3 0 56.4% 41.7% | 267,928 201,839 Start date November 6, 2012 | |
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The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General 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.
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Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state.Romney carried Montana with 55.35% of the vote to Obama's 41.70%, with a 14.64% 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.
Republican primary
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 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 national convention in August.
General election
The Republican ticket won by a margin of 13.65%