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%

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

1,229,216

40.26%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Independent

29,489

0.97%

Write-ins

14,904

0.49%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

12,728

0.42%

Charles O. Baldwin

Darrell L. Castle

Constitution

9,432

0.31%

Other (+)

6,644

0.22%

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Turnout

Maps

2008 Washington County Map of General Election Results for President

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 Róger Calero

Demographic Data

2010 Population:	6,724,540	Enum.	2010 Population Density:	39.0	persons/km²
2008 Population:	6,562,231	Est.	2008 Population Density:	38.1	persons/km²
2000 Population:	5,894,121	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	34.2	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	11		Electoral Vote Density:	596,566	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	172,348	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	1.3	%

Election Data and Statistics:

County Data (Table) (m)
County Data (Graphs)
Congressional District Data (m)
Precinct Data (m)
Precinct Data Search(m)
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Election Tools

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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:

Primary Documentation:

2008 Certificate of Ascertainment (m)
2008 Certificate of Vote (m)
2008 Official County Documents

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