Election in Montana
The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana 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. Montana voters chose three 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 .
Romney carried Montana with 55.35% of the vote to Obama's 41.70%, with a 13.65% margin of victory. Montana was the second-best state performance for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson , carrying about 3% of the vote.
Romney performed much better than John McCain had in 2008 , when he narrowly won over Obama with only a 2.38% margin of victory. Romney also won over five counties that voted for Obama in 2008. Most of the counties Obama won were either majority Native American (such as Big Horn , Blaine , Glacier , and Roosevelt ) or have some of Montana's most populous cities and towns, such as Missoula County (containing its namesake city , the second largest in the state and home of the University of Montana ) and Silver Bow County (home to Butte and Montana Tech ).
As of 2020 this is the last time a Republican won Gallatin County and the Democrats won Hill County and Roosevelt County . Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Cascade or Rosebud Counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976 .
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
2012 Montana Republican presidential caucuses
Montana results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note:
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The Republican caucuses took place on June 14 to 16, 2012 as the Montana state convention. Ten days before, the state delegates were selected by the central committee in each county[1] [2] [3] 23 delegates were to have been chosen, for a total of 26 delegates to go to the national convention. Prior to selecting delegates, a non-binding primary election was held June 5, 2012. Results were announced before the Republican National Convention in August.
2012 Montana Republican presidential primary[4]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Delegates
Mitt Romney
96,121
68.4%
Ron Paul
20,227
14.4%
Rick Santorum
12,546
8.9%
Newt Gingrich
6,107
4.3%
No Preference
5,456
3.9%
Unpledged delegates:
25
Total:
140,457
26
Key:
Withdrew prior to contest
General election
The Republican ticket won by a margin of 13.65%
Results
By county
County
Obama%
Obama#
Romney%
Romney#
Others%
Others#
Total
Beaverhead
28.49%
1,371
68.35%
3,289
3.16%
152
4,812
Big Horn
62.30%
2,882
36.04%
1,667
1.66%
77
4,626
Blaine
56.52%
1,616
41.20%
1,178
2.27%
65
2,859
Broadwater
25.37%
764
71.47%
2,152
3.16%
95
3,011
Carbon
36.71%
2,146
60.43%
3,533
2.86%
167
5,846
Carter
12.09%
96
85.39%
678
2.52%
20
794
Cascade
44.07%
15,232
53.08%
18,345
2.86%
987
34,564
Chouteau
34.67%
978
62.32%
1,758
3.01%
85
2,821
Custer
34.17%
1,833
62.87%
3,373
2.96%
159
5,365
Daniels
23.54%
237
73.49%
740
2.98%
30
1,007
Dawson
27.56%
1,219
68.48%
3,029
3.96%
175
4,423
Deer Lodge
64.13%
2,860
32.47%
1,448
3.41%
152
4,460
Fallon
16.87%
237
80.28%
1,128
2.85%
40
1,405
Fergus
27.01%
1,640
70.12%
4,257
2.87%
174
6,071
Flathead
31.95%
13,892
65.11%
28,309
2.93%
1,275
43,476
Gallatin
45.86%
21,961
50.87%
24,358
3.26%
1,563
47,882
Garfield
09.43%
66
88.86%
622
1.71%
12
700
Glacier
65.68%
2,924
31.78%
1,415
2.54%
113
4,452
Golden Valley
22.96%
110
73.28%
351
3.76%
18
479
Granite
31.26%
533
64.93%
1,107
3.81%
65
1,705
Hill
49.90%
3,403
46.39%
3,164
3.71%
253
6,820
Jefferson
34.85%
2,272
62.19%
4,055
2.96%
193
6,520
Judith Basin
27.74%
337
70.29%
854
1.98%
24
1,215
Lake
43.63%
5,805
53.63%
7,135
2.74%
364
13,304
Lewis and Clark
46.88%
15,620
50.43%
16,803
2.69%
895
33,318
Liberty
26.01%
257
71.05%
702
2.94%
29
988
Lincoln
28.71%
2,552
68.14%
6,057
3.15%
280
8,889
Madison
28.45%
1,289
69.09%
3,130
2.45%
111
4,530
McCone
22.46%
223
75.03%
745
2.52%
25
993
Meagher
27.67%
269
68.93%
670
3.4%
33
972
Mineral
34.71%
700
60.29%
1,216
5.01%
101
2,017
Missoula
57.39%
32,824
39.61%
22,652
3.%
1,716
57,192
Musselshell
20.44%
492
76.15%
1,833
3.41%
82
2,407
Park
43.15%
3,783
53.71%
4,709
3.15%
276
8,768
Petroleum
16.44%
49
80.54%
240
3.02%
9
298
Phillips
21.14%
471
75.76%
1,688
3.1%
69
2,228
Pondera
35.86%
975
61.53%
1,673
2.61%
71
2,719
Powder River
16.55%
170
81.11%
833
2.34%
24
1,027
Powell
31.99%
888
65.06%
1,806
2.95%
82
2,776
Prairie
23.76%
167
73.97%
520
2.28%
16
703
Ravalli
32.81%
7,285
64.43%
14,307
2.77%
614
22,206
Richland
21.57%
1,002
75.57%
3,510
2.86%
133
4,645
Roosevelt
56.81%
2,086
41.23%
1,514
1.96%
72
3,672
Rosebud
40.36%
1,422
56.88%
2,004
2.75%
97
3,523
Sanders
29.15%
1,720
67.45%
3,980
3.41%
201
5,901
Sheridan
34.49%
665
62.60%
1,207
2.9%
56
1,928
Silver Bow
64.79%
10,857
32.41%
5,430
2.8%
469
16,756
Stillwater
26.54%
1,248
70.97%
3,337
2.49%
117
4,702
Sweet Grass
22.44%
475
75.30%
1,594
2.27%
48
2,117
Teton
32.98%
1,082
64.40%
2,113
2.62%
86
3,281
Toole
27.69%
582
68.51%
1,440
3.81%
80
2,102
Treasure
25.05%
114
70.11%
319
4.84%
22
455
Valley
35.89%
1,385
60.56%
2,337
3.55%
137
3,859
Wheatland
27.42%
272
69.86%
693
2.72%
27
992
Wibaux
18.01%
98
77.39%
421
4.6%
25
544
Yellowstone
38.37%
26,403
58.86%
40,500
2.77%
1,904
68,807
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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