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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive > Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 10:00am
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRP September 02, 2016 06:32pm
Data Sources[Link]
Federal Election Commission website [Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes62,040,610 (50.73%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin3,012,166 (+2.46%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes65,899,660 (51.06%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin4,967,508 (+3.85%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 US President - LBT Primary
Christine Smith
LBT 18,542
Mar 04, 2008 US President - G Primaries
Ralph Nader
G 42,035
Mar 04, 2008 US President - CST Primary
Don J. Grundmann
CST 44,655
Jun 03, 2008 US President - R Primaries
John McCain
R 21,163,097
Jun 03, 2008 US President - D Primaries
Hillary Clinton
D 37,864,581
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/18/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 23 38 3 --
John McCain 10 ------
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (91.53%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (99.83%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/02/2007 11/03/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader Committee Member Bob Barr Chuck Baldwin Rep. Cynthia McKinney (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Constitution Green Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 69,456,897 (52.91%) 59,934,814 (45.66%) 738,475 (0.56%) 523,686 (0.40%) 199,314 (0.15%) 161,603 (0.12%) 111,063 (0.09%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -9,522,083 (-7.25%) -68,718,422 (-52.35%) -68,933,211 (-52.52%) -69,257,583 (-52.76%) -69,295,294 (-52.79%) -69,345,834 (-52.83%)
Predict Avg.43.22% 38.79% 0.53% 2.80% 0.54% 0.26% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 06/03/2008 03/04/2008 02/00/2008 01/01/0001 01/01/0001 01/01/0001 --
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MATCHUP POLLS (438 from 42 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg50.09%-- 43.29%-- -0.33%-- -1.24%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 52.00% -- 46.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 51.00% -- 46.00% 1.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 54.10% 3.2 42.70% 1.1 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
10/31/08-11/02/08		 55.00% 11.0 44.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/30/08-11/02/08		 50.90% 3.9 43.80% 1.2 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marist Institute 
11/02/08-11/02/08		 53.00% 3.0 44.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
NDP BigZuck08
D samir7243_ATL
I JonathanNC
D TheGriffinTripp
D EastTexasDem
D Campari_007
D DylanSH99
LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky 🔗
D Crimson
CON Daniel Hannan 🔗
CON Richard Bacon 🔗
CON Malcolm Rifkind 🔗
CON Chloe Smith 🔗
  National Federation of Federal Employees
  Metro Silicon Valley
I Karma Policeman
RDPYa Sergey Mitrokhin 🔗
ER Aleksandr Babakov 🔗
LAB New Jerusalem
L FBL
NPA Ron Reagan 🔗
D Joshua L.
  Economist (The)
N Sally Ride
I Noam Chomsky 🔗
  Financial Times
I Larry Pressler 🔗
R Charles Fried 🔗
R William F. "Bill" Weld 🔗
  New York Times
N Ali Larijani
D Brandonius Maximus
CON Boris Johnson 🔗
I Colin Powell 🔗
PRG Anthony Pollina 🔗
  Esquire
  Democracy for America
R Lilibet Ziller Hagel
D Blue Wizzrobe
I Tom Harris 🔗
  National Organization for Women (NOW)
  International Association of Firefighters
  Human Rights Campaign
  League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
  AFL-CIO
D Bob
D Jason
R Julie Nixon Eisenhower 🔗
LBR Old LW
D RBH
IND Monsieur
D Homegrown Democrat
D Ashley
  Log Cabin Republicans
D Kevin James 🔗
R Eric Dondero
D Mark Wylea Erwin
CON Michael Howard
R Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher 🔗
  National Rifle Association (NRA)
R TurnerforCongress
R Scott³
R Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox 🔗
I M@
R CAGOP
S Tax Suchart
LBT Rufus
DS Bob Sacamano
I E Pluribus Unum
LBT Smart
LBT Jed
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
IndP 6921
POP None
I Howard Zinn 🔗
D Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson 🔗
R Ben Stein 🔗
DS Bob Sacamano
REFS Servo
G Justin P. Jeffre
Veg Thomas Walker
Laf-W Craverguy
I BigBlake
R Richard Viguerie
R Moving to Miami
LP Gölök "LD Taylored" Buday 🔗
R Alex Jones
R Ron Paul 🔗
G BR_Green
? Roseanne Barr 🔗
WWP Monica Moorehead 🔗
  Solidarity (US)
  International Marxist Tendency
  Workers World Party
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Assistant Secretary Alan L. Keyes Rep. Ron Paul Gloria E. La Riva Brian P. Moore None of These Candidates (W) Sen. Hillary Clinton Róger Calero
PartyAmerica's Independent Constitution Socialism and Liberation Socialist Independent Democratic Socialist Workers
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 47,694 (0.04%) 42,426 (0.03%) 6,808 (0.01%) 6,528 (0.01%) 6,267 (0.01%) 5,848 (0.00%) 5,127 (0.00%)
Margin-69,409,203 (-52.88%) -69,414,471 (-52.88%) -69,450,089 (-52.91%) -69,450,369 (-52.91%) -69,450,630 (-52.91%) -69,451,049 (-52.91%) -69,451,770 (-52.91%)
Predict Avg.0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 04/26/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 01/01/0001 -- -- 00/00/2008
MATCHUP POLLS (438 from 42 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
11/01/08-11/03/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
10/31/08-11/02/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/30/08-11/02/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marist Institute 
11/02/08-11/02/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R CincinnatiReds1990
AENM Angry Russian
  Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
  Freedom Socialist Party
  Freedom Socialist Party
V Lars Ohly 🔗
PDS Zeus the Moose
  Freedom Socialist Party
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EVENTS
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Sep 26, 2008 08:30pm Sep 28, 2008 10:00pm Debate First McCain-Obama Debate  J.R. 
Oct 07, 2008 09:00pm Oct 07, 2008 10:00pm Debate Second McCain-Obama Debate  J.R. 
Oct 15, 2008 09:25pm Oct 15, 2008 10:25pm Debate Third McCain-Obama Debate  J.R. 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 03, 2012 01:35pm Analysis State and National Polling: Is There a Disparity?  Article Scott³ 
Jul 04, 2012 09:00pm Online Quiz Do You Remember Election '08?  Article CincinnatiReds1990 
Nov 11, 2010 11:15pm General Did Bush really consider endorsing Obama?   Article Homegrown Democrat 
Dec 04, 2008 08:00am News McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin’s Stylists  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 02, 2008 11:35am News Obama, the billion-dollar man  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 12, 2008 07:00pm Blog Entry Mondale/McCain and Dole/Obama Counties  Article Karma Policeman 

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