On January 3 , 2012 , the Iowa Democratic Party held statewide caucuses to select delegates to the county conventions . Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed . However , caucus goers also had the option of voting " uncommitted " rather than supporting Obama , and some Occupy movement and anti-war activists urged Democrats to vote " uncommitted " in protest of the Obama administration . Of the 8,152 county convention delegates that were elected by the caucuses , 8,065 ( 99 % ) were for Obama and 87 ( 1 % ) were uncommitted . In the floor vote taken at the Democratic National Convention , 62 Iowa state delegates voted for Obama . The other 3 of the state 's 65 allocated votes were not announced
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2012 United States presidential election in Iowa