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This was also one of the closest statewide contests of 2008, as Obama captured North Carolina just by 0.32% of the vote - a margin of only 14,177 votes out of 4.2 million statewide. Only in Missouri was the race closer, where McCain nipped Obama by less than 4,000 votes, a margin of 0.14%.
Polling had shown Obama a few points ahead in North Carolina and Clinton similarly leading in Indiana. [33] [34] In the actual results, Obama outperformed the polls by several points in both states, winning by a significant margin in North Carolina [35] and losing by only 1.1% in Indiana (50.56% to 49.44%). [36]
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Carolina, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1789, North Carolina has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.
U.S. presidential winner: Barack Obama (D) Must-know NC primary: When is the North Carolina primary? What you need to know before you vote. 2008 Primary. Democrat. Barack Obama: 56.14%. Hillary ...
Then-Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama visited Charlotte during an election eve campaign stop in November 2008. He’s the last Democratic presidential candidate to win North Carolina.
A recap of North Carolina election results for president, governor and other races.
Obama won the primary. North Carolina sent 134 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. 115 delegates were tied to the results of the primary, with the remainder being unelected superdelegates not pledged to any candidate. [1] Registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters (but not registered Republicans) were allowed to participate. [2]
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.