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- NovemberLost47.2% · lost to Barack Obama
Result from 2012 United States presidential election · Found with AI help
He posted it on X. The link opens his post there.
Election 2012 ·
Trump’s endorsement scorecard
Every candidate Trump endorsed for 2012 in his own posts, and how each race went: his words with a link to every post, and every result with its source.
- 1 candidate
- 1 race decided
Picks found with AI help · his words checked word for word
Results last checked
His record · 2012
He endorsed 1 person in 2012. 1 lost.
- Won 0
- Lost 1
- Through 0
- Waiting 0
- Out 0
- Primaries and runoffs
- 0–0
- November
- 0–1
- Close ones
- 0–0
Election Day was Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Won and lost count every vote: a primary loss is a loss.
By state
Won–lost in each state. Tap a state to see only its picks.
- Won
- Lost
- Through
- Waiting
- Out
Who holds Washington
White HouseBarack ObamaDemocrat
HouseRepublicans
SenateDemocrats
Going into the vote, November 6, 2012 · Wikipedia: List of presidents of the United States, Wikipedia: 112th United States Congress, Wikipedia: Donald Trump
The result
Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney, 332 to 206 electoral votes.
Called November 6, 2012 · Wikipedia: 2012 United States presidential election
Every pick, 1 candidate
OtherLost
No pick matches.
Every year
| Election | Picks | Won | Lost | % lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midterms 2026 | 395 | 7 | 20 | – |
| Elections 2025 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 40% so far |
| Election 2024 | 290 | 228 | 58 | 20% so far |
| Elections 2023 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33% so far |
| Midterms 2022 | 118 | 83 | 32 | 28% so far |
| Elections 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Election 2020 | 188 | 135 | 47 | 26% so far |
| Elections 2019 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25% |
| Midterms 2018 | 74 | 38 | 33 | 46% so far |
| Elections 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100% so far |
| Election 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Elections 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Election 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
How this page is made
Newsdesk, the newsroom tool behind the show, reads every one of Trump’s posts for endorsements (“Complete and Total Endorsement” and the like). Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, picks out who and for which race, and a pick only counts once its quote is found word for word in his post. Every pick links to his posts.
Results come from Wikipedia’s election results, which Newsdesk reads itself. For the few races it can’t find there, Claude searches the web, and those say Found with AI help. Races are looked up again the morning after the vote, then every 6 hours for a week, and each result links to its source. A count can still change until it’s certified.
Every race, his or not, comes from Wikipedia’s pages for the year’s Senate, governor and House elections, where editors mark each winner as the race is called. Newsdesk reads them itself, with no AI, and a call shows here once two reads in a row agree, so one taken back within minutes never shows.