2012 United States presidential election in Illinois
The 2012 United States presidential election in Illinois 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. Illinois voters chose 20 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. The Obama/Biden ticket won Illinois with 57.60% of the popular vote to Romney/Ryan's 40.73%, thus winning the state's twenty electoral votes by a margin of 16.87%.
Obama's victory continued a Democratic winning streak in the state - with the Democratic candidate having carried Illinois through the six consecutive elections. The last Republican to win Illinois in a presidential election was George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Election information
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.Turnout
For the state-run primaries, turnout was 21.72%, with 1,586,171 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 69.70%, with 5,242,014 votes cast.Primaries
Democratic
Incumbent president Barack Obama won the Democratic primary. Obama was running for reelection without a major opponent.Obama won all 189 of the state's bound delegates.
Illinois Democratic primary, 2012 | - | - | - |
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Barack Obama | 652,583 | 99.98% | 189 |
Randall Terry | 134 | 0.02% | 0 |
Totals | 652,717 | 100.00% | 189 |