hillary clinton won the popular vote in the 2012 presidential race.
hillary clinton won the popular vote in the 2012 presidential race.
who won the popular vote in the 2012 presidential race?
hillary clinton
this section reports popular vote data for the two leading candidates, barack obama and hillary clinton. officially, the popular vote does not matter in the democratic presidential nomination. however, political experts sometimes look to the popular vote as an indicator of candidate support and momentum. news media frequently report the popular vote on election night, declaring states "won" on this basis. superdelegates may also consider the popular vote when making their decision about whom to support. nevertheless, the popular vote count presents many problems and should be interpreted carefully.
results of the 2008 democratic party presidential primaries
the 2012 presidential campaign of gary johnson, the 29th governor of new mexico, was announced on april 21, 2011. he declared his candidacy for the 2012 republican party nomination for president of the united states. on december 28, 2011, johnson withdrew his candidacy for the republican nomination, and declared his candidacy for the 2012 presidential nomination of the libertarian party. the 2012 libertarian national convention was held during the first weekend of may 2012. on may 5, 2012, after promoting his libertarian-oriented political positions to delegates, johnson received the most votes at the convention and became the official 2012 libertarian presidential nominee. on november 6, 2012, johnson received just under 1% of the popular vote in the general election, amounting to more than 1.2 million votes, more than double what the barr/root ticket received in 2008. this was the most successful result for a third-party presidential candidacy since 2000, and the best in the libertarian party's history by vote number at the time. johnson ran again in 2016 and received nearly four times his 2012 vote total.
gary johnson 2012 presidential campaign