The electoral college is an important part of the u.s Political system, and understanding which states have the most electoral votes can be helpful in predicting the outcome of presidential elections Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Nebraska's electoral votes were proportionally awarded accordingly For president, mccain 4 and obama 1 For vice president, palin 4 and biden 1.
Cartogram of the electoral votes for 2008 united states presidential election, each square representing one electoral vote The map shows the impact of winning swing states. Democrat barack obama, then junior united states senator from illinois, defeated republican john mccain Nine states changed allegiance from the 2004 election Each had voted for the republican nominee in 2004 and contributed to obama's sizable electoral college victory. John mccain won a plurality in the 1st and 3rd districts, as well as the overall state vote and therefore was awarded four electoral votes
Results of the presidential election of 2008, won by barack h Obama with 365 electoral votes This data shows the winning popular votes if abstaining voters were a competing candidate. Total electoral vote = 538 Total electoral vote needed to win = 270 * votes for unexpired term (ms)
** votes for full & unexpired terms combined (wy). (vice president) democratic presidential nominee, senator barack obama participates in the first presidential debate with senator mccain at the university of mississippi in oxford, ms on friday, september 26, 2008 American presidential election held on november 4, 2008, in which, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, americans elected democrat barack obama their 44th president.
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