McCain got 173 votes to Obama's 365.
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
Barack Obama received 69,498,516 votes to John McCain's 59,948,323 votes, 9,550,193 votes more.Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes; John McCain received 173 electoral votes. Obama received 192 more electoral votes, more than doubling John McCain.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes. In 2012, Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206, a difference of 126 electoral votes.
In the 2008 election, he received 365 electoral votes. In the 2012 election, he received 332. Mr. Obama won both elections.
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).
Obama didn't run against bush in 2008. He ran against McCain.
From 1989 to 2008 McCain received a total of $21,550
There were 296 electoral votes in 1856.
2008 Presidential Election: Barack Obama received 813,479votes versus John McCain's 1,266,546 votes. Obama lost Alabama's 9 electoral votes to McCain.2012 Presidential Election: Barack Obama received 795,696votes versus Mitt Romney's 1,255,925 votes. Obama lost Alabama's 9 electoral votes to Romney.
In the 2008 election, Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote, while John McCain won 45.7%. The 2012 election was slightly closer, but President Obama received 51% of the popular vote, to his opponent Mitt Romney's 47%.
This depends on the total number of votes. In the 2008 November election, Obama won 69,456,897 votes (52.92%) while McCain won 59,934,814 votes (45.66%) of 131,257,328 total votes cast.