No candidate ran against incumbent Pres. Barack Obama in North Carolina's Democratic presidential preference primary. Obama received 766,077 votes, or about 79% of the vote, with the remainder going to elect delegates with "No Preference."[1]
Republican primary
Republican presidential primary in North Carolina, 2012
The 2012 North Carolina Republican primary was held May 8, 2012.[2][3]North Carolina awarded 55 delegates proportionally.[4]Ron Paul and Mitt Romney were the only active contenders on the ballot.
Romney won the North Carolina GOP Presidential primary with 65.62% of the vote. Paul (with 11.12% of the vote) narrowly edged out Santorum (with 10.39% of the vote), and Gingrich came in last with only 7.64% of the vote. 5.23% of voters registered "no preference". The awarded delegate count from North Carolina's Republican state convention was Romney with 48 delegates and Paul with 7 delegates.[5]
Mitt Romney
2012 U.S. presidential election