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Parents > United States > New York > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last Modifiedbudgeteer July 08, 2012 11:23am
Data SourcesNew York State Red Book
DescriptionMcCain: REP (2,418,323 votes), IDP (163,973 votes), CON (170,475) votes)
Obama: DEM (4,645,332) and WFP (159,613) votes)
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes4,314,280 (58.37%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin1,351,713 (+18.29%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 NY US President - D Primary Hillary Clinton
Feb 05, 2008 NY US President - R Primary John McCain
Sep 21, 2008 NY US President - IDP Nomination John McCain
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 6.2500000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Barack Obama
Safe 68
Strong 3
Lean 1
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/16/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader Bob Barr Rep. Cynthia McKinney RĂ³ger Calero (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Populist Libertarian Green Socialist Workers Nonpartisan
Votes4,804,945 (62.88%) 2,752,771 (36.03%) 41,249 (0.54%) 19,596 (0.26%) 12,801 (0.17%) 3,615 (0.05%) 3,613 (0.05%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,052,174 (-26.86%) -4,763,696 (-62.34%) -4,785,349 (-62.63%) -4,792,144 (-62.72%) -4,801,330 (-62.84%) -4,801,332 (-62.84%)
Predict Avg.56.04% 39.57% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01
58.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/27-10/28
62.00% (-2.0) 33.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Marist Institute 
10/20-10/21
65.00% (+0.0) 29.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/14-10/14
57.00% (+2.0) 37.00% (-5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/11-10/12
64.00% (+10.0) 31.00% (-7.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Siena Research Institute 
09/25-09/30
58.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  New York Newsday
L FBL
  Journal News (New York)
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
OTH Robert "Naked Cowboy" Burck
R Dov Hikind [L]
R Donald J. Trump [L]
  New York Post
G Howie Hawkins [L]
G Matt Funiciello [L]
G William C. "Reverend Billy" Talen [L]
G Ivana Edwards [L]
I Lanakila Washington [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Gloria E. La Riva (W) Chuck Baldwin (W)Assistant Secretary Alan L. Keyes (W) Jerome "Jerry" White (W) Brian P. Moore (W) Lanakila Washington (W) Michael Skok
PartySocialism and Liberation Constitution America's Independent Socialist Equality Socialist Independent Independent
Votes1,639 (0.02%) 634 (0.01%) 35 (0.00%) 18 (0.00%) 10 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)
Margin-4,803,306 (-62.86%) -4,804,311 (-62.88%) -4,804,910 (-62.88%) -4,804,927 (-62.88%) -4,804,935 (-62.88%) -4,804,942 (-62.88%) -4,804,944 (-62.88%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/27-10/28
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Marist Institute 
10/20-10/21
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/14-10/14
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/11-10/12
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Siena Research Institute 
09/25-09/30
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Jonathan E. Allen
PartyHeartquake 08
Votes1 (0.00%)
Margin-4,804,944 (-62.88%)
Predict Avg.0.00%
Finances$0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01
0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/27-10/28
0.00% (+0.0)
Marist Institute 
10/20-10/21
0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/14-10/14
0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/11-10/12
0.00% (+0.0)
Siena Research Institute 
09/25-09/30
0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 09, 2008 03:00pm News Koch backs Obama, calls Palin 'scary'  Article RBH 
Jun 01, 2008 03:10pm News McCain Meets with State Chair of N.Y. Independence Party  Article Chronicler 

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