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All American networks called the election in favor of Obama at 11:00 pm as the polls closed on the West Coast. Obama was immediately declared the winner in California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii, McCain won Idaho, and the Electoral College totals were updated to 297 for Obama and 146 for McCain (270 are needed to win).
This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States senator from Illinois (2005–2008). A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South Side.
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 ...
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. McCain was involved in many elections on local, statewide and nationwide stage since his first election to the ...
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]
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).
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. This was the first election since 1996 in which the margin of victory was less than one million votes ...
Although Barack Obama won Pennsylvania, John McCain carried 10 of the commonwealth's 19 congressional districts, including four districts held by Democrats. One district, PA-03, was extremely close, however, with McCain only winning by 17 votes. [59] Obama won 9 districts, including two districts held by Republicans.