It had 27 electoral votes.
Virginia had 13 electoral votes in 2009, though no Presidential election took place that year.
California had 54 electoral votes in 1999 before the 2000 census. With the 2000 Census, California gained 1 electoral vote to 55 in the 2004 election.
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With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, President Obama won Maryland's 10 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election. He won 61.7 percent of the votes over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Republician President Bush faced Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election. Mr. Kerry is a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Mr. Bush was in trouble with this election. The Republicians were able to hold their majority in the Senate and House as well. The election was so close. In popular votes, Bush had 59,500,000 votes to Kerry's 56,000,000(51% to 48%). In Electoral votes, Bush had 286 votes to Kerry's 252. 270 votes needed to win.
Pennsylvania had 21 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election. These went to Barack Obama (D) whom received 3,276,363 votes compared to McCain's 2,655,885 votes.Pennsylvania will have 20 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.
Senator John McCain got 59,934,814 votes (45.7%) in the 2008 Presidential election of the United States.
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United StatesSenatorfrom Arizona. He was the Republicanpresidential nominee in the 2008 United States election. - Wikipedia
Hillary Clinton was not on the ballot in the 2008 general election. Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain.
Barack Obama was elected in the general election of November 4, 2008, receiving 365 of the 538 votes in the electoral college and 52.9% of the popular vote nationwide. He took office as President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009.
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of the United States when, after winning 365 electoral votes (representing 69,456,897 popular, or individual votes) in the 56th quadriennial Presidential election held November 4th, 2008, the Electoral College vote was certified on January 9, 2009 and outgoing Vice President Cheney, acting in his capacity as President of the United States Senate, officially declared that Obama was elected as President of the United States.
Answering in 2009 makes it easier,President Obama received 365 electoral votes.Senator McCain received 173 electoral votes and was the winner of 22 states.Nine US States were crossed the aisle in the election from where they had been in the 2004. Pennsylvania was not one of them. In 2004, Indiana, Ohio and Florida had chosen the Republican candidate with 58 electoral votes, That is a very large block of voters that would have changed the election results. Large area and small population states like Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado went for Bush in 2004 and changed aisles in 2008. They hold only 19 electoral votes and are less relevant in the Swing Stateconcept.There are numerous combinations of numbers that can be used to play the electoral college game. The short answer is that in 2008 Pennsylvania had relevance but was not essential to a Democratic victory.More relevant snd of importance to a political scince major are issues like:McCains age which voters considered and were against.Obama's lack of military service and considered irrelevantObama's race was considered irrelevant.Religions was studied and cross studied and then rejeced.Spouses and prior divorces which considered relevant.VP choices. Considered and rejected that the US has an Iron Maiden.Corruption and the Keating Five is remembered.Confirmesd Heroism was rejected.