Title: Presidential Election of 2008
Headings: 2008 Presidential Election
2008 Presidential Election
Barack H. Obama
2008 Election Results
2008 Election Facts
Margin of Victory Map

Content: Vice President Dick Cheney chose not to seek the presidency. It was also the first time the Republican Party nominated a woman for Vice President (Sarah Palin, then-Governor of Alaska). Additionally, it was the first election in which both major parties nominated candidates who were born outside of the contiguous United States. Voter turnout for the 2008 election was the highest in at least 40 years. Source: Wikipedia
2008 Election Results


Candidate
Party
Electoral Votes
Popular Votes
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Barack H. Obama
Democratic
365
69,498,516


John S. McCain
Republican
173
59,948,323
2008 Election Facts
McCain won Nebraska but Obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd Congressional District. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1992. Popular vote totals generally gathered from state Certificates of Ascertainment and/or results posted directly by individual states. Popular vote totals from Federal Elections 2008. Obama received more votes than any candidate in history.