2012 United States presidential election in Nevada

The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 6, 2012. President Barack Obama won the state with 52. 36% of the vote to Mitt Romney’s 45. 68%. Nevada has voted for the winner in every presidential election from 1912 onwards. In 2016, Nevada voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.

About 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada in brief

The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 6, 2012. President Barack Obama won the state with 52. 36% of the vote to Mitt Romney’s 45. 68%, a 6. 68% margin of victory. Nevada has voted for the winner in every presidential election from 1912 onwards, except in 1976 when it voted for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter. In 2016, Nevada voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. The Republican caucuses were held on February 4 and they are closed caucuses, Mitt Romney was declared the winner. There are 400,310 registered Republicans voting for 28 delegates. The actual Republican National Convention delegates from Nevada are mostly Ron Paul supporters, which were elected at the state convention on May 6.

Allegations of voter fraud have arisen due to a statewide caucuses winning. The Nevada Republican Party’s rules that most elected delegates to the RNC are still bound for Romney because of Romney’s winning statewide caucuses. There was only one nationwide televised public vote-count. That Adelson caucus count provided the following Candidate vote results: Ron Paul 181, Romney 61, Newt Gingrich 57, and Rick Santorum 16 votes. This final result was announced by Twitter and the Nevada Republican party on Monday February 6, at 01: 01 am PST.

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