The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming 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. Wyoming 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, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney carried the state with 68.64% to Obama's 27.82%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 2.14%.

With 68.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Romney's second strongest state in the 2012 election after neighboring Utah. As of the 2024 election, this is the last time that Albany County failed to back the overall winner of the Electoral College, and presidency.

Caucuses Democratic caucuses

Republican caucuses

The Republican caucuses took place between Saturday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The county conventions were held March 6–10, 2012. The results of the conventions were reported on Saturday, March 10, 2012, the same day on which the Guam, Kansas, and Virgin Islands caucuses were held. After narrowly beating Santorum during the precinct caucuses in February, Romney went on to win the county conventions decisively.Romney wins Wyoming, AP reports. CBS News. 2012-03-10. Accessed 2012-03-11.

The caucuses took place over a number of days to accommodate the state's geographic size and sparse population, particularly ranchers in the midst of calving season. The entire process of nominating Wyoming's delegates lasts from February until April.

Precinct caucus results The precinct caucuses that took place from February 11 to February 29 were the only stage of the Wyoming Republican caucuses in which every registered Wyoming Republican was eligible to participate. No delegates were chosen during this stage. + 2012 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses (straw poll) Candidate Votes Percentage Mitt Romney 822 38.99%Rick Santorum 673 31.93% Ron Paul 439 20.83% Newt Gingrich 165 7.83% Others 9 0.43% Total: 2,108 100.00%

Convention Delegates were chosen at county conventions on March 6–10 and the state convention on April 12–14.

Convention ResultsCandidateCountyConventionsStatePartyleadersTotal Mitt Romney814022Rick Santorum2002Ron Paul1001Unknown1034Total1214329

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostNovember 6, 2012CNNNovember 6, 2012 New York Times November 6, 2012Washington PostNovember 6, 2012RealClearPoliticsNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEightNovember 6, 2012

Results + 2012 United States presidential election in WyomingPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 170,962 68.64% 3 Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 69,286 27.82% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 5,326 2.14% 0 Write-Ins Write-Ins 2,035 0.82% 0 Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 1,452 0.58% 0 Totals 249,061 100.00% 3

By county County Mitt RomneyRepublican Barack ObamaDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast#%#%#%#% Albany 7,866 48.26% 7,458 45.75% 976 5.99% 408 2.51% 16,300 Big Horn 4,285 80.48% 868 16.30% 171 3.21% 3,417 64.18% 5,324 Campbell 14,953 85.10% 2,163 12.31% 455 2.59% 12,790 72.79% 17,571 Carbon 4,148 63.73% 2,110 32.42% 251 3.86% 2,038 31.31% 6,509 Converse 5,043 79.50% 1,089 17.17% 211 3.32% 3,954 62.33% 6,343 Crook 3,109 84.37% 426 11.56% 150 4.07% 2,683 72.81% 3,685 Fremont 11,075 65.38% 5,333 31.48% 531 3.13% 5,742 33.90% 16,939 Goshen 4,178 71.96% 1,458 25.11% 170 2.93% 2,720 46.85% 5,806 Hot Springs 1,895 75.35% 523 20.80% 97 3.86% 1,372 54.55% 2,515 Johnson 3,363 78.96% 749 17.59% 147 3.45% 2,614 61.37% 4,259 Laramie 23,904 60.51% 14,295 36.19% 1,306 3.31% 9,609 24.32% 39,505 Lincoln 7,144 82.90% 1,287 14.93% 187 2.17% 5,857 67.97% 8,618 Natrona 22,132 68.37% 8,961 27.68% 1,280 3.96% 13,171 40.69% 32,373 Niobrara 1,022 80.09% 200 15.67% 54 4.23% 822 64.42% 1,276 Park 11,234 76.90% 2,927 20.04% 447 3.06% 8,307 56.86% 14,608 Platte 3,136 69.21% 1,223 26.99% 172 3.80% 1,913 42.22% 4,531 Sheridan 10,267 71.69% 3,618 25.26% 437 3.05% 6,649 46.43% 14,322 Sublette 3,472 79.34% 767 17.53% 137 3.13% 2,705 61.81% 4,376 Sweetwater 11,428 67.64% 4,774 28.26% 693 4.10% 6,654 39.38% 16,895 Teton 4,858 42.38% 6,213 54.20% 393 3.43% -1,355 -11.82% 11,464 Uinta 6,615 77.47% 1,628 19.07% 296 3.46% 4,978 58.40% 8,539 Washakie 3,014 76.42% 794 20.13% 136 3.45% 2,220 56.29% 3,944 Weston 2,821 83.98% 422 12.56% 116 3.45% 2,399 71.42% 3,359Total170,96268.64%69,28627.82%8,8133.54%101,67640.82%249,061

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Albany (largest municipality: Laramie)

By congressional district 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. District Romney Obama RepresentativeAt-large 68.64% 27.82%Cynthia Lummis

See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming Wyoming Republican Party 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

External links The Green Papers: for Wyoming The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order