Surpassing expectations, the obama campaign was able to win all. Latest 2012 election campaign issues, headlines and video, candidates positions on the issues, fundraising totals, states to watch news and analysis, and a unique sidebyside visual comparison. Based on the 2008 presidential election, new hampshire cast just 0. Only five years after the plans unveiling, supporters are nearly halfway to their goal of. Despite donald trumps comfortable win in the electoral college, which voted on monday, hillary clinton won the popular vote by nearly 2. Will everyones vote count equally in determining the next president of the united states.
Clinton wins us popular vote by widest margin of any. Clintons most recent company is fellow democrat al gore, whose supporters outvoted. As lynn vavreck and i show in our new book on the 2012 election, the gamble, commentators were as quick to overinterpret this election as they were the 2008 and 2004 elections. Replace the electoral college with a national popular vote. Information is provided as is and solely for informational purposes, not for trading purposes or advice.
I made a chart showing the popular vote turnout in 2008, 2012 and 2016. National popular vote rhode island center for freedom. Republicans and democrats are treating the 2012 election. The democratic nominee, president barack obama, and his running mate, vice president joe biden, were elected to a second term.
The path to 270 is the watchword for media coverage of who will win the electoral college, which raises the question. If the presidential election was determined by the popular vote, donald trump still would have won this election. Successful presidential candidates must run their campaigns based upon the rules in place. Hillary didnt lose because the republicans grew their base. In an election based upon the popular vote, trump would. The 2012 united states presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 6, 2012. The goal of the proposed national popular vote npv compact is to guarantee that the u. The good news is that we can make 2016 the last election in which the popular vote loser wins the presidency and we can do it without amending the constitution. This graph shows the official results of the popular vote of the 2012 presidential elections in the united states.
Under the current system, the president is chosen via statebystate elections. Quotes are not sourced from all markets and may be delayed up to 20 minutes. United states presidential election of 2012 britannica. What is the national popular vote compact, and how many states have adopted it. Potentially, this would be the fifth time a candidate has won the popular vote but failed to win the election. February 15, 2012 national popular vote imagine the likely scenario that rhode island voters will overwhelmingly support the reelection of president obama, democrat, this november by the same 63%35% margin as they did in 2008. The national popular vote bill will change how america elects the president without abolishing the electoral college. In his reelection victory, democrat barack obama narrowly defeated republican mitt romney in the national popular vote 50% to 48%.
This year, trump would have lost 16, giving him 290. In fact, the national popular vote plan would make every vote in every state politically relevant in every presidential election. Yes, today is election day here in the united states. Trump won an electoral vote in maine, which he would not have won if maine used winner take all. Why a plan to circumvent the electoral college is probably. In this country, that means winning the electoral college. Obama won the popular vote as well, although by a relatively small margin. Under the current statebystate winnertakeall system, new hampshire received of the 253 campaign events in 2012, while the 12 other smallest states each received none. Victory in california marks a major advance toward holding a national popular vote election in 2016. A statebased plan for electing the president by national popular vote john r. Unable to secure passage of a federal constitutional amendment abolishing the electoral college, several opponents of the electoral college have sought to establish the direct, popular election of the president via an interstate compact according to which individual signatory states agree to appoint their presidential electors in accordance with the nationwide popular vote. Latest on the 2012 national elections from the politics team.
Trump won a number of states that romney lost, such as pennsylvania and. His strong grassroots campaign turned heads and earned him a. A statebased plan for electing the president by national popular vote. Polls show that an overwhelming majority of respondents. Headlines and video, candidates positions on the issues, fundraising. Belenky introduction the idea of reforming the electoral college recurs each time a presidential election nears. We can replace the electoral college with a national popular vote through the national popular vote interstate compact. They defeated the republican ticket of businessman and former governor mitt romney of massachusetts and representative paul ryan of. Why the national popular vote compact is unconstitutional. Results of the presidential election of 2012, won by barack h. Obama wins that one too, and other takeaways from election 2012.
1360 467 1177 719 1276 774 875 1315 43 66 1338 855 489 81 1246 89 229 1119 1001 1041 1261 286 946 750 1356 952 953 620 933 1334 979 328 933 159 1261 350 1072 946 1491 783 121