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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Iowa > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 06, 2012 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 06, 2012 - 09:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
Invalid Votes Over Votes: 2,485, Under Votes: 5,234
ContributorJason
Last ModifiedRBH February 01, 2020 09:29pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBarack Obama Votes828,940 (53.93%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin146,561 (+9.53%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/2016
NameDonald J. Trump Votes800,983 (51.15%)
Term01/20/2017 - 01/20/2021 Margin147,314 (+9.41%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jan 03, 2012 IA US President - R Caucus
Rick Santorum
R 121,461
Jan 03, 2012 IA US President - D Caucus
Barack Obama
D 8,152
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/04/2009 11/06/2012
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 30 15 2 --
Mitt Romney 10 1 ----
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (84.62%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (95.96%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/07/2011 11/04/2012

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) President Barack Obama Gov. Mitt Romney Gov. Gary Johnson (W) Write-In Councilman Jill Stein Rep. Virgil H. Goode, Jr. Jerry Litzel
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Nonpartisan Green Constitution Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 822,544 (51.99%) 730,617 (46.18%) 12,926 (0.82%) 7,442 (0.47%) 3,769 (0.24%) 3,038 (0.19%) 1,027 (0.07%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -91,927 (-5.81%) -809,618 (-51.17%) -815,102 (-51.52%) -818,775 (-51.75%) -819,506 (-51.80%) -821,517 (-51.92%)
Predict Avg.49.43% 47.06% 0.55% 0.00% 0.24% 0.23% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 01/01/2011 01/01/2011 00/00/2012 -- 00/00/2012 00/00/2012 00/00/2012
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MATCHUP POLLS (47 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg48.16%-- 45.65%-- 0.34%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
American Research Group 
11/02/12-11/04/12
48.00% -- 49.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/31/12-11/03/12
50.00% -- 48.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/31/12-11/03/12
48.00% 2.0 47.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
10/30/12-11/02/12
47.00% 2.0 42.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gravis Marketing 
11/01/12-11/01/12
49.00% 1.0 45.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
CallFire 
10/29/12-10/31/12
50.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name James E. Harris Gloria E. La Riva (W) Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson  
PartySocialist Workers Socialism and Liberation Justice  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 445 (0.03%) 372 (0.02%) 0 (0.00%)  
Margin-822,099 (-51.96%) -822,172 (-51.96%) -822,544 (-51.99%)  
Predict Avg.0.02% 0.02% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2012 00/00/2012 00/00/2012  
MATCHUP POLLS (47 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
American Research Group 
11/02/12-11/04/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/31/12-11/03/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/31/12-11/03/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
10/30/12-11/02/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gravis Marketing 
11/01/12-11/01/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
CallFire 
10/29/12-10/31/12
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


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