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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
1,750,848
57.34%
11
John S. McCain, III
Sarah Palin
Republican
1,229,216
40.26%
0
Ralph Nader
Matt Gonzalez
Independent
29,489
0.97%
0
Write-ins
-
-
14,904
0.49%
0
Bob Barr
Wayne A. Root
Libertarian
12,728
0.42%
0
Charles O. Baldwin
Darrell L. Castle
Constitution
9,432
0.31%
0
Other (
+
)
-
-
6,644
0.22%
0
Map Key
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> 60%
> 70%
Turnout
Maps
Precinct (m)
Election Notes:
Results include an incomplete write-in vote tally collected from county election agencies that are not reported in statwide results.
James Harris appeared on the ballot as a stand-in candidate for RĂ³ger Calero
Demographic Data
2010 Population:
6,724,540
Enum.
2010 Population Density:
39.0
persons/km
2
2008 Population:
6,562,231
Est.
2008 Population Density:
38.1
persons/km
2
2000 Population:
5,894,121
Enum.
2000 Population Density:
34.2
persons/km
2
Total Electoral Vote:
11
Electoral Vote Density:
596,566
persons/EV
Land Area (2000):
172,348
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
1.3
%
Election Data and Statistics:
County Data (Table)
(m)
County Data (Graphs)
Congressional District Data
(m)
Precinct Data
(m)
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(m)
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Data Sources:
Source for Popular Vote data: Washington Secretary of State.
November 4, 2008 General Election United States, President/Vice President
, Washington Secretary of State ( ) (accessed 09 Dec 2008)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
Results for and Individual County:
Adams County
Asotin County
Benton County
Chelan County
Clallam County
Clark County
Columbia County
Cowlitz County
Douglas County
Ferry County
Franklin County
Garfield County
Grant County
Grays Harbor County
Island County
Jefferson County
King County
Kitsap County
Kittitas County
Klickitat County
Lewis County
Lincoln County
Mason County
Okanogan County
Pacific County
Pend Oreille County
Pierce County
San Juan County
Skagit County
Skamania County
Snohomish County
Spokane County
Stevens County
Thurston County
Wahkiakum County
Walla Walla County
Whatcom County
Whitman County
Yakima County
Primary Documentation:
2008 Certificate of Ascertainment
(m)
2008 Certificate of Vote
(m)
2008 Official County Documents
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