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.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
Together, Obama and McCain won 50 states.
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He received 206 electoral votes in the 2012 election. But this was not enough to win, since President Obama received 332.
He won 332 electoral votes. His challenger, Mitt Romney, won 206.
In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama did not win West Virginia, so the state's five electoral votes went to Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
A candidate must win 270 of the 538 votes to win the election.
In the general election of 2012, Barack Obama received 281 electoral votes. His challenger, Mitt Romney received 191. 271 are required to win the election.
In the 2012 election, Mitt Romney won a convincing victory: Mr. Romney had 1,065,548 votes or 60 percent, to 669,036 votes for Barack Obama, or 38 percent.
A person needs 270 electoral votes to win an election.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
No. He lied. We know that all people likes him but he does not deserve to win! Yes. In a democracy, whomever gets the majority of votes in an election deserves to win. President Obama deserved it.
2008 Presidential Election: Barack Obama beat John McCain 8,274,473 votes to 5,011,781 votes, receiving California's 55 electoral votes.