Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Nevertheless, Pennsylvania remained blue and gave Obama 54.47% of the vote to McCain's 44.15%, a margin of 10.32%. Normally a close state, 2008 marked the first and only time since 1972 that Pennsylvania was decided by a double-digit margin and was the strongest Democratic showing in the state since 1964 .
Blue states/districts went for Obama, red for McCain. Yellow states were won by either candidate by 5% or more. Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia and Iowa were won by Bush in 2004 but were won by Obama by a margin of more than 5% in 2008. States where the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes; 15 won by Obama, 11 by McCain):
Pennsylvania's Democratic Primary to award the state's 158 pledged delegates took place on April 22, 2008. Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton were the only 2 Democratic candidates on the ballot. [1] According to official results from the primary, Clinton won 54.6% of the vote, and Obama took the remaining 45.4%. [2]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.
Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the late GOP Sen. John McCain, his onetime rival for the White House, and a moment from the 2008 campaign that shows how McCain’s “character ...
1.39 Pennsylvania. 1.40 Rhode Island. 1.41 South Carolina. 1.42 South Dakota. 1.43 Tennessee. 1.44 Texas. 1.45 Utah. ... Barack Obama John McCain Margin Sample size ...
Former President Obama delivered a stern appeal to Black voters while campaigning for Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania on Thursday amid signs her support among the demographic may be softening.