The number of voters was down slightly from 2008, but these are the totals: President Obama won re-election with 65,899,660 votes (51%) to Mitt Romney's 60,932,152 (47.2%). President Obama also received 332 electoral votes, to Romney's 206.
In the 2008 US Presidential Election, the votes were as follows: OBAMA received: 365 Electoral Votes (270 needed to win) 66,882,230 Popular Votes (1) 52% of the Total Popular Vote (1) 31% of the Total Eligible Vote (2) Three out of ten US citizens voted for Obama (approx.) (3) 1/3 of US citizens voted for Obama (approx.) (3) 2/3 of US citizens did not vote for Obama (approx.) (3) MCCAIN received: 173 Electoral Votes (270 needed to win) 58,343,671 Popular Votes (1) 46% of the Total Popular Vote (1) 27% of the Total Eligible Votes (2) Three out of ten US citizens voted for McCain (approx.) (3) 1/4 of US citizens voted for McCain (aprox.) (3) 3/4 of US citizens did not vote for McCain (aprox.) (3) NOTES: (1) The Total Popular Vote is comprised of all votes cast by eligible citizens. For this election, 125,225,901 US citizens voted. (See, http://www.CNN.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/ for more details). (2) The Total Eligible Vote is comprised of all possible eligible US citizens who are eligible to vote. For this election, 213,005,467 US citizens were eligible to vote. (See, http://elections.gmu.edu/Turnout_2008G.html for more details.) (3) US citizens that were eligible to vote.
In 2008, Barack Obama won the election decisively. He received 69,498,516 popular votes to John McCain's59,948,323. Mr. Obama also won the electoral college, receiving 365 electoral votes to Senator McCain's 173. The 2012 election was a bit closer, but President Obama still won re-election, getting a popular vote total of 65,907,213 to Mitt Romney's 60,931,767. In electoral votes, Mr. Obama earned 332; Mr. Romney received 206.
Barack Obama won 365 Electoral votes, carried 28 states and won by a margin of 52.9% to John McCain's 45.7%. McCain won 173 Electoral votes and carried 22 states.
For the general election, Obama got 53% of the vote. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/
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Obama won 25 states.
John McCain won Tennessee's 11 electoral votes. He defeated Barack Obama 56.9% to 41.8%: McCain had 1,470,160 votes and Obama had 1,081,074 votes.
Barack Obama received more votes, receiving 65,456,897 votes and 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 59,934,814 votes and 173 electoral votes.
Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes, a difference of 192 electoral votes.
John McCain received more votes in Alabama.
2008 Presidential Election: Barack Obama beat John McCain 8,274,473 votes to 5,011,781 votes, receiving California's 55 electoral votes.
John McCain received 1,073,589 votes to Barack Obama's 1,288,576 votes. Obama received Colorado's 9 electoral votes.
Barack Obama won 1 of 5 electoral votes from Nebraska.He received 333,319 votes to John McCain's 452,979 votes. John McCain got the other four.
John McCain received 0 of 55 electoral votes from California, or 0% of California's electoral votes losing the state to Barack Obama with 5,011,781 votes to Obama's 8,274,473 votes, only 36.95% of the total votes cast.
Barack Obama received more electoral votes, receiving 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes
John McCain received 2,031,527 votes, losing to Barack Obama's 3,419,673 votes. Obama received all 21 of Illinois' electoral votes.
Barack Obama received 1,037,291 votes compared to John McCain's 738,475 votes, giving Obama the 7 electoral votes from Oregon.
Texas had the most votes of the states won by John McCain, with 34 electoral votes, and 4,479,328 votes for John McCain to Barack Obama's 3,528,633 votes.