Английская Википедия:2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsDC The 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. D.C. 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. Prior to the election, Washington DC was considered to be a definite win for Obama; the nation's capital is heavily Democratic and has always voted for Democratic nominees for president by overwhelming margins.

Obama and Biden carried the District of Columbia with 90.9% of the popular vote to Romney's and Ryan's 7.3%, thus winning the district's three electoral votes.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

President Obama was the only candidate in the primary. The District cast all 45 of its delegate votes at the 2012 Democratic National Convention for Obama.

District of Columbia Democratic primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Barack Obama	56,503	96.23%	22
Uncommitted	1,100	1.87%	0
Under votes	725	1.23%	0
Write-ins	386	0.66%	0
Unpledged delegates:			23
Total:	58,714	100%	45

Republican primary

The 2012 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on April 3, 2012, the same day as the Maryland and Wisconsin Republican primaries.

The District of Columbia Republican Party required a $5,000 contribution, signatures from one percent of registered Republicans, and the names of 16 potential delegates and 16 alternate delegates, who then must register with the District of Columbia Office of Campaign Finance. Alternatively, under II.D.1(c) a candidate need not file signatures with a $10,000 contribution. The District of Columbia Republican Party certified Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul in lieu of petitions under II.D.1(c). Rick Santorum was not included on the ballot because he did not meet these requirements.

The District of Columbia Republican Party decided not to allow write-in votes for the primary.

The candidate with the most votes in the primary, Mitt Romney, was awarded sixteen delegates. Romney received the most votes in each of the District of Columbia's eight wards, receiving the majority of votes in wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and a plurality of votes in wards 5, 7, and 8. Paul received the second most votes in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while Gingrich received the second most votes in wards 3 and 7. Romney also received the most votes, or tied for the most votes, in 129 of the 143 voting precincts.

The District of Columbia's three superdelegates are Chairman Bob Kabel, Republican National Committeewoman Betsy Werronen, and Republican National Committeeman Tony Parker. Kabel and Werronen both support Mitt Romney. Other delegates for the District of Columbia include Patrick Mara and Rachel Hoff.

Jill Homan and Bob Kabel were elected National Committeewoman and the National Committeeman, respectively. They will both take office after the end of the 2012 Republican National Convention.

2012 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Файл:America Symbol.svg Mitt Romney	3,577	70.08%	18
Ron Paul	621	12.17%	0
Newt Gingrich	558	10.93%	0
Jon Huntsman	348	6.82%	0
Unprojected delegates:			1
Under votes	153
Total:	5,257	100%	19

Key:	Withdrew prior to contest

General election

Ballot access

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green

Write-in candidate access:

• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	267,070	90.91%	3
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	21,381	7.28%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	2,458	0.84%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	James P. Gray	2,083	0.71%	0
	Others	Others	Others	772	0.26%	0
Totals				293,764	100.00%	3
Voter turnout				???		—

Results by Ward

Ward	Barack Obama		Mitt Romney		Jill Stein		Gary Johnson
Ward 1	91.95%	32,131	5.1%	1,782	1.74%	609	0.95%	332
Ward 2	80.86%	24,096	16.36%	4,876	0.98%	292	1.32%	394
Ward 3	80.05%	31,202	17.37%	6,771	1.11%	431	1.1%	428
Ward 4	94.19%	36,864	4.28%	1,674	0.89%	350	0.45%	176
Ward 5	95.88%	36,436	2.89%	1,097	0.62%	235	0.42%	159
Ward 6	87.31%	38,825	10.39%	4,620	0.89%	396	1.08%	482
Ward 7	98.52%	35,536	0.9%	324	0.24%	87	0.18%	65
Ward 8	98.82%	31,980	0.73%	237	0.18%	58	0.05%	47

See also

• United States presidential elections in the District of Columbia
• 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

External links

• The Green Papers: for District of Columbia
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order