| 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 |
State
of Missouri Secretary of State Constitution
Party of MO St.
Louis Post-Dispatch  The "Show-Me"
State
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 4,410,813. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.5%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 10, 2012. |
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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] |
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| 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
[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
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 4,296,592. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.1%. Total Registration: 4,205,774. |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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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.
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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 |
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1992
Useful historical perspective can be found in: David A. Leuthold. 1994. Campaign Missouri 1992. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. |
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