Lean Republican Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, and ten others were injured. These protests became a major driving force of multiple recall elections, including state senators in 2011 and 2012, Governor Scott Walker in 2012 and a contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election in 2011. The fewest votes were in Wyoming, with only 244,445 total votes. Likely Republican. This was initially blamed on a series of protests and violent attacks began in response to a YouTube trailer for the controversial film Innocence of Muslims, considered blasphemous by many Muslims. The following table shows the margin of victory for each race winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. The three November election year announcements were for the following election cycle. APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY STATE: 2010 CENSUS", "RNC officially names Mitt Romney the party's 'presumptive nominee, "Election 2012 results Liveblog: In Senate, Democrats ward off challenges", "State Legislative Elections: Democrats Gain Control Of Eight Chambers", "Puerto Rico's voters endorse seeking US statehood but ballot results raise questions", "Alejandro García Padilla letter to Barack Obama", "Congress expected to ignore Puerto Rico's vote for statehood", "Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes", "Despite Citizens United decision, Vt. officials say money and TV don't win political campaigns", "Karl Rove, using post-Citizens United funds, comes up a cropper", "Partisan Voter Index by State, 1994-2014", "2012 State and Legislative Partisan Composition", "2013 State and Legislative Partisan Composition", liveuselections.info - United States Elections, 2012, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_elections&oldid=973426824, Articles with dead external links from September 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from November 2012, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2012, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Articles to be expanded from December 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Jacobson, Gary C. "How the Economy and Partisanship Shaped the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections. Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama was re-elected, defeating Republican former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Average MOV for Democratic winners was 35.7%, while the average for Republicans was 28.6%. Four people were killed, including U.S.
A referendum regarding the political status of Puerto Rico was held. 87 races (20 percent) had a margin of victory between 10 and 20 percent. Some general facts: Two states approved and one rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, and one more state voted to approve allowing marijuana for medical use. Some general facts: Ballotpedia staff counted 10 total U.S. Senate incumbents who did not run for re-election in the 2012 elections. Some of the major American cities that held mayoral elections in 2012 included: The 2012 election cycle was the first to be impacted by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. Despite various issues during this election cycle, ultimately little overall change occurred on both the Federal and the gubernatorial level. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%. 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Democrats were expected to have 23 seats up for election, including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats, while Republicans were only expected to have 10 seats up for election. Of those 27 incumbents, 10 were Democrats and 17 were Republicans. Congressional Elections and Midterm Elections. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.
There were five possible designations: Solid Democratic The Democrats ended up retaining majority control of the Senate, picking up two net seats. Of those 30 races, 18 were Democratic winners while 12 were Republican. There were a total of 435 seats up for election in 2012. The most votes were in California, with 12,578,511.
A referendum regarding the political status of Puerto Rico was held. 87 races (20 percent) had a margin of victory between 10 and 20 percent. Some general facts: Two states approved and one rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, and one more state voted to approve allowing marijuana for medical use. Some general facts: Ballotpedia staff counted 10 total U.S. Senate incumbents who did not run for re-election in the 2012 elections. Some of the major American cities that held mayoral elections in 2012 included: The 2012 election cycle was the first to be impacted by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. Despite various issues during this election cycle, ultimately little overall change occurred on both the Federal and the gubernatorial level. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%. 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Democrats were expected to have 23 seats up for election, including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats, while Republicans were only expected to have 10 seats up for election. Of those 27 incumbents, 10 were Democrats and 17 were Republicans. Congressional Elections and Midterm Elections. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.
There were five possible designations: Solid Democratic The Democrats ended up retaining majority control of the Senate, picking up two net seats. Of those 30 races, 18 were Democratic winners while 12 were Republican. There were a total of 435 seats up for election in 2012. The most votes were in California, with 12,578,511.