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%

Map Key

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Turnout

Maps

2008 Massachusetts County Map of General Election Results for President

Election Notes:

Results include one vote added for Obama in City of Boston (Suffolk County) per Boston City Elections
Results include 83 votes added for write-ins in Town of Barnstable (Barnstable County) per town Elections

Demographic Data

2010 Population:	6,547,629	Enum.	2010 Population Density:	322.4	persons/km²
2008 Population:	6,468,967	Est.	2008 Population Density:	318.6	persons/km²
2000 Population:	6,349,097	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	312.7	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	12		Electoral Vote Density:	539,081	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	20,306	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.3	%

Election Data and Statistics:

County Data (Table) (m)
County Data (Graphs)
Congressional District Data (m)
City and Town Data (m)
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Election Tools

Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, CD, Town, Pop, Tnd, Swg

Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Elections Division. 0, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Elections Division ( ) (accessed 0)
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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