Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry. In the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush received 286 electoral votes and John Kerry received 251 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Bush 60,693,281 and Kerry 57,355,978.
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
The last time the number of California's electoral votes changed was between 2000 and 2004.
Washington state had 11 electoral votes in the election of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.
Obama in 2008 and Biden in 2004.
The largest number of votes cast in a U.S. presidential election was 138,847,000 in 2016, 131,407,000 in 2008, 129,235,000 in 2012, and 122,349,000 in 2004.
486 electoral votes
Missouri had 11 electoral votes in 2008.
Arkansas had 6 electoral votes in 2008. These votes went to John McCain, Republican.
The U.S. votes for President very 4 years - 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, etc.
Barack Obama won electoral votes in 2008
California cast a total of 13,561,900 votes in the 2008 presidential election. This translated into 55 electoral votes.
13,561,900 votes were cast in the 2008 presidential election in California, translating into 55 electoral college votes.
Illinois was allowed to cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.