59 0.65% 8 0.09% 3,602 39.40% 9,141
Thomas 2,788 80.25% 598 17.21% 68 1.96% 20 0.58% 0 0.00% 2,190 63.04% 3,474
Trego 1,261 79.86% 291 18.43% 19 1.20% 7 0.44% 1 0.06% 970 61.43% 1,579
Wabaunsee 2,256 69.05% 918 28.10% 58 1.78% 35 1.07% 0 0.00% 1,338 40.95% 3,267
Wallace 719 90.10% 68 8.52% 8 1.00% 3 0.38% 0 0.00% 651 81.58% 798
Washington 2,316 80.17% 524 18.14% 38 1.32% 11 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,792 62.03% 2,889
Wichita 821 83.18% 157 15.91% 4 0.41% 5 0.51% 0 0.00% 664 67.27% 987
Wilson 2,825 76.00% 818 22.01% 47 1.26% 27 0.73% 0 0.00% 2,007 53.99% 3,717
Woodson 1,035 71.53% 380 26.26% 21 1.45% 7 0.48% 4 0.28% 655 45.27% 1,447
Wyandotte 15,496 30.45% 34,302 67.40% 692 1.36% 205 0.40% 198 0.38% -18,806 -36.95% 50,893
Totals689,80959.59%439,90838.00%20,4091.76%4,9900.43%2,4160.21%249,90121.59%1,157,532
County Flips:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Romney won all four congressional districts.[6]

District Romney Obama Representative
1st 70.1% 27.64% Tim Huelskamp
2nd 55.4% 42.23% Lynn Jenkins
3rd 53.8% 44.3% Kevin Yoder
4th 61.6% 36.1% Mike Pompeo

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ Nate Silver (March 9, 2012). "Kansas Offers Santorum Chance for Big Delegate Grab". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ "KS US President, November 06, 2012". Our Campaigns.
  6. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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