2008 Us Presidential Election Results

The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4.
2008 us presidential election results. United states presidential election of 2008 united states presidential election of 2008 primary results. John mccain r on november 4 2008. Obama won the electoral college after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for mccain.
Democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress. With republican president george w. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior u s.
On november 4 2008 after a campaign that lasted nearly two years americans elected illinois senator barack obama their 44th president. Obama won his party s presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primaries. 270 needed to win.
Obama won 52 9 of the popular vote while mccain gathered 45 7 of the popular vote. Latest results headlines and video candidates positions on the issues fundraising totals states to watch news and analysis and a unique side by side visual comparison of the republican and. 2008 election results illinois sen.
The result was historic as obama a first term u s. Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008.
Other 761 243. Rudy giuliani john mccain and fred thompson did not contest the poll. The democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s.