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Barack Obama received more votes for president. Obama received 69,456,897 votes, giving him 365 electoral votes, while John McCain received 59,934,814 votes for president, and 173 of 538 electoral votes.
In 2008, Senator Barack Obama became President of the United States because he won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Regarding the electoral college, Mr. Obama received 365 electoral votes to his challenger John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538).
In November 2012, President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his challenger, Mitt Romney, received 206.
The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his opponent, Mitt Romney, received 206.
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States.
Mitt Romney received 11 electoral votes from Indiana. But although he did well in this and the other Red States, it was not enough for him to win the presidency: he had a total of 206 electoral votes, but President Obama had 332.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 0 electoral votes from Mississippi, which is a state that tends to vote for Republicans. Mr. Obama lost the state's 6 electoral votes to John McCain whom received 724,597 votes to Obama's 554,662 votes.In 2012, the same thing happened, with President Obama receiving none of the state's electoral votes. Mitt Romney won the state, with 710,746 votes to President Obama's 562,949.
President Obama won Washington's 12 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.
With all the votes counted, President Obama ended up with 332 electoral votes, more than enough to gain re-election to a second term as president.
In the 2008 election, Barrack Obama received 365 electoral votes. In the 2012 election, he received 332 electoral votes.