# 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine 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.
In 2008, Alabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered it a safe red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Alabama has not voted Democratic since it was won by Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Romney won the election in Alabama with 60.55% of the vote, while Obama received 38.36%, a 22.19% margin of victory. While the state swung slightly more Republican from 2008, Obama flipped two McCain counties, Barbour and Conecuh, into the Democratic column, thereby making it the last time either county voted for a Democratic presidential candidate as of the 2024 presidential election.
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## Primary elections
### Democratic primary

On March 13, 2012, the Alabama Democratic Party held statewide primaries to select delegates for the Democratic nomination, taking place on the same day as the Mississippi Democratic primary and the Utah Democratic caucuses. Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed. However, voters also had the option of voting "uncommitted" rather than supporting Obama. Of the 286,780 votes cast, 241,167 (84.09%) were for Obama and 45,613 (15.91%) were uncommitted. Out of the 63 pledged delegates, 55 went to Obama and 8 were uncommitted. The floor vote at the Democratic National Convention allocated all of Alabama's 69 delegates to Obama. Obama won all but 6 counties in the state.

### Republican primary

The 2012 Alabama Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses. Rick Santorum was declared the winner.
Alabama Republican primary, 2012 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | Projected delegate count | Projected delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | AP | CNN | FOX |
| Rick Santorum | 215,105 | 34.55% | 22 | 18 | – |
| Newt Gingrich | 182,276 | 29.28% | 14 | 9 | – |
| Mitt Romney | 180,321 | 28.97% | 11 | 9 | – |
| Ron Paul | 30,937 | 4.97% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,867 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,700 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,049 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Uncommitted | 9,259 | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | – |
| Unprojected delegates | Unprojected delegates | Unprojected delegates | 3 | 14 | 50 |
| Total: | 622,514 | 100.00% | 50 | 50 | 50 |

## General election
### Polling

Opinion polls that have been taken in Alabama have consistently shown Mitt Romney to be leading Barack Obama.

### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Huffington Post | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| CNN | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| New York Times | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| Washington Post | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
| RealClearPolitics | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Solid R | November 5, 2012 |
| FiveThirtyEight | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |

### Candidate ballot access

* Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic
* Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican
* Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian
* Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green
* Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / James N. Clymer, Constitution
Write-in candidate access:
* Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
* Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform

### Results

2012 United States presidential election in Alabama :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 9 |
| | Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 795,696 | 38.36% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 12,328 | 0.59% | 0 |
| | Write-ins | Write-ins | | 4,011 | 0.19% | 0 |
| | Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 3,397 | 0.16% | 0 |
| | Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 2,981 | 0.14% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2,074,338 | 100.00% | 9 |

#### By county

| County | Mitt Romney Republican | Mitt Romney Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Barack Obama Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Autauga | 17,379 | 72.49% | 6,363 | 26.54% | 231 | 0.97% | 11,016 | 45.95% | 23,973 |
| Baldwin | 66,016 | 77.22% | 18,424 | 21.55% | 1,051 | 1.23% | 47,592 | 55.67% | 85,491 |
| Barbour | 5,550 | 48.19% | 5,912 | 51.33% | 55 | 0.48% | -362 | -3.14% | 11,517 |
| Bibb | 6,132 | 72.83% | 2,202 | 26.15% | 86 | 1.02% | 3,930 | 46.68% | 8,420 |
| Blount | 20,757 | 86.27% | 2,970 | 12.34% | 333 | 1.39% | 17,787 | 73.93% | 24,060 |
| Bullock | 1,251 | 23.51% | 4,061 | 76.31% | 10 | 0.18% | -2,810 | -52.80% | 5,322 |
| Butler | 5,087 | 53.54% | 4,374 | 46.03% | 41 | 0.43% | 713 | 7.51% | 9,502 |
| Calhoun | 30,278 | 65.30% | 15,511 | 33.45% | 575 | 1.25% | 14,767 | 31.85% | 46,364 |
| Chambers | 7,626 | 52.13% | 6,871 | 46.97% | 132 | 0.90% | 755 | 5.16% | 14,629 |
| Cherokee | 7,506 | 76.65% | 2,132 | 21.77% | 154 | 1.58% | 5,374 | 54.88% | 9,792 |
| Chilton | 13,932 | 79.68% | 3,397 | 19.43% | 156 | 0.89% | 10,535 | 60.25% | 17,485 |
| Choctaw | 4,152 | 52.06% | 3,786 | 47.47% | 38 | 0.47% | 366 | 4.59% | 7,976 |
| Clarke | 7,470 | 53.90% | 6,334 | 45.70% | 56 | 0.40% | 1,136 | 8.20% | 13,860 |
| Clay | 4,817 | 72.12% | 1,777 | 26.61% | 85 | 1.27% | 3,040 | 45.51% | 6,679 |
| Cleburne | 5,272 | 83.43% | 971 | 15.37% | 76 | 1.20% | 4,301 | 68.06% | 6,319 |
| Coffee | 14,666 | 73.99% | 4,925 | 24.85% | 230 | 1.16% | 9,741 | 49.14% | 19,821 |
| Colbert | 13,936 | 59.44% | 9,166 | 39.10% | 342 | 1.46% | 4,770 | 20.34% | 23,444 |
| Conecuh | 3,439 | 48.95% | 3,555 | 50.60% | 31 | 0.45% | -116 | -1.65% | 7,025 |
| Coosa | 3,049 | 57.72% | 2,191 | 41.48% | 42 | 0.80% | 858 | 16.24% | 5,282 |
| Covington | 12,153 | 78.72% | 3,158 | 20.45% | 128 | 0.83% | 8,995 | 58.27% | 15,439 |
| Crenshaw | 4,331 | 67.42% | 2,050 | 31.91% | 43 | 0.67% | 2,281 | 35.51% | 6,424 |
| Cullman | 28,999 | 83.92% | 5,052 | 14.62% | 504 | 1.46% | 23,947 | 69.30% | 34,555 |
| Dale | 13,108 | 70.47% | 5,286 | 28.42% | 207 | 1.11% | 7,822 | 42.05% | 18,601 |
| Dallas | 6,288 | 29.99% | 14,612 | 69.70% | 64 | 0.31% | -8,324 | -39.71% | 20,964 |
| DeKalb | 18,331 | 76.54% | 5,239 | 21.87% | 380 | 1.59% | 13,092 | 54.67% | 23,950 |
| Elmore | 26,253 | 73.86% | 8,954 | 25.19% | 339 | 0.95% | 17,299 | 48.67% | 35,546 |
| Escambia | 9,287 | 62.35% | 5,489 | 36.85% | 118 | 0.80% | 3,798 | 25.50% | 14,894 |
| Etowah | 29,130 | 68.34% | 12,803 | 30.04% | 691 | 1.62% | 16,327 | 38.30% | 42,624 |
| Fayette | 6,054 | 76.07% | 1,817 | 22.83% | 87 | 1.10% | 4,237 | 53.24% | 7,958 |
| Franklin | 7,567 | 69.54% | 3,171 | 29.14% | 143 | 1.32% | 4,396 | 40.40% | 10,881 |
| Geneva | 9,175 | 80.97% | 2,039 | 17.99% | 117 | 1.04% | 7,136 | 45.95% | 11,331 |
| Greene | 804 | 15.05% | 4,521 | 84.62% | 18 | 0.33% | -3,717 | -69.57% | 5,343 |
| Hale | 3,210 | 37.12% | 5,411 | 62.58% | 26 | 0.30% | -2,201 | -25.46% | 8,647 |
| Henry | 5,628 | 64.20% | 3,083 | 35.17% | 55 | 0.63% | 2,545 | 29.03% | 8,766 |
| Houston | 29,270 | 69.72% | 12,367 | 29.46% | 347 | 0.82% | 16,903 | 40.26% | 41,984 |
| Jackson | 14,439 | 69.98% | 5,822 | 28.22% | 371 | 1.80% | 8,617 | 41.76% | 20,632 |
| Jefferson | 141,683 | 46.53% | 159,876 | 52.50% | 2,964 | 0.97% | -18,193 | -5.97% | 304,523 |
| Lamar | 5,457 | 76.05% | 1,646 | 22.94% | 73 | 1.01% | 3,811 | 53.11% | 7,176 |
| Lauderdale | 23,911 | 64.57% | 12,511 | 33.78% | 610 | 1.65% | 11,400 | 30.79% | 37,032 |
| Lawrence | 8,874 | 62.72% | 5,069 | 35.83% | 205 | 1.45% | 3,805 | 26.89% | 14,148 |
| Lee | 32,194 | 59.08% | 21,381 | 39.23% | 921 | 1.69% | 10,813 | 19.85% | 54,496 |
| Limestone | 25,295 | 71.17% | 9,829 | 27.66% | 416 | 1.17% | 15,466 | 43.51% | 35,540 |
| Lowndes | 1,756 | 23.34% | 5,747 | 76.39% | 20 | 0.27% | -3,991 | -53.05% | 7,523 |
| Macon | 1,331 | 12.80% | 9,045 | 87.00% | 20 | 0.20% | -7,714 | -74.20% | 10,396 |
| Madison | 90,884 | 58.47% | 62,015 | 39.90% | 2,529 | 1.63% | 28,869 | 18.57% | 155,428 |
| Marengo | 5,336 | 46.23% | 6,167 | 53.43% | 40 | 0.34% | -831 | -7.20% | 11,543 |
| Marion | 9,697 | 79.95% | 2,249 | 18.54% | 183 | 1.51% | 7,448 | 61.41% | 12,129 |
| Marshall | 25,867 | 79.24% | 6,299 | 19.30% | 478 | 1.46% | 19,568 | 59.94% | 32,644 |
| Mobile | 94,893 | 54.18% | 78,760 | 44.97% | 1,487 | 0.85% | 16,133 | 9.21% | 175,140 |
| Monroe | 5,741 | 53.57% | 4,914 | 45.85% | 62 | 0.58% | 827 | 7.72% | 10,717 |
| Montgomery | 38,332 | 37.56% | 63,085 | 61.81% | 650 | 0.63% | -24,753 | -24.25% | 102,067 |
| Morgan | 35,391 | 71.56% | 13,439 | 27.17% | 629 | 1.27% | 21,952 | 44.39% | 49,459 |
| Perry | 1,506 | 24.68% | 4,568 | 74.87% | 27 | 0.45% | -3,062 | -50.19% | 6,101 |
| Pickens | 5,124 | 53.26% | 4,455 | 46.30% | 42 | 0.44% | 669 | 6.96% | 9,621 |
| Pike | 7,963 | 56.38% | 6,035 | 42.73% | 125 | 0.89% | 1,928 | 13.65% | 14,123 |
| Randolph | 7,224 | 69.32% | 3,078 | 29.54% | 119 | 1.14% | 4,146 | 39.78% | 10,421 |
| Russell | 8,278 | 43.78% | 10,500 | 55.53% | 132 | 0.69% | -2,222 | -11.75% | 18,910 |
| Shelby | 71,436 | 77.03% | 20,051 | 21.62% | 1,255 | 1.35% | 51,385 | 55.41% | 92,742 |
| St. Clair | 29,031 | 82.39% | 5,801 | 16.46% | 403 | 1.15% | 23,230 | 65.93% | 35,235 |
| Sumter | 1,586 | 22.56% | 5,421 | 77.11% | 23 | 0.33% | -3,835 | -54.55% | 7,030 |
| Talladega | 19,246 | 57.60% | 13,905 | 41.61% | 265 | 0.79% | 5,341 | 15.99% | 33,416 |
| Tallapoosa | 12,396 | 65.76% | 6,319 | 33.52% | 136 | 0.72% | 6,077 | 32.24% | 18,851 |
| Tuscaloosa | 45,748 | 58.08% | 32,048 | 40.68% | 976 | 1.24% | 13,700 | 17.40% | 78,772 |
| Walker | 21,651 | 75.74% | 6,557 | 22.94% | 377 | 1.32% | 15,094 | 52.80% | 28,585 |
| Washington | 5,761 | 65.56% | 2,976 | 33.87% | 50 | 0.57% | 2,785 | 31.69% | 8,787 |
| Wilcox | 1,679 | 25.61% | 4,868 | 74.26% | 8 | 0.13% | -3,189 | -48.65% | 6,555 |
| Winston | 8,312 | 85.44% | 1,286 | 13.22% | 130 | 1.34% | 7,026 | 72.22% | 9,728 |
| Totals | 1,255,925 | 60.55% | 795,696 | 38.36% | 22,717 | 1.09% | 460,229 | 22.19% | 2,074,338 |

##### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Barbour (largest city: Eufaula)
* Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

#### By congressional district

Romney won 6 of 7 congressional districts.
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
| 1st | 61.84% | 37.4% | Jo Bonner |
| 2nd | 62.9% | 36.4% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 62.3% | 36.8% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 74.8% | 23.98% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 63.87% | 34.85% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 74.3% | 24.66% | Spencer Bachus |
| 7th | 27.12% | 72.4% | Terri Sewell |