Election Results Usa Obama 2008
The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4.
Election results usa obama 2008. Mccain won nebraska but obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd congressional district. Democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress. Party candidate running mate votes percentage electoral votes republican.
Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior u s. Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska. Obama won his party s presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primaries.
Voters chose 27 representatives or electors to the electoral college who voted for president and vice president. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008. Barack obama d won the presidency by defeating arizona sen.
The popular vote is the total number or percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states as well as washington dc. A member of the democratic party obama was first elected to the illinois senate in 1996 representing the 13th district which covered much of the chicago south side in 2000 obama ran an unsuccessful campaign for. 28 731 0 73 0 write ins write ins 6 998 0 18 0 constitution.
Obama won the electoral college after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for mccain. Florida was won by democratic nominee barack obama by a 2 8 margin of victory making it the first time since 1996 to be won by a democrat. 270 needed to win.
United states presidential election in georgia 2008. The democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s. John mccain r on november 4 2008.