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Barack Obama John McCain Main article: United States presidential election, 2008 This article provides line graphs and bar charts of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2008 United States presidential election .
Barack Obama won the state's 10 electoral votes in 2008 with 61.92% of the vote to John McCain's 36.47%. Obama carried Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore County and Baltimore City with 71.6%, 88.9%, 56.2 and 87.2% of the vote, respectively. Obama's combined 550,000-vote margin in these four areas would have been enough to carry the state.
Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Despite the significant proportion of African Americans in the state, South Carolina still remains, like most other states throughout the South, a GOP stronghold at the state and federal levels. McCain kept South Carolina in the ...
McCain did win several polls. However, since September 30, Obama swept every other poll taken in the state and tied one poll. The final 3 polls averaged 50% to 44% in favor of Obama. [15] On election day, Obama won the state with 55% and by a double-digit margin of victory, a much better performance than polls showed.
Barack Obama 44% John McCain: 47%: Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation [385] March 18–19, 2008 Hillary Clinton: 46%: John McCain 43% 900 RV ±3% Barack Obama 43% John McCain: 44%: CBS News [386] March 15–18, 2008 Hillary Clinton: 46%: John McCain 44% Not reported Not reported Barack Obama 44% John McCain: 46%
CNN and Fox News called Virginia for Obama shortly before 11:00 pm, leaving him only 50 electoral votes shy of victory with only six West Coast states (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii) still voting. All American networks called the election in favor of Obama at 11:00 pm as the polls closed on the West Coast.
Prior to the election, all news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or a safe red state. Polling throughout the state showed McCain consistently and substantially leading Obama. On Election Day, McCain easily won the state, although his margin of victory was significantly less than that of George W. Bush in 2000 or 2004.
Although the results were similar to 2004 in which George W. Bush swept every county in the state with 65.57% of the vote, McCain's margin of victory was slightly better - 0.08% more - in 2008. [20] Oklahoma was one of five states where McCain outperformed George W. Bush , the other four being Arkansas , Louisiana , Tennessee , and West Virginia .