About 69 million votes.
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.
The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president. The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president.
Obama
365 votes (67.8%)
According to most media sources, as many as 71% of Hispanic voters cast their ballots for President Obama in the 2012 election.
In November 2012, President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his challenger, Mitt Romney, received 206.
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 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.
69,456,987
President Obama had 1,775,396 votes or 55.88% in Washington State. But if you are referring to Washington DC, the president received 267,070 votes, or 90% of the popular vote.
In the 2012 presidential election, President Obama was re-elected with 65,899,660 (51%) popular votes; his challenger Mitt Romney received 60,932,152 (47.2%). President Obama got 332 electoral votes, while Romney trailed with 206.
Obama:29,000,000 Romney:26,000,000