Barack Obama won the Popular Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election by about 8,500,000 votes.
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The 2008 United States elections were held on November 4. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, and Democrats bolstered their majority in Houses of Congress. ... Obama won the general election with 52.9 percent of the popular vote and 365 of the 538 electoral votes.
In the 2008 Presidential election they selected McCain and Palin.
That race went to Obama.
Yes, it made news.
177,697,193 people didnt vote in 2008
In 2008 Obama carried the state with 55% of the popular vote,
I did vote in the 2008 Presidential election, and in as many other elections as possible. Contrary to popular belief, every vote counts. Often, elections are lost simply because too many voters thought "my vote doesn't matter" and stayed home.
Virginia cast its 13 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election. The 2008 presidential election popular vote totals in Virginia were Barack Obama 1,959,532 (53.2%) and John McCain 1,725,005 (46.8%).