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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%
4
Barack H. Obama
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic
333,319
41.60%
1
Ralph Nader
Matt Gonzalez
By Petition
5,406
0.67%
0
Charles O. Baldwin
Darrell L. Castle
Nebraska
2,972
0.37%
0
Write-ins
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2,837
0.35%
0
Bob Barr
Wayne A. Root
Libertarian
2,740
0.34%
0
Cynthia A. McKinney
Rosa A. Clemente
Green
1,028
0.13%
0
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Demographic Data
2010 Population:
1,826,341
Enum.
2010 Population Density:
9.2
persons/km
2
2008 Population:
1,796,378
Est.
2008 Population Density:
9.0
persons/km
2
2000 Population:
1,711,263
Enum.
2000 Population Density:
8.6
persons/km
2
Total Electoral Vote:
5
Electoral Vote Density:
359,276
persons/EV
Land Area (2000):
199,099
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
0.7
%
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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:
Adams County
Antelope County
Arthur County
Banner County
Blaine County
Boone County
Box Butte County
Boyd County
Brown County
Buffalo County
Burt County
Butler County
Cass County
Cedar County
Chase County
Cherry County
Cheyenne County
Clay County
Colfax County
Cuming County
Custer County
Dakota County
Dawes County
Dawson County
Deuel County
Dixon County
Dodge County
Douglas County
Dundy County
Fillmore County
Franklin County
Frontier County
Furnas County
Gage County
Garden County
Garfield County
Gosper County
Grant County
Greeley County
Hall County
Hamilton County
Harlan County
Hayes County
Hitchcock County
Holt County
Hooker County
Howard County
Jefferson County
Johnson County
Kearney County
Keith County
Keya Paha County
Kimball County
Knox County
Lancaster County
Lincoln County
Logan County
Loup County
McPherson County
Madison County
Merrick County
Morrill County
Nance County
Nemaha County
Nuckolls County
Otoe County
Pawnee County
Perkins County
Phelps County
Pierce County
Platte County
Polk County
Red Willow County
Richardson County
Rock County
Saline County
Sarpy County
Saunders County
Scotts Bluff County
Seward County
Sheridan County
Sherman County
Sioux County
Stanton County
Thayer County
Thomas County
Thurston County
Valley County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
York County
Primary Documentation:
2008 Certificate of Ascertainment
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2008 Certificate of Vote
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2008 Official County Documents
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