2012 United States presidential election in Maine candidate Barack Obama
The 2012 United States presidential election in Maine 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. 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 56.27% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 40.98%, thus winning the state's four electoral votes.This is the most recent election when the Democratic candidate won Maine's second congressional district along with a majority of counties in the state, as well as these counties (all of which comprise that district): Androscoggin County, Aroostook County, Franklin County, Oxford County, Penobscot County, Somerset County, and Washington County. This is the last election in which Maine was decided by double digits, as well as the last time it voted to the left of Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia.
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