MISSOURI 10 Electoral Votes 
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Missouri goes from 11 electoral votes to 10 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Missouri Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.             6,021,988
Total Registration, Nov. 2012                                     4,180,659
Note: Missouri does not register by party.
Missouri has: 114 counties (116 local election jurisdictions counting Kansas City and St. Louis)
Largest counties: St. Louis, Jackson, St. Charles, St. Louis city, Greene, Clay and Jefferson. >
Largest cities: Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia. >

Government
Governor: Jay Nixon (D) elected in 2008; re-elected in 2012.
State Legislature: Missouri General Assembly     House 163 seats   Senate: 34 seats
Local: City and County   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 6R, 3D - 1. L.Clay (D) | 2. T.Akin (R) | 3. R.Carnahan (D) | 4. V.Hartzler (R) | 5. E.Cleaver II (D) | 6. S.Graves (R) | 7. B.Long (R) | 8. J.Emerson (R) | 9. B.Luetkemeyer (R).
U.S. Senate: Claire McCaskill (D) elected in 2006; re-elected in 2012, Roy Blunt (R) elected in 2010.
2012
Governor: Gov. Jay Nixon (D), seeking a second term, defeated businessman Dave Spence (R) and Jim Higgins (L) by 54.8% to 42.5% and 2.7%.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) had been seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbent Senators.  Rep. Todd Akin (R) defeated businessman John Brunner and former Treasurer Sarah Steelman in the Aug. 7 Republican primary.  Akin's remarks about rape in an Aug. 19 inteview led to intense pressure for him to withdraw, but he refused.  McCaskill won by a 54.8% to 39.1% margin, with 6.1% to
Jonathan Dine (L)
U.S. House: Reapportionment cost Missouri one seat.  In the Aug. 7 primary Rep. Lacy Clay (D) defeated Rep. Russ Carnahan (D) in the new 1st CD (City of St. Louis).  Rep. Todd Akin's run for U.S. Senate  opened up the 2nd CD (St. Louis County); Ann Wagner (R), former ambassador and RNC vice chair, defeated Glenn Koenen (D), a former non-profit executive, by 60.1% to 37.1% with the remainder going to Bill Slantz (L) and Anatol Zorikova (Const.).  The balance of the delegation goes from 6R, 3D to 6R, 2D.
Post election:
On Dec. 3, 2012 Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R) announced she would resign in Feb. 2013.
State Legislature: All 163 House seats and 17 of 34 Senate seats were up.  Republicans kept huge majorities in both chambers; the House went from 106R, 56D and 1I to 110R, 53D and Senate from 26R, 8D to 24R, 10D. 
Ballot Measures: Missouri voters decided four statewide ballot measures.  They approved a constitutional amendment on selection of judges;
Prop. A concerning administration of the St. Louis police department; and Prop. E requiring a vote of the legislature or the people to establish a state-based health insurance exchange.  Prop. B, which would have increased cigarette and tobacco taxes (the current 17 cents per pack is lowest in the nation) lost by 50.8% to 49.2%.

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The "Show-Me" State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,410,813.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.5%.

Voter Registration Deadline: October 10, 2012.



Official Results >

 
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
1,223,796
(44.38)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
1,482,440
(53.76)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.) 43,151
(1.56)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
7,936
(0.29)
Total........2,757,323


Overview:  Missouri, which was the closest state in 2008 (McCain by 3,903 votes or 0.14 percentage points) was not close in 2012.  Romney-Ryan won with a plurality of 258,644 votes (9.38 percentage points), carrying 112 counties.  Obama won Kansas City, in the West, by 105,670 (77.2%) to 29,509 (21.6%), Boone Co., in central Missouri, by 50.2% to 47.1%, and
in the East, St. Louis Co. by 297,097 (56.2%) to 224,742 (42.5%) and St. Louis City by 118,780 (82.7%) to 22,943 (16.0%).  There were a few visits: President Obama commencement address at Joplin High School (May 21); Vice President Biden fundraiser in KC (April 30), fundraiser for Sen. McCaskill in KC (July 9).  Mitt Romney NRA Convention in St. Louis (April 13), fundraiser in KC (May 10), event and fundraiser in St. Louis (June 7), unscheduled refueling stop in KC (Sept. 16); Paul Ryan fundraiser in Springfield (Aug. 23).  Jim Gray events on Nov. 4 and 5.
Obama Romney
BALLOT [PDF]

[State Primary: August 7, 2012]
Republicans -- County Caucuses Tuesday, March 17, 2012
On July 8, 2011 Gov. Jay Nixon (D) vetoed an omnibus election bill which among other provisions would have moved the presidential primary from February to March.  A special session of the General Assembly met in September to take up about ten issues including the proposal to move the date of the presidential primary.  However, after the presidential primary bill failed to pass, the Missouri Republican State Committee voted to adopt a caucus system. [blog posting]  The primary had no bearing on the selection of delegates but did provide a big symbolic boost to Rick Santorum.
Democrats
Delegates

Official Results
+Barack Obama
64,435
88.4%
Randall Terry
1,998
2.7%
Darcy G. Richardson
837
1.2%
John Wolfe
1,000
1.4%
Uncommitted 4,582
6.3%
Total
72,852


 

[St. Louis was among four finalists bidding to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention, but the Democrats opted for Charlotte, NC. >] 

Republicans
52 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 24 by CD (3 x 8 CDs). 
2.27% of the 2,286 Delegates.

March 17, 2012 County Caucuses

April 21, 2012 Congressional District Conventions
June 2, 2012  State Convention

Official Results
Gary Johnson
536
0.2%
Herman Cain
2,306
0.9%
Mitt Romney
63,882
25.3%
Michael J. Meehan
356
0.1%
Rick Perry
2,456
1.0%
Keith Drummond
153
0.1%
Jon Huntsman
1,044
 0.4%
Michele Bachmann
1,680
0.7%
+Rick Santorum
139,272
55.2%
Ron Paul
30,647
12.2%
Uncommitted
9,853
3.9%
Total 252,185

Details


 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,296,592.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.1%.


Total Registration: 4,205,774.


    +                       Official Results >


+McCain-Palin (Rep.)
1,445,814
(49.43)
Obama-Biden (Dem.)
1,441,911
(49.29)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
11,386
(0.39)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.) 8,201
(0.28)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
17,813
(0.61)
McKinney/Clemente (w/in.)
80

Total........2,925,205


2008 Overview
The McCain-Palin ticket won the "Show Me" state by 3,903 votes (0.14 percentage points).  The Associated Press did not call the race until Nov. 19; it was the closest presidential race in Missouri since 1908.  Obama racked up large tallies in Kansas City (120,102 to 31,854) and St. Louis (333,123 to 221,705 in the County and 132,925 to 24,662 in St. Louis City) and carried a few other counties.  At the same time as McCain was eking out a win the presidential race, in the gubernatorial contest Democrat Jay Nixon won by more than half a million votes.
General Election Details
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,180,960.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.3%.


Total Registration: 4,194,146
.

Last day to register: October 6, 2004.
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,259,171
(46.10)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,455,713
(53.30)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 9,831 (0.36)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 5,355
(0.20)
Nader (write in)
1,294
(0.05)
Total........2,731,364
 




2004 Overview
Missouri has voted for the winner in every presidential election of the 20th century but one, thereby earning the sobriquet of "bellweather state."  The exception was 1956 when voters backed Adlai Stevenson.  In 2004 Missouri maintained its bellweather status as Bush more than doubled his 2000 margin, gaining a plurality of 196,542 votes (7.20 percentage points).  Kerry carried only St. Louis City and County and Kansas City.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush/Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,052,255.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.2%.


Total Registration: 3,860,672.




Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 1,111,138
 (47.08)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 1,189,924
(50.42)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
7,436
(0.32)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,957
(0.08)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
9,818
(0.42)
Hagelin/Goldhaber(NLP)
1,104
(0.05)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
38,515
 (1.63)
Total........2,359,892


2000 Overview
In 2000 the "Show Me" state was a hotly contested battleground.  Its 11 electoral votes went narrowly to Bush, as he gained a plurality of 78,786 votes (3.34 percentage points).  Gore carried 12 counties: 3 in the St. Louis area, 4 in the Kansas City area, 3 in the southeast tip, and a couple of others by thin margins.  Missouri also saw tight races for governor and U.S. Senate.  After the loss of Gov. Carnahan on Oct. 16, "Don't let the fire go out," became a rallying cry for Democrats.  Controversy arose on Election Day in the city of St. Louis, when a judge ordered polls be kept open past closing time. 
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.).....1,053,873
(44.07)
Bush (Rep.)...........811,159
(33.91)
Perot (Ind.)............518,741
(21.69)
Others(Marrou,w/ins).7,792
(0.33)
Total........2,391,565

Useful historical perspective can be found in:
David A. Leuthold.  1994.  Campaign Missouri 1992.  Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.
1996
Clinton (Dem.).....1,025,935
(47.54)
Dole (Rep.)............890,016
(41.24)
Perot (Ref.)............217,188
(10.06)
Others (3+w/ins)......24,926
(1.16)
Total........2,158,065

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