Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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):
However, from when Sarah Palin was announced as McCain's running mate on August 29, polls showed John McCain consistently ahead. RealClearPolitics gave the state an average of 55.8% for McCain, compared to 41.3% for Obama. In addition, McCain's 193,841 vote total is the most received by a presidential candidate in the state's history.
Columbus, a city shifting to the Democrats, also voted for Obama by a three-to-two margin. In addition, Obama won several northern counties along the shore of Lake Erie that John Kerry had lost in 2004. As polls closed and results were coming in on Election Night, Republican strategist and adviser Karl Rove joined Brit Hume on Fox News offering ...
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 ...
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.
John McCain and Barack Obama appear at the second presidential debate at Belmont University, Tennessee. [279] October 15 – John McCain and Barack Obama appear at the third presidential debate at Hofstra University, New York. [280] October 16 – Barack Obama and John McCain address the traditional Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. [281]
Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 277 electoral votes and Romney at 191.
Channel Eight/KAET-TV/Arizona State University [74] February 21–24 38% 49%: 11 552 RV ±4.1% Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research [75] November 28, 2007 33% 55%: 22 500 LV ±4.5% Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research [76] October 3, 2007 36% 50%: 14 500 LV Not reported Channel Eight/KAET-TV/Arizona State University [77] August 23–26 ...