2008 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

Barack H. Obama

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Democratic

1,904,098

61.80%

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

1,108,854

35.99%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Independent

28,841

0.94%

Write-ins

14,566

0.47%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

13,189

0.43%

Other (+)

11,521

0.37%

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Demographic Data

2008 Population:	6,497,967	Est.	2008 Population Density:	320.0	persons/km²
2000 Population:	6,349,097	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	312.7	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	12		Electoral Vote Density:	541,497	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	20,306	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.3	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Elections Division. 0, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Elections Division (http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleidx.htm) (accessed 01 Jan 1904)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Primary Documentation:

2008 Certificate of Ascertainment (m)
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