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United States presidential election in Maine, 2012

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

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Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 401,306 292,276
Percentage 56.27% 40.98%

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County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

Maine Republican caucuses, 2012
Maine
2008 ←
January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29) – March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03) → 2016

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Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Texas Pennsylvania
Delegate count 2 20 0
Popular vote 2,381 2,264 1,138
Percentage 38.0% 36.2% 18.2%

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Candidate Newt Gingrich Others or
unpledged
Home state Georgia n/a
Delegate count 0 2
Popular vote 405 78
Percentage 6.5% 1.2%

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Maine results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Ron Paul
  Rick Santorum
Maine Republican caucuses, 2012
Candidate Votes
(Feb. 11)
Percent
(Feb. 11)
Votes
(Feb. 17)
Percent
(Feb. 17)
Projected delegate count
AP
CNN
Mitt Romney 2,190 39.2% 2,269 39.0% 11 11
Ron Paul 1,996 35.7% 2,030 34.9% 10 7
Rick Santorum 989 17.7% 1,052 18.1% 0 3
Newt Gingrich 349 6.2% 391 6.7% 0 0
Other 61 1.1% 72 1.2% 0 0
Total: 5,585 100.0% 5,814 100.0% 21 21
Ex officio delegates (not chosen through caucus process): 3 3
Total Maine delegates to the Republican National Convention: 24 24
Convention Results
Candidate 1st 2nd State Party
officers
Total
Ron Paul 3 3 14 0 20
Mitt Romney 0 0 0 2 2
Uncommitted 0 0 1 1 2
Total: 3 3 15 3 24

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Obama

Romney

Barack Obama
Democratic

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Maine voters chose four 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. Obama and Biden carried Maine with 55.37% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 40.33%, thus winning the state's four electoral votes.


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