Английская Википедия:2012 United States presidential election in Florida

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:Main Шаблон:ElectionsFL The 2012 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Florida voters chose 29 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.[1][2][3]

By November 8, the vote counting had still not concluded. However, with much of the remaining vote still coming in was from heavily Democratic areas, Romney's Florida campaign acknowledged that he had lost the state to Obama. In order to certify the election in Florida, the ballots continued to be counted.[4] Both Miami-Dade and Broward County completed their ballot counts on November 8, leaving Palm Beach and Duval counties as the only two that did not have a final count at the end of the day.[5]

Florida required all counties to finish counting by noon Saturday but would not announce an official winner until the votes were certified on November 20. A recount is not done unless the difference is less than 0.5%. At 11 PM EST on November 9, the margin for Obama was 0.86%, with all but one county finished with their counting.[6] On November 10, most major news sources projected Obama to be the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes. It was the last state to be called in the 2012 presidential election and also the closest.[7][8][9]

Despite Tampa having been the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, Obama ultimately carried Florida with 50.01% of the vote, to Romney's 49.13%, a margin of 0.88%. Having also won the state in 2008, Obama's 2012 victory made him the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to carry Florida twice, and also marked the first time since 1948 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections. Nonetheless, Obama’s margin of victory decreased substantially from 2.81% in 2008, and his percentage of the vote decreased from 50.91%. He also lost Flagler and Volusia Counties, which he had won in 2008;[10] he thus became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying the former since Harry S. Truman in 1948 and the first to do so without carrying the latter since John F. Kennedy in 1960.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Florida, or the following counties: Jefferson, St. Lucie, and Monroe. This also remains the second closest presidential result in the state ever, behind only the infamous 2000 election.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

Шаблон:Infobox election The Republican primary was held on January 31, 2012.[11] Fifty delegates were at stake, none of them RNC (or super) delegates; it is unclear whether these delegates will be allocated proportionally or winner-take-all. Originally awarded 99 delegates,[11] the Republican National Committee removed half of Florida's delegates because the state committee moved its Republican primary before March 6;[12] the Republican National Committee rules also set the delegate allocation to be proportional because the contest was held before April 1.[13] It is a closed primary.[11] There were 4,063,853 registered Republican voters as of January 3, 2012.[14]

Florida is spread over two time zones, so voting wasn't completed until 7 pm CST/8pm EST.[15]

Significance

In an effort to increase the political importance of their state's primary and receive added media exposure often directed to the early contests, Florida decided to plan its primary ahead of the early contests, a move that violated Republican Party rules and forced early states to move up their contests.[16] Florida announced that their primary would occur on January 31 instead of the expected March; Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina were expected to have their primaries in February but were forced to push their primaries into January, thereby shortening the overall amount of time that each person could campaign. Florida made this move in 2008.

As a result of this calendar violation, Florida was stripped of half of its delegates, awarding only 50 delegates instead of the original 100 delegates.

Dean Cannon, the Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives: "My goal all along is for Florida to preserve her place as the fifth spot on the nominating calendar and not to move ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire."[17]

Controversy

According to a Gingrich campaign memo, he planned to challenge the results based on an interpretation of the Republican National Committee's rules that state that no contest can be winner-take-all prior to April 1, 2012.[18][19][20][21][22][23] Gingrich would have requested that delegates be divided proportionally, corresponding to the percentage of votes each candidate received.[24] It is not known what result a successful challenge might have had.

General Election

Results

The final vote count was unknown at noon Friday, November 9, 2012.[25] The delay in the final count was caused by a combination of an extremely long ballot (with eleven state amendment questions) and a high number of absentee ballots. There were 240,000 absentee ballots in Miami -Dade County alone, with 54,000 of these cast on election day. Four urban counties, Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Duval, all experienced problems with counting their large number of absentee ballots. Each ballot had to be hand certified page by page, and then the pages had to be hand fed into the counting machine one by one.[25] At noon Friday, Dade and Broward had finished counting, but Palm Beach and Duval were still counting.

2012 United States presidential election in Florida[26]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) 4,237,756 50.01% 29
Republican Mitt Romney 4,163,447 49.13% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson 44,726 0.53% 0
Green Jill Stein 8,947 0.11% 0
Peace and Freedom Party Roseanne Barr 8,154 0.10% 0
Objectivist Party Tom Stevens 3,856 0.05% 0
Justice Party Rocky Anderson 1,754 0.02% 0
America's Party Tom Hoefling 946 0.01% 0
Reform Andre Barnett 820 0.01% 0
Socialist Stewart Alexander 799 0.01% 0
Socialism and Liberation Peta Lindsay 322 0.01% 0
Totals 8,474,179 100.00% 29
Voter turnout (eligible voters) 72.00%

By county

County Barack Obama
Democratic
Mitt Romney
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Alachua Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 69,699 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 57.71% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 48,797 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 40.40% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2,277 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.89% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 20,902 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 17.31% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 120,773
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Baker Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,311 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 20.29% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 8,975 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 78.80% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 104 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.91% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -6,664 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -58.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 11,390
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Bay Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 22,051 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 27.53% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 56,876 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 71.01% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,174 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.46% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -34,825 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -43.48% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 80,101
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Bradford Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 3,325 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 28.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 8,219 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 70.46% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 120 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.03% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -4,894 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -41.95% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 11,664
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Brevard Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 122,993 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 42.94% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 159,300 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 55.62% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 4,135 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.44% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -36,307 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -12.68% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 286,428
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Broward Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 508,312 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 67.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 244,101 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 32.23% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 4,941 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.65% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 264,211 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 34.89% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 757,354
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Calhoun Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,664 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 26.91% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 4,366 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 70.61% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 153 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2.48% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,702 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -43.70% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 6,183
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Charlotte Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35,906 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 42.28% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 47,996 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 56.52% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,021 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.20% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -12,090 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -14.24% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 84,923
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Citrus Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 28,460 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 38.37% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 44,662 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 60.22% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,047 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.41% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -16,202 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -21.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 74,169
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Clay Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 25,759 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 26.61% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 70,022 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 72.33% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,024 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.06% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -44,263 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -45.72% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 96,805
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Collier Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 51,698 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 34.62% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 96,520 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 64.64% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,106 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.74% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -44,822 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -30.02% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 149,324
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Columbia Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 8,462 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 31.08% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 18,429 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 67.69% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 336 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.23% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -9,967 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -36.61% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 27,227
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| DeSoto Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 4,174 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 42.22% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,587 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 56.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 126 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.27% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -1,413 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -14.29% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 9,887
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Dixie Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,798 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 25.84% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,052 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 72.60% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 109 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.56% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -3,254 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -46.76% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 6,959
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Duval Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 196,737 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 47.67% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 211,615 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 51.27% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 4,381 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.06% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -14,878 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -3.60% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 412,733
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Escambia Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 58,185 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 39.06% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 88,711 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 59.55% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2,071 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.39% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -30,526 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -20.49% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 148,967
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Flagler Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23,207 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45.77% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 26,969 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 53.19% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 531 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.04% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -3,762 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -7.42% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 50,707
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Franklin Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,845 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 33.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,570 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 64.98% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 79 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.44% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -1,725 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -31.40% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,494
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Gadsden Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 15,770 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 70.01% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 6,630 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 29.43% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 125 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.56% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 9,140 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 40.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 22,525
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Gilchrist Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,885 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23.75% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,917 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 74.55% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 135 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.70% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -4,032 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -50.80% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 7,937
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Glades Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,603 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 40.03% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 2,344 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 58.54% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 57 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.43% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -741 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -18.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 4,004
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Gulf Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,014 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 28.26% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 4,995 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 70.10% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 117 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.64% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,981 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -41.84% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 7,126
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Hamilton Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,228 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 41.11% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,138 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 57.90% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 54 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -910 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -16.79% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,420
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Hardee Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,463 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 34.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 4,696 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 64.83% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 85 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.17% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,233 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -30.83% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 7,244
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Hendry Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 4,751 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 46.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,355 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 52.42% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 109 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.07% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -604 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -5.91% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 10,215
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Hernando Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37,830 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45.07% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 44,938 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 53.54% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,160 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.39% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -7,108 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -8.47% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 83,928
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Highlands Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 16,148 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37.96% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 25,915 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 60.92% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 478 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -9,767 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -22.96% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 42,541
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Hillsborough Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 286,467 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 52.71% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 250,186 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 46.04% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 6,776 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 36,281 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 6.67% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 543,429
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Holmes Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,264 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 15.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 6,919 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 83.46% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 107 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.29% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -5,655 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -68.21% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 8,290
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Indian River Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 27,492 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 38.41% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 43,450 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 60.70% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 638 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.89% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -15,958 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -22.29% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 71,580
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Jackson Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 7,342 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35.02% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 13,418 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 64.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 207 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.98% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -6,076 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -28.98% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 20,967
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Jefferson Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 3,945 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 50.45% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,808 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 48.70% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 67 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 137 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1.75% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 7,820
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Lafayette Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 687 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 20.17% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 2,668 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 78.33% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 51 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.50% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -1,981 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -58.16% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,406
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Lake Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 61,799 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 40.89% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 87,643 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 57.99% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,702 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.02% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -25,844 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -17.10% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 151,144
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Lee Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 110,157 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 41.32% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 154,163 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 57.83% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2,278 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -44,006 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -16.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 266,598
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Leon Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 90,881 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 61.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 55,805 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 37.54% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,985 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.33% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35,076 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23.59% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 148,671
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Levy Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 6,119 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 33.15% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 12,054 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 65.31% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 284 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.54% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -5,935 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -32.16% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 18,457
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Liberty Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 942 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 28.64% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 2,301 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 69.96% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 46 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.40% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -1,359 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -41.32% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,289
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Madison Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 4,176 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 47.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 4,474 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 51.27% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 77 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.88% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -298 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -3.42% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 8,727
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Manatee Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 66,503 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 43.22% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 85,627 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 55.65% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,736 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -19,124 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -12.43% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 153,866
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Marion Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 66,831 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 41.32% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 93,043 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 57.53% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,864 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.15% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -26,212 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -16.21% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 161,738
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Martin Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 30,107 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 38.09% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 48,183 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 60.96% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 747 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.95% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -18,076 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -22.87% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 79,037
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Miami-Dade Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 541,440 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 61.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 332,981 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 37.87% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 4,758 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.55% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 208,459 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23.71% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 879,179
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Monroe Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 19,404 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 49.56% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 19,234 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 49.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 516 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.32% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 170 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 0.44% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 39,154
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Nassau Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 10,251 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 25.23% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 29,929 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 73.67% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 445 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.10% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -19,678 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -48.44% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 40,625
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Okaloosa Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23,421 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 24.63% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 70,168 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 73.80% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,486 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.57% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -46,747 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -49.17% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 95,075
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Okeechobee Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 4,856 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 39.27% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 7,328 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 59.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 183 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.48% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,472 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -19.98% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 12,367
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Orange Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 273,665 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 58.56% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 188,589 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 40.36% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 5,049 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.08% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 85,076 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 18.20% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 467,303
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Osceola Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 67,239 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 61.73% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 40,592 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 37.27% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,091 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 26,647 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 24.46% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 108,922
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Palm Beach Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 349,651 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 58.14% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 247,398 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 41.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 4,390 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.73% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 102,253 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 17.01% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 601,439
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Pasco Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 98,263 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45.86% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 112,427 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 52.48% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 3,558 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.66% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -14,164 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -6.62% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 214,248
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Pinellas Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 239,104 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 52.08% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 213,258 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 46.45% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 6,750 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.47% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 25,846 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 5.63% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 459,112
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Polk Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 114,622 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45.95% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 131,577 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 52.75% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 3,243 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.30% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -16,955 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -6.80% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 249,442
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Putnam Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 11,667 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 19,326 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 61.50% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 431 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.37% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -7,659 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -24.37% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 31,424
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| St. Johns Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35,190 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 30.59% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 78,513 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 68.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,332 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.16% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -43,323 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -37.66% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 115,035
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| St. Lucie Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 65,869 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 53.42% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 56,202 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 45.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,230 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 9,667 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 7.84% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 123,301
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Santa Rosa Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 17,768 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23.06% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 58,186 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 75.51% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1,106 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.43% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -40,418 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -52.45% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 77,060
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Sarasota Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 95,119 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45.74% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 110,504 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 53.14% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2,338 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -15,385 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -7.40% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 207,961
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Seminole Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 96,445 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 46.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 109,943 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 52.57% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 2,732 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.31% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -13,498 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -6.45% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 209,120
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Sumter Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 19,524 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 32.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 40,646 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 67.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 376 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 0.62% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -21,122 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -34.88% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 60,546
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Suwannee Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 4,751 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 26.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 12,672 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 71.63% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 269 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.52% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -7,921 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -44.78% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 17,692
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Taylor Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,764 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 30.24% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 6,249 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 68.37% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 127 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.39% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -3,485 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -38.13% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 9,140
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Union Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 1,339 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 24.76% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 3,980 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 73.59% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 89 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.65% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,641 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -48.83% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 5,408
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Volusia Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 114,748 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 48.78% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 117,490 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 49.94% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 3,016 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.28% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -2,742 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -1.16% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 235,254
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Wakulla Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 5,175 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35.21% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 9,290 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 63.21% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 232 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -4,115 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -28.00% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 14,697
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Walton Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 6,671 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 23.34% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 21,490 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 75.19% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 421 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.47% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -14,819 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -51.85% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 28,582
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Washington Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 2,820 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 25.54% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 8,038 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 72.79% Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 184 Шаблон:Party shading/Others| 1.67% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -5,218 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| -47.25% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 11,042
Totals 4,237,756 49.90% 4,163,447 49.03% 90,972 1.07% 74,309 0.87% 8,492,175
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Romney won 16 of 27 congressional districts including one held by a Democrat, while Obama won 11, including two held by Republicans.[27]

District Romney Obama Representative
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 68.66% 30.18% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Jeff Miller
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 52.38% 46.52% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Steve Southerland
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 61.5% 37.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Ted Yoho
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 63.62% 35.45% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Ander Crenshaw
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 28.05% 71.23% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Corrine Brown
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 57.7% 41.4% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Ron DeSantis
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 51.81% 47.1% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|John Mica
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 56.76% 42.18% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Bill Posey
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 37.21% 61.94% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Alan Grayson
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 53.35% 45.72% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Daniel Webster
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 58.85% 40.23% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Rich Nugent
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 54.04% 44.77% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Gus Bilirakis
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 48.65% 50.12% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Bill Young
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 33.96% 65.05% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Kathy Castor
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 53.33% 45.58% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Dennis Ross
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 54.22% 44.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Vern Buchanan
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 57.88% 41.2% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Tom Rooney
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 51.72% 47.56% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Patrick Murphy
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 60.6% 38.76% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Trey Radel
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 16.98% 82.16% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Alcee Hastings
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 38.85% 60.6% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Ted Deutch
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 44.93% 54.38% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Lois Frankel
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 37.9% 61.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 12.17% 87.52% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Frederica Wilson
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Ushr 50.8% 48.7% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Mario Díaz-Balart
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 46.35% 53.1% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Joe Garcia
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|Шаблон:Ushr 46.45% 53.05% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Analysis

Obama won the state and its 29 electoral votes on Election Day by a margin of 0.88%, down from the 2.82% margin in 2008. Florida was the closest race in the country at the presidential level. Throughout the night, Obama and Romney exchanged the lead, but the networks avoided calling the state for Obama until November 10 because long lines in the larger urban areas of the state meant that the vote count was delayed.

According to exit polling, Obama won 95% of the African-American vote (13% of voters), 60% of Latino voters (up 3 points from 2008 and 17% of all voters), and 50% among Independents (who accounted for 33% of all voters). Mitt Romney won white voters by 24 percent. In addition, both Democratic and Republican strategists agreed that the President's ground game and early voting leads played a huge role in such a tight race. Despite laws that curbed early voting, more than 4 million Floridians cast a ballot before Election Day (almost 50% of all voters), and reports showed that Obama was leading by about 104,000 among those voters.

The political geography of Florida is largely divided in thirds: South Florida (around the Miami metropolitan area) is heavily Democratic, North Florida (the Florida Panhandle, and the Jacksonville metropolitan area) is heavily Republican outside of Tallahassee and Gainesville, while Central Florida is a "swing" area of the state, where Democrats have made inroads in recent years.

Mirroring the results of the 2008 presidential election in Florida, Obama dominated South Florida, winning Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties by comfortable margins, and actually increased his vote share in Miami -Dade and Broward counties from 2008. However, Romney's performance in Palm Beach County was notable considering he is the first Republican presidential candidate in over a decade to receive over 40% of the county's vote. Obama's gains in South Florida have been attributed to increasing his vote share among Cuban Americans, a large demographic in and around Miami who have reliably voted Republican, from 35% in 2008 to 48% against Romney's 52% in 2012. Combined with his large margins of victory among non-Cuban Hispanics in the state, Arian Campo-Flores at The Wall Street Journal noted that, "Together, both trends are accelerating a realignment of the state's Latino vote, from once solidly Republican to now reliably Democratic."[28]

Although Obama lost large swaths of North Florida, he was able to keep the margins relatively close along the Eastern Seaboard. He lost to Romney in Duval County, anchored by Florida's largest city, Jacksonville, by only 3%, and Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach, by less than 2%. Where the state tipped into the Obama column was in Central Florida, the site of enormous growth in the last two decades. Obama was able to deliver big wins in the Orlando and Tampa Bay areas, where George W. Bush won in 2004. In the former, Obama carried Orange County (which includes Orlando) by 19 points and Osceola County near Orlando by a 24-point margin (Bush won it in 2004 52%-47%). In both counties, he was able to tap into a growing Puerto Rican community, which overwhelmingly broke his way.

In the Tampa Bay region, Obama once again carried Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, by a 6-point margin, receiving over 13,000 more votes than he won in 2008. Obama also won Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg, by a 52%-46.5% margin. Bush had narrowly carried the county by about 0.1% in 2004. In all, Obama won the three largest counties in Central Florida – Hillsborough, Orange, and Pinellas – while keeping his losing margins low in other populous counties – Polk, Seminole, and Manatee County.

Contrary to the 2010 elections where Democrats lost four seats from Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats picked up four seats from Florida this time around, as the state's congressional delegation increased by 2 members. Patrick Murphy defeated incumbent Republican Allen West in Florida's 18th congressional district and Joe Garcia defeated incumbent Republican David Rivera in Florida's 26th congressional district. Democrat Alan Grayson won a new seat in Florida's 9th congressional district while former West Palm Beach mayor, Lois Frankel, won the newly created seat in Florida's 22nd congressional district for the Democrats. At the state level, Democrats picked up two seats in the Florida State Senate and five seats in the Florida House of Representatives as well.

References

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External links

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