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2008 Presidential General Election Data - National
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by State
Map
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State
EV
EV
Total Vote
O
M
Margin
%Margin
Obama
McCain
Other
Obama
McCain
Other
Alabama
0
9
2,099,819
2
1
453,067
21.58%
38.74%
60.32%
0.94%
813,479
1,266,546
19,794
Alaska
0
3
326,197
2
1
70,247
21.54%
37.89%
59.42%
2.69%
123,594
193,841
8,762
Arizona
0
10
2,303,838
2
1
195,404
8.48%
44.91%
53.39%
1.69%
1,034,707
1,230,111
39,020
Arkansas
0
6
1,086,617
2
1
215,707
19.85%
38.86%
58.72%
2.42%
422,310
638,017
26,290
California
55
0
13,583,083
1
2
3,262,692
24.02%
60.92%
36.90%
2.19%
8,274,473
5,011,781
296,829
Colorado
9
0
2,401,462
1
2
215,004
8.95%
53.66%
44.71%
1.63%
1,288,633
1,073,629
39,200
Connecticut
7
0
1,646,793
1
2
368,345
22.37%
60.59%
38.22%
1.19%
997,773
629,428
19,592
Delaware
3
0
412,616
1
2
103,085
24.98%
61.91%
36.93%
1.16%
255,459
152,374
4,783
D. C.
3
0
265,853
1
2
228,433
85.92%
92.46%
6.53%
1.01%
245,800
17,367
2,686
Florida
27
0
8,412,248
1
2
236,148
2.81%
50.91%
48.10%
0.99%
4,282,367
4,046,219
83,662
Georgia
0
15
3,932,158
2
1
204,636
5.20%
46.90%
52.10%
1.00%
1,844,123
2,048,759
39,276
Hawaii
4
0
453,568
1
2
205,305
45.26%
71.85%
26.58%
1.57%
325,871
120,566
7,131
Idaho
0
4
658,454
2
1
166,572
25.30%
35.91%
61.21%
2.89%
236,440
403,012
19,002
Illinois
21
0
5,530,179
1
2
1,388,169
25.10%
61.83%
36.73%
1.44%
3,419,348
2,031,179
79,652
Indiana
11
0
2,756,658
1
2
28,391
1.03%
49.84%
48.81%
1.34%
1,374,039
1,345,648
36,971
Iowa
7
0
1,537,123
1
2
146,561
9.53%
53.93%
44.39%
1.68%
828,940
682,379
25,804
Kansas
0
6
1,238,873
2
1
184,890
14.92%
41.55%
56.48%
1.97%
514,765
699,655
24,453
Kentucky
0
8
1,827,587
2
1
296,477
16.22%
41.15%
57.37%
1.49%
751,985
1,048,462
27,140
Louisiana
0
9
1,960,761
2
1
365,286
18.63%
39.93%
58.56%
1.50%
782,989
1,148,275
29,497
Maine
4
0
731,163
1
2
126,650
17.32%
57.71%
40.38%
1.91%
421,923
295,273
13,967
Maryland
10
0
2,631,596
1
2
669,605
25.44%
61.92%
36.47%
1.61%
1,629,467
959,862
42,267
Massachusetts
12
0
3,081,069
1
2
795,244
25.81%
61.80%
35.99%
2.21%
1,904,098
1,108,854
68,117
Michigan
17
0
5,010,606
1
2
823,940
16.44%
57.33%
40.89%
1.78%
2,872,579
2,048,639
89,388
Minnesota
10
0
2,910,369
1
2
297,945
10.24%
54.06%
43.82%
2.12%
1,573,354
1,275,409
61,606
Mississippi
0
6
1,289,939
2
1
169,935
13.17%
43.00%
56.17%
0.83%
554,662
724,597
10,680
Missouri
0
11
2,929,111
2
1
3,903
0.13%
49.23%
49.36%
1.41%
1,441,911
1,445,814
41,386
Montana
0
3
492,750
2
1
11,723
2.38%
47.11%
49.49%
3.39%
232,159
243,882
16,709
Nebraska
1
4
801,281
2
1
119,660
14.93%
41.60%
56.53%
1.87%
333,319
452,979
14,983
Nevada
5
0
967,848
1
2
120,909
12.49%
55.15%
42.65%
2.20%
533,736
412,827
21,285
New Hampshire
4
0
710,970
1
2
68,292
9.61%
54.13%
44.52%
1.35%
384,826
316,534
9,610
New Jersey
15
0
3,877,407
1
2
602,215
15.53%
57.14%
41.61%
1.26%
2,215,422
1,613,207
48,778
New Mexico
5
0
830,158
1
2
125,590
15.13%
56.91%
41.78%
1.31%
472,422
346,832
10,904
New York
31
0
7,640,948
1
2
2,052,174
26.86%
62.88%
36.03%
1.09%
4,804,945
2,752,771
83,232
North Carolina
15
0
4,310,789
1
2
14,177
0.33%
49.70%
49.38%
0.92%
2,142,651
2,128,474
39,664
North Dakota
0
3
317,738
2
1
27,484
8.65%
44.50%
53.15%
2.34%
141,403
168,887
7,448
Ohio
20
0
5,721,831
1
2
262,224
4.58%
51.38%
46.80%
1.82%
2,940,044
2,677,820
103,967
Oklahoma
0
7
1,462,661
2
1
457,669
31.29%
34.35%
65.65%
0.00%
502,496
960,165
0
Oregon
7
0
1,827,864
1
2
298,816
16.35%
56.75%
40.40%
2.85%
1,037,291
738,475
52,098
Pennsylvania
21
0
6,015,476
1
2
620,478
10.31%
54.47%
44.15%
1.38%
3,276,363
2,655,885
83,228
Rhode Island
4
0
471,766
1
2
131,180
27.81%
62.86%
35.06%
2.08%
296,571
165,391
9,804
South Carolina
0
8
1,920,969
2
1
172,447
8.98%
44.90%
53.87%
1.23%
862,449
1,034,896
23,624
South Dakota
0
3
381,975
2
1
32,130
8.41%
44.75%
53.16%
2.09%
170,924
203,054
7,997
Tennessee
0
11
2,601,982
2
1
391,741
15.06%
41.79%
56.85%
1.36%
1,087,437
1,479,178
35,367
Texas
0
34
8,087,791
2
1
950,695
11.75%
43.63%
55.38%
0.99%
3,528,633
4,479,328
79,830
Utah
0
5
958,996
2
1
268,360
27.98%
34.17%
62.15%
3.68%
327,670
596,030
35,296
Vermont
3
0
325,046
1
2
120,288
37.01%
67.46%
30.45%
2.10%
219,262
98,974
6,810
Virginia
13
0
3,723,260
1
2
234,527
6.30%
52.63%
46.33%
1.04%
1,959,532
1,725,005
38,723
Washington
11
0
3,053,261
1
2
521,632
17.08%
57.34%
40.26%
2.40%
1,750,848
1,229,216
73,197
West Virginia
0
5
715,123
2
1
93,609
13.09%
42.49%
55.58%
1.93%
303,857
397,466
13,800
Wisconsin
10
0
2,983,417
1
2
414,818
13.90%
56.22%
42.31%
1.47%
1,677,211
1,262,393
43,813
Wyoming
0
3
254,658
2
1
82,090
32.24%
32.54%
64.78%
2.68%
82,868
164,958
6,832
Total
365
173
131,473,705
1
2
9,549,105
7.26%
52.86%
45.60%
1.54%
69,499,428
59,950,323
2,023,954
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