November 5, 2008

Barack Obama Makes History

Barack Obama defeats John McCain with 356 electoral votes, winning 29 states.

Barack Obama

356 EV

270 to win

John McCain

182 EV

356

182

270

Barack Obama wins

356

Electoral Votes

52.9%

Popular Vote

States Carried

131,320,613

Total Votes Cast

Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election with 356 electoral votes to John McCain's 182. Barack Obama received 52.9% of the popular vote and carried 29 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—22 flipped Republican and 78 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
2008	Barack Obama	John McCain	356-182	D+7.3%	DEM
2004	John Kerry	George W. Bush	242-296	R+2.5%	GOP
2000	Al Gore	George W. Bush	249-289	D+0.5%	GOP
1996	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	364-174	D+8.5%	DEM
1992	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	353-185	D+5.6%	DEM

State-by-State Results

29 Dem22 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	2008	2004	2000	1996	1992
District of Columbia	3	D+85.9	D+79.8	D+76.2	D+75.8	D+75.5
Hawaii	4	D+45.2	D+8.7	D+18.3	D+25.3	D+11.4
Vermont	3	D+37.0	D+20.1	D+9.9	D+22.3	D+15.7
Rhode Island	4	D+28.0	D+20.8	D+29.1	D+32.9	D+18.0
New York	28	D+26.9	D+18.3	D+25.0	D+28.9	D+15.8
Massachusetts	11	D+25.8	D+25.2	D+27.3	D+33.4	D+18.5
Maryland	10	D+25.4	D+13.0	D+16.4	D+16.0	D+14.2
Illinois	19	D+25.1	D+10.3	D+12.0	D+17.5	D+14.2
Delaware	3	D+25.0	D+7.6	D+13.1	D+15.3	D+8.2
California	54	D+24.0	D+9.9	D+11.8	D+12.9	D+13.4
Connecticut	7	D+22.4	D+10.4	D+17.5	D+18.1	D+6.4
Maine	4	D+17.3	D+9.0	D+5.1	D+20.9	D+8.4
Washington	12	D+17.2	D+7.2	D+5.6	D+12.5	D+11.4
Michigan	15	D+16.5	D+3.4	D+5.1	D+13.2	D+7.4
Oregon	8	D+16.4	D+4.2	D+0.4	D+8.1	D+9.9
New Jersey	14	D+15.6	D+6.7	D+15.8	D+17.9	D+2.4
New Mexico	5	D+15.1	R+0.8	D+0.1	D+7.3	D+8.6
Wisconsin	10	D+13.9	D+0.4	D+0.2	D+10.3	D+4.3
Nevada	6	D+12.6	R+2.6	R+3.5	D+1.0	D+2.6
Pennsylvania	19	D+10.3	D+2.5	D+4.2	D+9.2	D+9.0
Minnesota	10	D+10.2	D+3.5	D+2.4	D+16.1	D+11.6
New Hampshire	4	D+9.7	D+1.4	R+1.3	D+10.3	D+1.2
Iowa	6	D+9.5	R+0.7	D+0.3	D+10.3	D+6.0
Colorado	10	D+8.9	R+4.7	R+8.4	R+1.4	D+4.3
Virginia	13	D+6.3	R+8.2	R+8.1	R+2.0	R+4.4
Ohio	17	D+4.6	R+2.1	R+3.5	D+6.4	D+1.8
Florida	30	D+2.8	R+5.0	R+0.0	D+5.7	R+1.9
Indiana	11	D+1.0	R+20.7	R+15.6	R+5.6	R+6.1
North Carolina	16	D+0.3	R+12.4	R+12.8	R+4.7	R+0.8
Missouri	10	R+0.1	R+7.2	R+3.3	D+6.3	D+10.2
Montana	4	R+2.4	R+20.5	R+25.1	R+2.9	D+2.5
Georgia	16	R+5.2	R+16.6	R+11.7	R+1.2	D+0.6
South Dakota	3	R+8.4	R+21.3	R+22.7	R+3.5	R+3.5
Arizona	11	R+8.5	R+10.4	R+6.3	D+2.2	R+1.9
North Dakota	3	R+8.6	R+27.4	R+27.6	R+6.8	R+12.0
South Carolina	9	R+9.0	R+17.1	R+15.9	R+6.0	R+8.2
Texas	40	R+11.8	R+22.9	R+21.3	R+4.9	R+3.5
West Virginia	4	R+13.1	R+12.9	R+6.3	D+14.8	D+13.0
Mississippi	6	R+13.2	R+19.7	R+16.9	R+5.1	R+8.9
Nebraska	5	R+14.9	R+33.2	R+29.0	R+18.7	R+17.2
Kansas	6	R+15.0	R+25.4	R+20.8	R+18.2	R+5.1
Tennessee	11	R+15.0	R+14.3	R+3.9	D+2.4	D+4.7
Kentucky	8	R+16.2	R+19.9	R+15.1	D+1.0	D+3.2
Louisiana	8	R+18.6	R+14.5	R+7.7	D+12.1	D+4.6
Arkansas	6	R+19.9	R+9.8	R+5.4	D+16.9	D+17.7
Alaska	3	R+21.5	R+25.9	R+30.9	R+17.5	R+9.2
Alabama	9	R+21.6	R+25.6	R+14.9	R+7.0	R+6.8
Idaho	4	R+25.4	R+38.1	R+39.5	R+18.5	R+13.6
Utah	6	R+28.2	R+45.5	R+40.5	R+21.1	R+18.7
Oklahoma	7	R+31.3	R+31.1	R+21.9	R+7.8	R+8.6
Wyoming	3	R+32.2	R+39.8	R+40.1	R+13.0	R+5.6

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

22 total

Knott County, Kentucky, KYR+35.4%Poinsett County, Arkansas, ARR+33.9%Little River County, Arkansas, ARR+30.9%Jackson County, Arkansas, ARR+30.6%Lawrence County, Arkansas, ARR+29.9%

17 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

78 total

Culberson County, Texas, TXD+35.0%Rockdale County, Georgia, GAD+31.1%Tippecanoe County, Indiana, IND+30.9%Cameron County, Texas, TXD+30.0%Kendall County, Illinois, ILD+29.6%

73 more counties(Seeker)

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