2008 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

452,979

56.53%

Barack H. Obama

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Democratic

333,319

41.60%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

By Petition

5,406

0.67%

Charles O. Baldwin

Darrell L. Castle

Nebraska

2,972

0.37%

Write-ins

2,837

0.35%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

2,740

0.34%

Cynthia A. McKinney

Rosa A. Clemente

Green

1,028

0.13%

Map Key

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Turnout

Maps

2008 Nebraska County Map of General Election Results for President

Demographic Data

2010 Population:	1,826,341	Enum.	2010 Population Density:	9.2	persons/km²
2008 Population:	1,796,378	Est.	2008 Population Density:	9.0	persons/km²
2000 Population:	1,711,263	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	8.6	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	5		Electoral Vote Density:	359,276	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	199,099	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.7	%

Election Data and Statistics:

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

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Nebraska Secretary of State, "Federal Offices For President of the United States," Official Results of Nebraska General Election - November 4, 2008 (Lincoln, 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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