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The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas 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. Texas voters chose 38 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.

As the largest Republican stronghold in the country, Romney won Texas with 57.17%, over Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.79%. As in past elections, Obama and the Democrats dominated the Rio Grande Valley, winning upwards of 70% or 80% of the vote in most of these counties, with his best performance in Starr County at 86.34% to Romney's 13.02%, a 73.32% margin. Furthermore, he won the major urban centers of Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, but Republicans were able to overwhelm the urban vote by sweeping the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins. Romney also came extremely close to carrying Harris County, home to Houston, which Obama carried by only 0.08%, or 971 votes.[2] In the process, Romney beat George W. Bush's 2004 record of the most votes for a presidential candidate in Texas, a record later surpassed in 2016 by Donald Trump and in 2020 by both Trump and Joe Biden. By receiving 95.86% of the vote in King County,[3] Romney also recorded the highest proportion of any county's vote cast for one candidate since Barry Goldwater received between 95.92 and 96.59% of the vote in seven Mississippi counties[a] in Mississippi in 1964 – although this occurred when African-American majorities in these counties had been almost totally disenfranchised for seven and a half decades.

Texas's 38 electoral votes were Romney's largest electoral prize in the election. The state solidified its Republican identity in the Reagan Era and had not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. The oil industry is the driving factor of the state's economy, with numerous oil companies such as ExxonMobil being based in the state,[4] and consequently the state has rejected the Democratic Party which has increasingly embraced environmentalist policies. In addition, moderate Republicans' popularity among suburban Texans boosted their support. However, although Romney improved on John McCain's 2008 performance, this election solidified the Texan urban areas' move away from the GOP. Dallas and Harris Counties, home to Dallas and Houston, respectively, both of which flipped in 2008, remained blue this year, setting the stage for suburban areas beginning to slip from the Republican Party.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time in which Texas was decided by double digits as well as the last time that Fort Bend County voted for the Republican nominee and the last time Jefferson County voted for the Democratic nominee.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The 2012 Texas Democratic Primary was held on May 29, 2012. Incumbent Barack Obama, running for the nomination without significant opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote and was awarded all of Texas' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

This was the last time the Texas Democratic Party used the caucus system to allocate delegates.

2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary[5]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Barack Obama 520,410 88.18% 287
John Wolfe Jr. 29,879 5.06% 0
Darcy Richardson 25,430 4.31% 0
Bob Ely 14,445 2.45% 0
Total: 590,164 100.0% 287
Key: Withdrew prior to contest

Republican primary

Members of Texas' delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention

The Republican primary was held May 29, 2012.[6][7]

152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention.

The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6.[8] Due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3.[9][10] That date also became uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, at the earliest, in late May 2012, with both May 22[8] and May 29[11] being proposed. U.S. District Court judge Xavier Rodriguez, one of the three judges overseeing the litigation, had suggested a June 26 date for the election.[8] Finally, on March 1, 2012, the court issued an order setting the date of the primary to May 29, 2012.[6]

2012 Texas Republican presidential primary[12]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Mitt Romney 1,001,387 69% 105
Ron Paul 174,207 12.02% 18
Rick Santorum 115,584 7.97% 12
Newt Gingrich 68,247 4.71% 7
Uncommitted 60,659 4.18% 6
Michele Bachmann 12,097 0.83% 1
Jon Huntsman 8,695 0.60% 1
Buddy Roemer 4,714 0.33% 0
L. John Davis Jr. 3,887 0.27% 0
Unpledged delegates: 4
Superdelegates: 3
Total: 1,449,477 100.0% 155
Key: Withdrew prior to contest

General election

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Results

2012 United States presidential election in Texas [13]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 4,569,843 57.17% 38
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 3,308,124 41.38% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 88,580 1.11% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 24,657 0.31% 0
Constitution (Write-in) Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 1,287 0.02% 0
Justice (Write-in) Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 426 0.01% 0
America's Party (Write-in) Thomas Hoefling Jonathan D. Ellis 374 0.00% 0
Other Write-ins 311 0.00% 0
Socialist (Write-in) Stewart Alexander Alex Mendoza 162 0.00% 0
Reform (Write-in) Andre Barnett Kenneth Cross 87 0.00% 0
Totals 7,993,851 100.00% 38
Voter turnout (Voting age population) 43.73%

By county

County Mitt Romney
Republican 		Barack Obama
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 12,262 75.64% 3,813 23.52% 137 0.84% 8,449 52.12% 16,212
Andrews 3,639 81.19% 795 17.74% 48 1.07% 2,844 63.45% 4,482
Angelina 20,303 71.47% 7,834 27.58% 269 0.95% 12,469 43.89% 28,406
Aransas 6,830 70.79% 2,704 28.03% 114 1.18% 4,126 42.76% 9,648
Archer 3,600 86.46% 525 12.61% 39 0.93% 3,075 73.85% 4,164
Armstrong 828 88.56% 98 10.48% 9 0.96% 730 78.08% 935
Atascosa 7,461 58.65% 5,133 40.35% 127 1.00% 2,328 18.30% 12,721
Austin 9,265 79.53% 2,252 19.33% 132 1.14% 7,013 60.20% 11,649
Bailey 1,339 73.73% 466 25.66% 11 0.61% 873 48.07% 1,816
Bandera 7,426 78.60% 1,864 19.73% 158 1.67% 5,562 58.87% 9,448
Bastrop 14,033 57.32% 9,864 40.29% 584 2.39% 4,169 17.03% 24,481
Baylor 1,297 81.47% 267 16.77% 28 1.76% 1,030 64.70% 1,592
Bee 4,356 55.29% 3,452 43.81% 71 0.90% 904 11.48% 7,879
Bell 49,574 57.36% 35,512 41.09% 1,339 1.55% 14,062 16.27% 86,425
Bexar 241,617 46.94% 264,856 51.46% 8,237 1.60% -23,239 -4.52% 514,710
Blanco 3,638 73.16% 1,220 24.53% 115 2.31% 2,418 48.63% 4,973
Borden 324 89.26% 32 8.82% 7 1.92% 292 80.44% 363
Bosque 5,885 80.00% 1,367 18.58% 104 1.42% 4,518 61.42% 7,356
Bowie 24,869 70.24% 10,196 28.80% 339 0.96% 14,673 41.44% 35,404
Brazoria 70,862 66.39% 34,421 32.25% 1,456 1.36% 36,441 34.14% 106,739
Brazos 37,209 66.49% 17,477 31.23% 1,276 2.28% 19,732 35.26% 55,962
Brewster 1,976 51.10% 1,765 45.64% 126 3.26% 211 5.46% 3,867
Briscoe 578 82.34% 117 16.67% 7 0.99% 461 65.67% 702
Brooks 507 21.10% 1,886 78.49% 10 0.41% -1,379 -57.39% 2,403
Brown 11,895 85.29% 1,904 13.65% 148 1.06% 9,991 71.64% 13,947
Burleson 4,671 72.35% 1,705 26.41% 80 1.24% 2,966 45.94% 6,456
Burnet 12,843 76.46% 3,674 21.87% 279 1.67% 9,169 54.59% 16,796
Caldwell 6,021 54.40% 4,791 43.29% 256 2.31% 1,230 11.11% 11,068
Calhoun 4,144 62.33% 2,410 36.25% 94 1.42% 1,734 26.08% 6,648
Callahan 4,378 84.24% 751 14.45% 68 1.31% 3,627 69.79% 5,197
Cameron 26,099 33.94% 49,975 64.99% 821 1.07% -23,876 -31.05% 76,895
Camp 2,881 66.46% 1,428 32.94% 26 0.60% 1,453 33.52% 4,335
Carson 2,451 88.23% 292 10.51% 35 1.26% 2,159 77.72% 2,778
Cass 8,763 74.34% 2,924 24.80% 101 0.86% 5,839 49.54% 11,788
Castro 1,470 69.37% 630 29.73% 19 0.90% 840 39.64% 2,119
Chambers 11,787 79.99% 2,790 18.93% 158 1.08% 8,997 61.06% 14,735
Cherokee 12,094 75.00% 3,875 24.03% 157 0.97% 8,219 50.97% 16,126
Childress 1,665 83.42% 320 16.03% 11 0.55% 1,345 67.39% 1,996
Clay 4,266 84.36% 740 14.63% 51 1.01% 3,526 69.73% 5,057
Cochran 649 70.77% 256 27.92% 12 1.31% 393 42.85% 917
Coke 1,218 86.51% 179 12.71% 11 0.78% 1,039 73.80% 1,408
Coleman 3,012 86.25% 442 12.66% 38 1.09% 2,570 73.59% 3,492
Collin 196,888 64.86% 101,415 33.41% 5,264 1.73% 95,473 31.45% 303,567
Collingsworth 962 83.65% 177 15.39% 11 0.96% 785 68.26% 1,150
Colorado 6,026 74.24% 2,029 25.00% 62 0.76% 3,997 49.24% 8,117
Comal 39,318 76.30% 11,450 22.22% 761 1.48% 27,868 54.08% 51,529
Comanche 3,944 80.39% 890 18.14% 72 1.47% 3,054 62.25% 4,906
Concho 793 79.22% 194 19.38% 14 1.40% 599 59.84% 1,001
Cooke 11,951 83.28% 2,246 15.65% 154 1.07% 9,705 67.63% 14,351
Coryell 11,220 67.57% 5,158 31.06% 226 1.37% 6,062 36.51% 16,604
Cottle 555 74.90% 180 24.29% 6 0.81% 375 50.61% 741
Crane 985 76.77% 275 21.43% 23 1.80% 710 55.34% 1,283
Crockett 957 65.68% 480 32.94% 20 1.38% 477 32.74% 1,457
Crosby 1,132 63.35% 639 35.76% 16 0.89% 493 27.59% 1,787
Culberson 295 33.56% 568 64.62% 16 1.82% -273 -31.06% 879
Dallam 1,248 81.36% 253 16.49% 33 2.15% 995 64.87% 1,534
Dallas 295,813 41.57% 405,571 56.99% 10,228 1.44% -109,758 -15.42% 711,612
Dawson 2,591 71.14% 1,019 27.98% 32 0.88% 1,572 43.16% 3,642
Deaf Smith 3,042 70.60% 1,239 28.75% 28 0.65% 1,803 41.85% 4,309
Delta 1,524 75.52% 454 22.50% 40 1.98% 1,070 53.02% 2,018
Denton 157,579 64.91% 80,978 33.35% 4,224 1.74% 76,601 31.56% 242,781
DeWitt 5,122 77.16% 1,467 22.10% 49 0.74% 3,655 55.06% 6,638
Dickens 793 77.82% 216 21.20% 10 0.98% 577 56.62% 1,019
Dimmit 762 26.12% 2,141 73.40% 14 0.48% -1,379 -47.28% 2,917
Donley 1,287 83.84% 226 14.72% 22 1.44% 1,061 69.12% 1,535
Duval 980 22.56% 3,331 76.68% 33 0.76% -2,351 -54.12% 4,344
Eastland 5,444 83.82% 970 14.93% 81 1.25% 4,474 68.89% 6,495
Ector 24,010 73.85% 8,118 24.97% 385 1.18% 15,892 48.88% 32,513
Edwards 642 72.62% 232 26.24% 10 1.14% 410 46.38% 884
Ellis 39,574 72.94% 13,881 25.59% 799 1.47% 25,693 47.35% 54,254
El Paso 57,150 33.09% 112,952 65.40% 2,601 1.51% -55,802 -32.31% 172,703
Erath 10,329 82.81% 1,965 15.75% 179 1.44% 8,364 67.06% 12,473
Falls 3,356 61.76% 2,033 37.41% 45 0.83% 1,323 24.35% 5,434
Fannin 8,161 75.54% 2,486 23.01% 157 1.45% 5,675 52.53% 10,804
Fayette 8,106 76.61% 2,315 21.88% 160 1.51% 5,791 54.73% 10,581
Fisher 1,094 67.16% 512 31.43% 23 1.41% 582 35.73% 1,629
Floyd 1,523 73.05% 551 26.43% 11 0.52% 972 46.62% 2,085
Foard 348 70.30% 140 28.28% 7 1.42% 208 42.02% 495
Fort Bend 116,126 52.91% 101,144 46.08% 2,219 1.01% 14,982 6.83% 219,489
Franklin 3,446 80.95% 751 17.64% 60 1.41% 2,695 63.31% 4,257
Freestone 5,646 74.58% 1,850 24.44% 74 0.98% 3,796 50.14% 7,570
Frio 1,559 39.29% 2,376 59.88% 33 0.83% -817 -20.59% 3,968
Gaines 3,484 85.69% 535 13.16% 47 1.15% 2,949 72.53% 4,066
Galveston 69,059 62.74% 39,511 35.89% 1,508 1.37% 29,548 26.85% 110,078
Garza 1,263 80.96% 279 17.88% 18 1.16% 984 63.08% 1,560
Gillespie 10,306 82.12% 2,055 16.37% 189 1.51% 8,251 65.75% 12,550
Glasscock 526 91.00% 44 7.61% 8 1.39% 482 83.39% 578
Goliad 2,294 66.34% 1,127 32.59% 37 1.07% 1,167 33.75% 3,458
Gonzales 4,216 69.61% 1,777 29.34% 64 1.05% 2,439 40.27% 6,057
Gray 6,443 87.20% 886 11.99% 60 0.81% 5,557 75.21% 7,389
Grayson 30,936 73.20% 10,670 25.25% 658 1.55% 20,266 47.95% 42,264
Gregg 28,742 69.25% 12,398 29.87% 367 0.88% 16,344 39.38% 41,507
Grimes 6,141 71.40% 2,339 27.19% 121 1.41% 3,802 44.21% 8,601
Guadalupe 33,117 66.73% 15,744 31.73% 765 1.54% 17,373 35.00% 49,626
Hale 6,490 73.30% 2,243 25.33% 121 1.37% 4,247 47.97% 8,854
Hall 832 75.02% 265 23.90% 12 1.08% 567 51.12% 1,109
Hamilton 2,918 82.15% 591 16.64% 43 1.21% 2,327 65.51% 3,552
Hansford 1,788 91.13% 159 8.10% 15 0.77% 1,629 83.03% 1,962
Hardeman 1,176 78.66% 302 20.20% 17 1.14% 874 58.46% 1,495
Hardin 17,746 83.33% 3,359 15.77% 192 0.90% 14,387 67.56% 21,297
Harris 586,073 49.31% 587,044 49.39% 15,468 1.30% -971 -0.08% 1,188,585
Harrison 17,512 66.92% 8,456 32.31% 202 0.77% 9,056 34.61% 26,170
Hartley 1,708 89.28% 184 9.62% 21 1.10% 1,524 79.66% 1,913
Haskell 1,424 70.74% 553 27.47% 36 1.79% 871 43.27% 2,013
Hays 31,661 53.65% 25,537 43.27% 1,813 3.08% 6,124 10.38% 59,011
Hemphill 1,298 86.02% 192 12.72% 19 1.26% 1,106 73.30% 1,509
Henderson 21,231 76.85% 6,106 22.10% 290 1.05% 15,125 54.75% 27,627
Hidalgo 39,865 28.61% 97,969 70.32% 1,488 1.07% -58,104 -41.71% 139,322
Hill 9,132 75.82% 2,752 22.85% 161 1.33% 6,380 52.97% 12,045
Hockley 5,546 77.74% 1,486 20.83% 102 1.43% 4,060 56.91% 7,134
Hood 18,409 81.53% 3,843 17.02% 327 1.45% 14,566 64.51% 22,579
Hopkins 9,836 77.13% 2,777 21.78% 140 1.09% 7,059 55.35% 12,753
Houston 5,880 71.59% 2,265 27.57% 69 0.84% 3,615 44.02% 8,214
Howard 6,453 74.22% 2,110 24.27% 132 1.51% 4,343 49.95% 8,695
Hudspeth 471 54.58% 379 43.92% 13 1.50% 92 10.66% 863
Hunt 21,011 74.91% 6,671 23.78% 367 1.31% 14,340 51.13% 28,049
Hutchinson 6,804 85.82% 1,045 13.18% 79 1.00% 5,759 72.64% 7,928
Irion 668 84.77% 112 14.21% 8 1.02% 556 70.56% 788
Jack 2,580 88.72% 303 10.42% 25 0.86% 2,277 78.30% 2,908
Jackson 3,906 77.73% 1,070 21.29% 49 0.98% 2,836 56.44% 5,025
Jasper 9,957 73.66% 3,423 25.32% 137 1.02% 6,534 48.34% 13,517
Jeff Davis 719 60.32% 440 36.91% 33 2.77% 279 23.41% 1,192
Jefferson 43,242 48.73% 44,668 50.34% 825 0.93% -1,426 -1.61% 88,735
Jim Hogg 356 21.36% 1,301 78.04% 10 0.60% -945 -56.68% 1,667
Jim Wells 4,598 41.18% 6,492 58.14% 76 0.68% -1,894 -16.96% 11,166
Johnson 37,661 77.11% 10,496 21.49% 681 1.40% 27,165 55.62% 48,838
Jones 4,262 76.56% 1,226 22.02% 79 1.42% 3,036 54.54% 5,567
Karnes 2,825 67.50% 1,325 31.66% 35 0.84% 1,500 35.84% 4,185
Kaufman 24,846 71.66% 9,472 27.32% 352 1.02% 15,374 44.34% 34,670
Kendall 14,508 81.58% 3,043 17.11% 232 1.31% 11,465 64.47% 17,783
Kenedy 84 50.30% 82 49.10% 1 0.60% 2 1.20% 167
Kent 335 82.72% 66 16.30% 4 0.98% 269 66.42% 405
Kerr 17,274 78.95% 4,338 19.83% 267 1.22% 12,936 59.12% 21,879
Kimble 1,667 88.11% 217 11.47% 8 0.42% 1,450 76.64% 1,892
King 139 95.86% 5 3.45% 1 0.69% 134 92.41% 145
Kinney 880 61.75% 522 36.63% 23 1.62% 358 25.12% 1,425
Kleberg 4,058 45.56% 4,754 53.37% 95 1.07% -696 -7.81% 8,907
Knox 1,160 76.82% 332 21.99% 18 1.19% 828 54.83% 1,510
Lamar 12,826 74.58% 4,181 24.31% 190 1.11% 8,645 50.27% 17,197
Lamb 3,058 74.75% 998 24.40% 35 0.85% 2,060 50.35% 4,091
Lampasas 5,621 78.03% 1,479 20.53% 104 1.44% 4,142 57.50% 7,204
La Salle 669 40.64% 965 58.63% 12 0.73% -296 -17.99% 1,646
Lavaca 6,796 81.74% 1,428 17.18% 90 1.08% 5,368 64.56% 8,314
Lee 4,507 72.27% 1,632 26.17% 97 1.56% 2,875 46.10% 6,236
Leon 5,814 83.53% 1,062 15.26% 84 1.21% 4,752 68.27% 6,960
Liberty 17,323 76.16% 5,202 22.87% 221 0.97% 12,121 53.29% 22,746
Limestone 5,288 69.92% 2,208 29.19% 67 0.89% 3,080 40.73% 7,563
Lipscomb 1,044 89.38% 119 10.19% 5 0.43% 925 79.19% 1,168
Live Oak 3,154 76.68% 919 22.34% 40 0.98% 2,235 54.34% 4,113
Llano 7,610 79.62% 1,822 19.06% 126 1.32% 5,788 60.56% 9,558
Loving 54 84.38% 9 14.06% 1 1.56% 45 70.32% 64
Lubbock 63,469 69.61% 26,271 28.81% 1,444 1.58% 37,198 40.80% 91,184
Lynn 1,439 73.46% 506 25.83% 14 0.71% 933 47.63% 1,959
Madison 3,028 75.17% 967 24.01% 33 0.82% 2,061 51.16% 4,028
Marion 2,733 63.83% 1,495 34.91% 54 1.26% 1,238 28.92% 4,282
Martin 1,368 84.24% 248 15.27% 8 0.49% 1,120 68.97% 1,624
Mason 1,565 79.52% 380 19.31% 23 1.17% 1,185 60.21% 1,968
Matagorda 8,040 66.27% 3,980 32.80% 113 0.93% 4,060 33.47% 12,133
Maverick 2,171 20.55% 8,303 78.60% 89 0.85% -6,132 -58.05% 10,563
McCulloch 2,419 80.82% 537 17.94% 37 1.24% 1,882 62.88% 2,993
McLennan 47,903 64.26% 25,694 34.47% 944 1.27% 22,209 29.79% 74,541
McMullen 431 85.69% 67 13.32% 5 0.99% 364 72.37% 503
Medina 11,079 69.03% 4,784 29.81% 186 1.16% 6,295 39.22% 16,049
Menard 665 78.33% 171 20.14% 13 1.53% 494 58.19% 849
Midland 35,689 79.85% 8,286 18.54% 722 1.61% 27,403 61.31% 44,697
Milam 5,481 66.60% 2,636 32.03% 113 1.37% 2,845 34.57% 8,230
Mills 1,882 85.51% 279 12.68% 40 1.81% 1,603 72.83% 2,201
Mitchell 1,756 75.82% 538 23.23% 22 0.95% 1,218 52.59% 2,316
Montague 6,549 84.49% 1,116 14.40% 86 1.11% 5,433 70.09% 7,751
Montgomery 137,969 79.51% 32,920 18.97% 2,634 1.52% 105,049 60.54% 173,523
Moore 3,968 79.60% 964 19.34% 53 1.06% 3,004 60.26% 4,985
Morris 3,232 62.89% 1,858 36.15% 49 0.96% 1,374 26.74% 5,139
Motley 538 89.67% 55 9.17% 7 1.16% 483 80.50% 600
Nacogdoches 13,925 67.42% 6,465 31.30% 263 1.28% 7,460 36.12% 20,653
Navarro 10,847 70.60% 4,350 28.31% 167 1.09% 6,497 42.29% 15,364
Newton 4,112 70.06% 1,677 28.57% 80 1.37% 2,435 41.49% 5,869
Nolan 3,282 71.74% 1,216 26.58% 77 1.68% 2,066 45.16% 4,575
Nueces 48,966 50.95% 45,772 47.63% 1,366 1.42% 3,194 3.32% 96,104
Ochiltree 2,719 90.85% 253 8.45% 21 0.70% 2,466 82.40% 2,993
Oldham 790 90.91% 71 8.17% 8 0.92% 719 82.74% 869
Orange 23,366 76.12% 6,800 22.15% 529 1.73% 16,566 53.97% 30,695
Palo Pinto 7,393 79.06% 1,811 19.37% 147 1.57% 5,582 59.69% 9,351
Panola 7,950 77.71% 2,211 21.61% 69 0.68% 5,739 56.10% 10,230
Parker 39,243 82.28% 7,853 16.47% 598 1.25% 31,390 65.81% 47,694
Parmer 2,011 78.74% 529 20.71% 14 0.55% 1,482 58.03% 2,554
Pecos 2,512 60.53% 1,591 38.34% 47 1.13% 921 22.19% 4,150
Polk 14,071 73.54% 4,859 25.39% 204 1.07% 9,212 48.15% 19,134
Potter 18,918 71.52% 7,126 26.94% 406 1.54% 11,792 44.58% 26,450
Presidio 504 27.74% 1,282 70.56% 31 1.70% -778 -42.82% 1,817
Rains 3,279 80.23% 761 18.62% 47 1.15% 2,518 61.61% 4,087
Randall 41,447 83.40% 7,574 15.24% 675 1.36% 33,873 68.16% 49,696
Reagan 676 80.19% 158 18.74% 9 1.07% 518 61.45% 843
Real 1,236 80.52% 277 18.05% 22 1.43% 959 62.47% 1,535
Red River 3,549 69.94% 1,482 29.21% 43 0.85% 2,067 40.73% 5,074
Reeves 1,188 41.29% 1,655 57.53% 34 1.18% -467 -16.24% 2,877
Refugio 1,663 62.12% 998 37.28% 16 0.60% 665 24.84% 2,677
Roberts 468 92.13% 33 6.50% 7 1.37% 435 85.63% 508
Robertson 4,419 60.64% 2,798 38.40% 70 0.96% 1,621 22.24% 7,287
Rockwall 27,113 75.81% 8,120 22.70% 531 1.49% 18,993 53.11% 35,764
Runnels 3,104 84.62% 519 14.15% 45 1.23% 2,585 70.47% 3,668
Rusk 13,924 75.08% 4,451 24.00% 171 0.92% 9,473 51.08% 18,546
Sabine 3,727 81.41% 807 17.63% 44 0.96% 2,920 63.78% 4,578
San Augustine 2,469 66.91% 1,193 32.33% 28 0.76% 1,276 34.58% 3,690
San Jacinto 7,107 73.91% 2,410 25.06% 99 1.03% 4,697 48.85% 9,616
San Patricio 12,005 59.79% 7,856 39.13% 217 1.08% 4,149 20.66% 20,078
San Saba 1,905 84.33% 323 14.30% 31 1.37% 1,582 70.03% 2,259
Schleicher 787 77.38% 221 21.73% 9 0.89% 566 55.65% 1,017
Scurry 4,124 82.04% 838 16.67% 65 1.29% 3,286 65.37% 5,027
Shackelford 1,218 89.36% 131 9.61% 14 1.03% 1,087 79.75% 1,363
Shelby 6,879 74.03% 2,322 24.99% 91 0.98% 4,557 49.04% 9,292
Sherman 908 87.48% 121 11.66% 9 0.86% 787 75.82% 1,038
Smith 57,331 72.02% 21,456 26.95% 814 1.03% 35,875 45.07% 79,601
Somervell 2,871 81.15% 613 17.33% 54 1.52% 2,258 63.82% 3,538
Starr 1,547 13.02% 10,260 86.34% 76 0.64% -8,713 -73.32% 11,883
Stephens 2,892 84.76% 475 13.92% 45 1.32% 2,417 70.84% 3,412
Sterling 459 92.91% 31 6.28% 4 0.81% 428 86.63% 494
Stonewall 507 75.11% 160 23.70% 8 1.19% 347 51.41% 675
Sutton 1,110 74.45% 369 24.75% 12 0.80% 741 49.70% 1,491
Swisher 1,655 72.91% 579 25.51% 36 1.58% 1,076 47.40% 2,270
Tarrant 348,920 57.12% 253,071 41.43% 8,899 1.45% 95,849 15.69% 610,890
Taylor 32,904 76.06% 9,750 22.54% 609 1.40% 23,154 53.52% 43,263
Terrell 358 64.50% 184 33.15% 13 2.35% 174 31.35% 555
Terry 2,602 70.15% 1,059 28.55% 48 1.30% 1,543 41.60% 3,709
Throckmorton 700 86.10% 109 13.41% 4 0.49% 591 72.69% 813
Titus 6,084 68.71% 2,648 29.91% 122 1.38% 3,436 38.80% 8,854
Tom Green 26,878 73.20% 9,294 25.31% 548 1.49% 17,584 47.89% 36,720
Travis 140,152 36.21% 232,788 60.14% 14,117 3.65% -92,636 -23.93% 387,057
Trinity 4,537 72.77% 1,614 25.89% 84 1.34% 2,923 46.88% 6,235
Tyler 5,910 77.21% 1,668 21.79% 76 1.00% 4,242 55.42% 7,654
Upshur 12,015 79.37% 2,971 19.63% 152 1.00% 9,044 59.74% 15,138
Upton 953 73.31% 333 25.62% 14 1.07% 620 47.69% 1,300
Uvalde 4,529 53.69% 3,825 45.35% 81 0.96% 704 8.34% 8,435
Val Verde 5,635 46.64% 6,285 52.02% 161 1.34% -650 -5.38% 12,081
Van Zandt 15,794 82.69% 3,084 16.15% 222 1.16% 12,710 66.54% 19,100
Victoria 19,692 68.25% 8,802 30.51% 359 1.24% 10,890 37.74% 28,853
Walker 12,140 64.97% 6,252 33.46% 293 1.57% 5,888 31.51% 18,685
Waller 9,244 58.13% 6,514 40.96% 144 0.91% 2,730 17.17% 15,902
Ward 2,366 72.91% 841 25.92% 38 1.17% 1,525 46.99% 3,245
Washington 10,857 75.41% 3,381 23.48% 159 1.11% 7,476 51.93% 14,397
Webb 11,078 22.52% 37,597 76.42% 521 1.06% -26,519 -53.90% 49,196
Wharton 9,750 69.21% 4,235 30.06% 102 0.73% 5,515 39.15% 14,087
Wheeler 1,878 88.25% 232 10.90% 18 0.85% 1,646 77.35% 2,128
Wichita 29,812 72.68% 10,525 25.66% 681 1.66% 19,287 47.02% 41,018
Wilbarger 2,956 74.27% 971 24.40% 53 1.33% 1,985 49.87% 3,980
Willacy 1,416 27.96% 3,600 71.09% 48 0.95% -2,184 -43.13% 5,064
Williamson 97,006 59.22% 61,875 37.77% 4,923 3.01% 35,131 21.45% 163,804
Wilson 12,218 71.01% 4,821 28.02% 166 0.97% 7,397 42.99% 17,205
Winkler 1,311 76.00% 398 23.07% 16 0.93% 913 52.93% 1,725
Wise 17,207 82.95% 3,221 15.53% 317 1.52% 13,986 67.42% 20,745
Wood 14,351 81.63% 3,056 17.38% 174 0.99% 11,295 64.25% 17,581
Yoakum 1,698 79.79% 409 19.22% 21 0.99% 1,289 60.57% 2,128
Young 6,225 85.09% 992 13.56% 99 1.35% 5,233 71.53% 7,316
Zapata 997 28.14% 2,527 71.32% 19 0.54% -1,530 -43.18% 3,543
Zavala 574 15.71% 3,042 83.27% 37 1.02% -2,468 -67.56% 3,653
Totals 4,569,843 57.13% 3,308,124 41.35% 121,690 1.52% 1,261,719 15.78% 7,999,657
County Flips:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Romney won 25 of 36 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[14]

District Romney Obama Representative
1st 71.5% 27.5% Louie Gohmert
2nd 63.95% 35.56% Ted Poe
3rd 64.32% 34.21% Sam Johnson
4th 74% 24.8% Ralph Hall
5th 64.5% 34.4% Jeb Hensarling
6th 57.9% 40.8% Joe Barton
7th 59.9% 38.6% John Culberson
8th 77% 21.75% Kevin Brady
9th 21% 78% Al Green
10th 59.12% 38.8% Michael McCaul
11th 79.17% 19.57% Mike Conaway
12th 66.84% 31.68% Kay Granger
13th 80.2% 18.5% Mac Thornberry
14th 59.34% 39.5% Randy Weber
15th 41.55% 57.44% Rubén Hinojosa
16th 34.5% 64.2% Beto O'Rourke
17th 60.4% 37.7% Bill Flores
18th 22.81% 76.13% Sheila Jackson Lee
19th 73.6% 25.0% Randy Neugebauer
20th 39.7% 58.9% Joaquín Castro
21st 59.84% 37.9% Lamar Smith
22nd 62.13% 36.7% Pete Olson
23rd 50.74% 48.1% Pete Gallego
24th 60.44% 37.99% Kenny Marchant
25th 59.9% 37.8% Roger Williams
26th 67.6% 30.7% Michael Burgess
27th 60.53% 38.19% Blake Farenthold
28th 38.7% 60.3% Henry Cuellar
29th 32.99% 65.9% Gene Green
30th 19.65% 79.63% Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st 59.59% 38.25% John Carter
32nd 57% 41.48% Pete Sessions
33rd 27.1% 71.95% Marc Veasey
34th 38.33% 60.8% Filemon Vela Jr.
35th 34.63% 63% Lloyd Doggett
36th 73.15% 25.7% Steve Stockman

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Counties where Goldwater exceeded Romney's King County proportion were Amite, Franklin, Grenada, Holmes, Leake, Noxubee and Yazoo.

References

  1. ^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".
  2. ^ "Texas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ See Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2012 Presidential Election Statistics (and earlier years)
  4. ^ "Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com". money.cnn.com. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "2012 Democratic Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Fernandez, Manny (March 2, 2012). "Texas: Primary Election Set for May 29". New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  7. ^ Perez, et al. v. Texas, no. 11-CV-360 (March 1, 2012 W.D. Texas), order, page 8
  8. ^ a b c Weber, Paul J. (February 15, 2012). "Unsettled Texas primary may slip into May or later". Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved February 22, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  10. ^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  11. ^ "Judge in Texas redistricting case tells Republican state officials to plan for May 29 primary". Washington Post. Associated Press. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  12. ^ "2012 Republican Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  13. ^ "2012 General Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  14. ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_2012