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47 unusual facts about Mitt Romney


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Altruism theory of voting

In response to U.S. Republican candidate Mitt Romney's remarks about the "47%" of Americans who will "always" vote Democrat because they are dependent on the welfare state, Caplan writes,

American Future Fund

American Future Fund was founded by individuals who worked for Mitt Romney's 2008 bid for the Republican U.S. Presidential nomination.

Bernos-Beaulac

Mitt Romney was injured in a car accident June 16, 1968 in Bernos-Beaulac, when he was a Mormon missionary in France.

BitInstant

In September 2012, when presidential candidate Mitt Romney was threatened with blackmail unless he paid an anonymous group $1 million in Bitcoin, BitInstant's Erik Voorhees offered to purchase the Bitcoin for him without a fee.

Bob Schieffer

Schieffer also moderated the third debate of the presidential candidates in 2012, between President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, on October 22 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Challenger flag

On November 3, 2012, the flag was brought onstage for a Mitt Romney rally in Denver by scoutmaster Bill Tolbert.

Clara Jeffery

In 2012 Mother Jones magazine broke the story about Mitt Romney's "47 Percent" remarks, which are widely regarded to have helped Barack Obama win reelection.

Collin Peterson

His seat is one of only a handful that is represented by a Democrat but was carried by Mitt Romney in the 2012 election and is seen as a top pick-up opportunity should Peterson retire.

Convention bounce

The RealClearPolitics polling index revealed the 2012 convention bounces for President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney to be comparably smaller than in past elections.

Custer County, Idaho

In 2012, Mitt Romney won the Republican primary caucus in the county on the first ballot.

D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School

On September 23, 2012, the school was visited by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during his campaign.

Dalton-in-Furness

Dalton was the birthplace and early home of George Romney in the 1700s as well as his grandson Miles Romney in the early 1800s, both are ancestors of former US-presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

David A. Siegel

During the 2012 United States elections, Siegel caused controversy and public debate when he sent a mass email to his employees, suggesting that they vote for Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney or he might have to take drastic measures in how he operated the company (including cutting back on his company's workforce).

Dean Barnett

In January 1994 Barnett was one of the first volunteers for Mitt Romney's Senate campaign, during which Barnett often drove Romney to campaign events.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Although politicians are divided on illegal immigration issues related to DACA, presidential candidate Mitt Romney stated that he would honor the grants of deferred action approved under DACA until a more permanent legislation was put unto place.

Dover, Massachusetts

In 2012, Mitt Romney, a Republican, defeated Barack Obama, a Democrat, in the general election 56% to 43% in Dover.

Eastern Oregon

In the 2012 Presidential Election, Mitt Romney received at least 60% of the vote in every county in Eastern Oregon.

Elections in West Virginia

Mitt Romney won the state in the 2012 presidential election with 62% of the vote, a significant improvement over McCain's 56% vote share in 2008 and the first tine in modern American history that a Republican candidate for president won every county in the state .

English in Puerto Rico

Santorum opponent Mitt Romney's campaign issued a statement contrasting his position on the issue with Santorum's.

Governor Dunston

Things are hindered when Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan drops out of the Presidential race (after being discovered to have been born in Kenya), and Mitt Romney replaces him with Governor Dunston (Tracy Morgan), a bumbling southern Republican with a striking resemblance to Tracy (Tracy Morgan).

Ground Force One

A second bus was used by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the campaign leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election, and then deployed as a back-up for visiting dignitaries.

Guy, Texas

According to unofficial returns, Precinct 1068 located in Guy had the distinction of having the highest percentage (90.5%) of votes for Mitt Romney of any Fort Bend County precinct in the 2012 election.

James V. Stanton

In the 2012 election, he endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney over his party's nominee President Barack Obama.

Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet

On 16 June 1968, Bishop Vilnet was involved in a serious automobile accident with another vehicle driven by future American presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Jerry D. Roe

He is the father of Jason Roe, a former chief of staff to United States Representative Tom Feeney and former deputy campaign manager of the 2008 presidential primary campaign of Mitt Romney; and Samantha Roe, formerly of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Joe W. Aguillard

The next month, Aguillard hosted a campaign event on the LC campus for former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, who was then seeking the Republican presidential nomination subsequently won by Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.

Julia Hurley

Hurley was elected Tennessee delegate at large, alternate delegate for Randy Boyd, representing 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and cast her vote for Romney during the National Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida.

Kay A. Orr

In the 2004 presidential election, she voted for George W. Bush; in the 2012 election, for Mitt Romney.

Khalif Mitchell

Caused a local controversy for what were interpreted as racist remarks he made on Twitter about the 2012 US Presidential Election debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, resulting in a one game suspension and fined an 'undisclosed' amount of money.

Land O' Lakes High School

In 2012, the school hosted a rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, which attracted 15,000 people.

Mick Mulvaney

The race was highlighted by Mitt Romney's Free and Strong America PAC's "Take Congress Back: 10 in '10" initiative as one of the top 10 House challenger races.

Milton Romney

Romney is the cousin of George W. Romney, father of former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney.

Oakley, Idaho

Jon Huntsman of Utah is the grandson of David B. Haight, above, and Mitt Romney, of Massachusetts is the son of another famous Oakley-ite, George Romney.

Obama Wins!

He kidnaps Cartman, who understands that Mickey only cares about the election results because Mitt Romney would have taken a more hardline stance with the Chinese.

Panic Switch

In 2012, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign received a cease and desist request from Silversun Pickups, who alleged illegal use of their song at a campaign event set-up in North Carolina.

Pet travel

Mitt Romney faced controversy for driving with his dog Seamus on top of the car.

PolitiFact.com

For 2012, PolitiFact chose the claim made by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that President Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.

Randy Weber

Based upon Weber's vote total in 2012, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball named Weber one of their "Underachievers" because he received only 53.5% of the vote in his Congressional district while Mitt Romney received 59.3%.

Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Roosevelt County is one of the most politically conservative in New Mexico, voting for Republican nominee Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election by a 38.8-point margin.

Salem County, New Jersey

However in the 2012 U.S. Presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney tied with both candidates receiving 14,719 votes each.

Saratoga Springs High School

Matt Rhoades (1993), Republican political operative, manager of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign

Scott Prouty

Scott Prouty is an American bartender who recorded then Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks at a private fundraiser.

Somerset County, New Jersey

In the 2012 presidential election, the county was carried by Barack Obama, winning 52.8% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 47.2%, a 5.6% gap that represented a 0.5% drop off for Obama from his 2008 margin of victory in the county.

Support for military action against Iran

Former Governor of Massachusetts and 2008 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had stated his support for military action against the Iranian regime categorizing the possible bombardment of nuclear facilities as a way to prevent Iran from proliferating a nuclear weapon.

Webster County, West Virginia

However in 2012 Mitt Romney carried the county handily with a substantial 28% margin.

Westport, Massachusetts

In the November United States Election of 2012, 59% voted for Barack Obama, and 39% voted for Mitt Romney, with the new Massachusetts state senator, Elizabeth Warren edging out former Senator Scott Brown in the election.


Ari Shapiro

On September 12, 2012, Shapiro was recorded coordinating a question to ask Mitt Romney with CBS News's Jan Crawford just before a press conference to be held by Romney intended to address the American administration's response via the State Department to the 2012 diplomatic missions attacks.

Charles F. Knight

A Republican, he has supported John Ashcroft, Bush Cheney '04, Rudy Giuliani, Roy Blunt, John McCain, Mitt Romney.

Cranbrook Schools

Cranbrook has many notable alumni, including designer Florence Knoll, former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson, Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney (née Davies), columnist Michael Kinsley, Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, former professional soccer player Alexi Lalas, and actress Selma Blair.

Duffel Blog

Among their spoof articles are one that suggested a speech by the Commanding General of Fort Benning resulted in a deadly riot, and another that said uncounted military absentee ballots would have resulted in Mitt Romney winning the 2012 US Presidential Election.

Kimberley Strassel

In 2012, Strassel wrote an editorial in the WSJ that alleged the Obama campaign was targeting Frank L. VanderSloot, a national finance co-chair for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and a top campaign donor.

Mia Love

Nationally, Love received campaign support from Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee, his wife Ann Romney, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Committee Chairman and 2012 Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Nina Easton

On November 27, 2004 she married Russell Schriefer, a Republican political strategist who was the senior advisor to the 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney.

Philip Geier

Geier donated $250,000 to Restore Our Future, Mitt Romney's Super PAC, and has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to American Crossroads.

Richard Baxter Gilliam

Gilliam is a major conservative donor in Virginia, giving $750,000 in 2012 to American Crossroads, a Super PAC established by Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, and to pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future.

Washington, New Jersey

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 1,160 votes here (48.5% vs. 56.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 1,158 votes (48.4% vs. 40.8%) and other candidates with 41 votes (1.7% vs. 1.7%), among the 2,391 ballots cast by the borough's 3,863 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.9% (vs. 66.7% in Warren County).