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 55.30% of the vote to Obama's 41.66%, with a 13.64% 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 the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time that a Republican has won Gallatin County or that a Democrat has won Hill County or Roosevelt County .
Obama remains the only Democrat since statehood to win two terms in the White House without carrying Montana either time.[1]
Primary elections
Democratic primary
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Republican primary
2012 Montana Republican presidential caucuses
Montana results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note:
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
Members of the Montana delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention 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[2] [3] [4] Republican National Convention in August.
2012 Montana Republican presidential primary[5]
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
Mitt Romney
Barack Obama
Various candidates
Margin
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Beaverhead
3,289
68.35%
1,371
28.49%
152
3.16%
1,918
39.86%
4,812
Big Horn
1,667
36.04%
2,882
62.30%
77
1.66%
-1,215
-26.26%
4,626
Blaine
1,178
41.20%
1,616
56.52%
65
2.28%
-438
-15.32%
2,859
Broadwater
2,152
71.47%
764
25.37%
95
3.16%
1,388
46.10%
3,011
Carbon
3,533
60.42%
2,146
36.70%
168
2.88%
1,387
23.72%
5,847
Carter
678
85.18%
96
12.06%
22
2.76%
582
73.12%
796
Cascade
18,345
53.06%
15,232
44.05%
999
2.89%
3,113
9.01%
34,576
Chouteau
1,758
62.32%
978
34.67%
85
3.01%
780
27.65%
2,821
Custer
3,373
62.87%
1,833
34.17%
159
2.96%
1,540
28.70%
5,365
Daniels
740
73.49%
237
23.54%
30
2.97%
503
49.95%
1,007
Dawson
3,029
68.48%
1,219
27.56%
175
3.96%
1,810
40.92%
4,423
Deer Lodge
1,448
32.47%
2,860
64.13%
152
3.40%
-1,412
-31.66%
4,460
Fallon
1,128
80.23%
237
16.86%
41
2.91%
891
63.37%
1,406
Fergus
4,257
70.12%
1,640
27.01%
174
2.87%
2,617
43.11%
6,071
Flathead
28,309
64.47%
13,892
31.64%
1,708
3.89%
14,417
32.83%
43,909
Gallatin
24,358
50.84%
21,961
45.84%
1,589
3.32%
2,397
5.00%
47,908
Garfield
622
88.73%
66
9.42%
13
1.85%
556
79.31%
701
Glacier
1,415
31.76%
2,924
65.63%
116
2.61%
-1,509
-33.87%
4,455
Golden Valley
351
73.28%
110
22.96%
18
3.76%
241
50.32%
479
Granite
1,107
64.93%
533
31.26%
65
3.81%
574
33.67%
1,705
Hill
3,164
46.36%
3,403
49.86%
258
3.78%
-239
-3.50%
6,825
Jefferson
4,055
62.18%
2,272
34.84%
194
2.98%
1,783
27.34%
6,521
Judith Basin
854
70.29%
337
27.74%
24
1.97%
517
42.55%
1,215
Lake
7,135
53.63%
5,805
43.63%
364
2.74%
1,330
10.00%
13,304
Lewis and Clark
16,803
50.43%
15,620
46.88%
895
2.69%
1,183
3.55%
33,318
Liberty
702
70.34%
257
25.75%
39
3.91%
445
44.59%
998
Lincoln
6,057
68.13%
2,552
28.71%
281
3.16%
3,505
39.42%
8,890
Madison
3,130
69.06%
1,289
28.44%
113
2.50%
1,841
40.62%
4,532
McCone
745
75.03%
223
22.46%
25
2.51%
522
52.57%
993
Meagher
670
68.93%
269
27.67%
33
3.40%
401
41.26%
972
Mineral
1,216
60.17%
700
34.64%
105
5.19%
516
25.53%
2,021
Missoula
22,652
39.58%
32,824
57.35%
1,756
3.07%
-10,172
-17.77%
57,232
Musselshell
1,833
76.15%
492
20.44%
82
3.41%
1,341
55.71%
2,407
Park
4,709
53.71%
3,783
43.15%
276
3.14%
926
10.56%
8,768
Petroleum
240
80.54%
49
16.44%
9
3.02%
191
64.10%
298
Phillips
1,688
75.76%
471
21.14%
69
3.10%
1,217
54.62%
2,228
Pondera
1,673
61.53%
975
35.86%
71
2.61%
698
25.67%
2,719
Powder River
833
81.11%
170
16.55%
24
2.34%
663
64.56%
1,027
Powell
1,806
65.03%
888
31.98%
83
2.99%
918
33.05%
2,777
Prairie
520
73.97%
167
23.76%
16
2.27%
353
50.21%
703
Ravalli
14,307
64.41%
7,285
32.80%
620
2.79%
7,022
31.61%
22,212
Richland
3,510
75.52%
1,002
21.56%
136
2.92%
2,508
53.96%
4,648
Roosevelt
1,514
41.23%
2,086
56.81%
72
1.96%
-572
-15.58%
3,672
Rosebud
2,004
56.88%
1,422
40.36%
152
2.76%
582
16.52%
3,523
Sanders
3,980
67.45%
1,720
29.15%
201
3.40%
2,260
38.30%
5,901
Sheridan
1,207
62.60%
665
34.49%
56
2.91%
542
28.11%
1,928
Silver Bow
5,430
32.41%
10,857
64.79%
469
2.80%
-5,427
-32.38%
16,756
Stillwater
3,337
70.97%
1,248
26.54%
117
2.49%
2,089
44.43%
4,702
Sweet Grass
1,594
75.30%
475
22.44%
48
2.26%
1,119
52.86%
2,117
Teton
2,113
64.40%
1,082
32.98%
86
2.62%
1,031
31.42%
3,281
Toole
1,440
68.51%
582
27.69%
80
3.80%
858
40.82%
2,102
Treasure
319
70.11%
114
25.05%
22
4.84%
205
45.06%
455
Valley
2,337
60.56%
1,385
35.89%
137
3.55%
952
24.67%
3,859
Wheatland
693
69.86%
272
27.42%
27
2.72%
421
42.44%
992
Wibaux
421
77.39%
98
18.01%
25
4.60%
323
59.38%
544
Yellowstone
40,500
58.86%
26,403
38.37%
1,904
2.77%
14,097
20.49%
68,807
Totals
267,928
55.30%
201,839
41.66%
14,717
3.04%
66,089
13.64%
484,484
County Flips: Democratic Hold
Republican Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated, the At-Large District. This district covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
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