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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):
Eventually, Clinton ended her campaign and endorsed Obama for the nomination, prompting his victory. He went on to face Senator John McCain from Arizona as the Republican nominee, defeating him with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173. Obama sought re-election for a second term in 2012, running virtually unopposed in the Democratic primaries.
McCain on the presidential campaign trail in 2007. John McCain was the senior United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018 and was the 2008 Republican nominee for President of the United States; however, he lost the election to Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
Popular vote margin: Democratic +7.3%: Electoral vote: Barack Obama : 365: John McCain : 173: 2008 presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican John McCain. Numbers indicate electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control ...
These results represented the first in a pattern of Republican dominance in non-general election years during the Obama presidency. [2] Just one year later in 2010 Republicans gained 63 seats in the House of Representatives, six Senate seats, and 12 Governor's Mansions (net +6 gain).
By November 19, McCain led Obama by 1,445,813–1,441,910 votes, [5] or approximately 0.14% of the total popular vote in Missouri. CNN called the state for McCain that day. [39] The 2008 election was only the second time in 104 years that it had not voted for the winner of the general election.
November 4 – Election Day: Barack Obama and Joe Biden win 52.93 percent of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to John McCain and Sarah Palin's 45.65 percent and 173 electoral votes. McCain concedes the election in Phoenix, Arizona [288] and President-elect Obama gives his victory speech in Chicago. [289]
However, due to Obama's popularity from the Iowa caucuses, the nationwide backlash against the Bush administration, and the poor state of the economy, the state easily fell into the Democratic column later in the election cycle. Obama's 828,940 votes are the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.