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United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012
Illinois
2008 ←
November 6, 2012 → 2016

  President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 3,019,512 2,135,216
Percentage 57.60% 40.73%

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County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

Illinois Republican primary, 2012
Illinois
2008 ←
March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20) → 2016

  Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 42 12
Popular vote 435,859 326,778
Percentage 46.69% 35.01%

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Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 87,044 74,482
Percentage 9.32% 7.98%

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Illinois results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Rick Santorum
Illinois Republican primary, 2012
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
NYT CNN
FOX
America Symbol.svg Mitt Romney 435,859 46.69% 42 41 42
Rick Santorum 326,778 35.01% 12 10 12
Ron Paul 87,044 9.32% 0 0 0
Newt Gingrich 74,482 7.98% 0 0 0
Rick Perry (withdrawn) 5,568 0.60% 0 0 0
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 3,723 0.40% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 3 0
Total: 933,454 100.00% 54 54 54

Illinois presidential election results 2012.svg

Barack Obama
Democratic

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose 20 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. The Obama/Biden ticket won Illinois with 57.60% of the popular vote to Romney/Ryan's 40.73%, thus winning the state's 20 electoral votes by a margin of 16.87%.


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