# civism — 2012 general elections

<https://civism.io/en-US/usa/elections/us-general-2012>

election · General · 2012↳ Nov 6, 2012

# 2012 general elections

51 contests, 153 candidacies and 51 elected.

## Key figures

### Candidacies

Candidacies. 1 item. Highest: Candidacies, 153; = 2008. Lowest: Candidacies, 153; = 2008. Candidacies: 153; = 2008.

153

= 2008

MEDSL · 2012

### Elected

Elected. 1 item. Highest: Elected, 51. Lowest: Elected, 51. Elected: 51.

51

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### Contests

Contests. 1 item. Highest: Contests, 51. Lowest: Contests, 51. Contests: 51.

51

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§ 01Balance of power

## Balance of power

Seats held before the election, seats up, seats not up and seats won, from the officeholder and results data loaded here. A seat with no winner in the data is marked as such. civism makes no calls and no projections.

### U.S. House · 2012

U.S. House · 2012. 435 items. Highest: Republican, Republican. Won: 157. Lowest: Republican, Republican. Won: 157. Total: 435. Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157; Republican: Republican. Won: 157. and 425 more.

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | 190 | 0 | 190 | 146 |
| Republican | 240 | 0 | 240 | 157 |
| Vacant | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### U.S. Senate · 2012

U.S. Senate · 2012. 100 items. Highest: Democratic, Democratic. Won: 16. Lowest: Democratic, Democratic. Won: 16. Total: 100. Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16; Democratic: Democratic. Won: 16. and 90 more.

Majority 51; 50 plus the Vice President's tiebreak

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | 51 | 30 | 21 | 16 |
| Republican | 47 | 37 | 10 | 6 |
| Independent (caucuses with Democratic) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Governors · 2012

Governors · 2012. 50 items. Highest: Not up (party not loaded), Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. Lowest: Not up (party not loaded), Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. Total: 50. Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. and 40 more.

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | — | — | — | 7 |
| Republican | — | — | — | 4 |

§ 02Contests

## Contests

### Contests

Contests. 51 items. U.S. President: Places: Alabama; U.S. President: Places: Alaska; U.S. President: Places: Arizona; U.S. President: Places: Arkansas; U.S. President: Places: California; U.S. President: Places: Colorado; U.S. President: Places: Connecticut; U.S. President: Places: Delaware; U.S. President: Places: District of Columbia; U.S. President: Places: Florida. and 41 more.

Contests

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| --- | --- |
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MEDSL · 2012

§ 03Connections

Connections. 3 items. Highest: Parties, 3; 3 Parties. Lowest: Offices, 1; U.S. President. Offices: 1; U.S. President; Parties: 3; 3 Parties; People: 3; 3 People.