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

2,872,579

57.33%

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

2,048,639

40.89%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Natural Law

33,085

0.66%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

23,716

0.47%

Charles O. Baldwin

Darrell L. Castle

U.S. Taxpayers

14,685

0.29%

Other (+)

17,902

0.36%

Map Key

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Turnout

Maps

2008 Michigan County Map of General Election Results for President

Election Notes:

Results include an incomplete write-in vote tally collected from county election agencies that are not reported in statwide results.

Demographic Data

2010 Population:	9,883,640	Enum.	2010 Population Density:	67.2	persons/km²
2008 Population:	9,946,889	Est.	2008 Population Density:	67.6	persons/km²
2000 Population:	9,938,444	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	67.6	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	17		Electoral Vote Density:	585,111	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	147,121	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	-0.1	%

Election Data and Statistics:

County Data (Table) (m)
County Data (Graphs)
Congressional District Data (m)
City and Town Data (m)
Purchase Detailed Data

Election Tools

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Michigan Department of State. Bureau of Elections. 2008 Official Michigan General Election Results President of the United States, Michigan Department of State. Bureau of Elections ( ) (accessed 29 Nov 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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