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The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware 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. Delaware 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.
Obama easily carried Delaware by 18.63 points. Throughout the campaign, news organizations considered Delaware a state Obama would win, or a safe blue state. It has not been carried by a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, it has not been seriously contested by Republicans since 1992, and it is reckoned to be part of the blue wall, referring to the group of states that voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election from 1992 to 2012. Additionally, it is the home state of Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, who served as Senator there from 1973 to 2009.
The Democratic primary in Delaware was cancelled as President Obama was the only candidate to file for the ballot, and received Delaware's entire delegation.[1]
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The 2012 Delaware Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.[2][3]
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| Mitt Romney | 16,143 | 56.5% | 17 |
| Newt Gingrich | 7,742 | 27.1% | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 3,017 | 10.6% | 0 |
| Rick Santorum | 1,690 | 5.9% | 0 |
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| Total: | 28,592 | 100% | 17 |
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
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| Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 242,584 | 58.61% | 3 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 165,484 | 39.98% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 3,882 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,940 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Totals | 413,890 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| Voter turnout | 65.00% | |||||
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| Kent | 35,527 | 51.73% | 32,135 | 46.79% | 1,018 | 1.48% | 3,392 | 4.94% | 68,680 |
| New Castle | 167,082 | 66.30% | 81,230 | 32.23% | 3,700 | 1.47% | 85,852 | 34.07% | 252,012 |
| Sussex | 39,975 | 42.88% | 52,119 | 55.90% | 1,135 | 1.22% | -12,144 | -13.02% | 93,229 |
| Totals | 242,584 | 58.61% | 165,484 | 39.98% | 5,853 | 1.41% | 77,100 | 18.63% | 413,921 |
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
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| At-large | 39.98% | 58.61% | John Carney |
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