United States Presidential 2008 Elections - Barack Obama, John McCain, United States Presidential 2008 Elections 4th November

United States Presidential 2008 Elections Nominee Barack Obama & John McCain

Barack Obama
Party: Democratic
Home state: Illinois
Running mate: Joe Biden

Democratic National Convention presidential vote, 2008
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Barack Obama	1,549.5	35.07%
Hillary Clinton	341.5	7.73%
Abstentions	1.0	0.02%
Delegates who did not vote	2,527.0	57.18%
Totals	4,418.0	100.00%

John McCain
Party: Republican
Home state: Arizona
Running mate: Sarah Palin

Republican National Convention presidential vote, 2008
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
John McCain	2,343	98.45%
Ron Paul	15	0.63%
Mitt Romney	2	0.08%
Delegates who did not vote	20	0.84%
Totals	2,380	100.00%

Previous United States Presidential Elections

Order	US Presidential Election year	US Presidential ElectionWinner	Other major US Presidential Election Candidates
1st	1789	George Washington (none) – 69	John Adams** (none) – 34John Jay (none) – 9Robert H. Harrison (none) – 6John Rutledge (none) – 6
2nd	1792	George Washington (none) – 132	John Adams** (Federalist) – 77George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 50
3rd	1796	John Adams (Federalist) – 71	Thomas Jefferson** (Democratic-Republican) – 68Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) – 59Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) – 30Samuel Adams (Democratic-Republican) – 15Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) – 11George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 7
4th	1800	Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 73	Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) – 73John Adams (Federalist) – 65Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 64
5th	1804	Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 162	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 14
6th	1808	James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 122	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 47George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 6James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 0
7th	1812	James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 128	DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) – 89
8th	1816	James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 183	Rufus King (Federalist) – 34
9th	1820	James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 215/218	(not opposed)
10th	1824*†	John Quincy Adams* (Democratic-Republican) – 84	Andrew Jackson† (Democratic-Republican) – 99William H. Crawford (Democratic-Republican) – 41Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) – 37
11th	1828	Andrew Jackson (Democrat) – 178	John Quincy Adams (National Republican) – 83
12th	1832	Andrew Jackson (Democrat) – 219	Henry Clay (National Republican) – 49John Floyd (Nullifier) – 11William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) – 7
13th	1836	Martin Van Buren (Democrat) – 170	William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 73Hugh Lawson White (Whig) – 26Daniel Webster (Whig) – 14Willie Person Mangum (Whig) – 11
14th	1840	William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 234	Martin Van Buren (Democrat) – 60
15th	1844*	James K. Polk* (Democrat) – 170	Henry Clay (Whig) – 105James G. Birney (Liberty) – 0
16th	1848	Zachary Taylor (Whig) – 163	Lewis Cass (Democrat) – 127Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) – 0
17th	1852	Franklin Pierce (Democrat) – 254	Winfield Scott (Whig) – 42John P. Hale (Free Soil) – 0
18th	1856*	James Buchanan* (Democrat) – 174	John C. Frémont (Republican) – 114Millard Fillmore (American Party/Whig) – 8
19th	1860*	Abraham Lincoln* (Republican) – 180	John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat) – 172John Bell (Constitutional Union) – 39Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat) – 12
20th	1864	Abraham Lincoln (National Union) – 212	George B. McClellan (Democrat) – 11
21st	1868	Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 214	Horatio Seymour (Democrat) – 80
22nd	1872	Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 286	Horace Greeley (Democrat/Liberal Republican) – 0Thomas A. Hendricks (Democrat) – 42B. Gratz Brown (Democrat/Liberal Republican) – 18Charles J. Jenkins (Democrat) – 2
23rd	1876*‡	Rutherford B. Hayes* (Republican) – 185	Samuel J. Tilden‡ (Democrat) – 184
24th	1880*	James A. Garfield* (Republican) – 214	Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) – 155James Weaver (Greenback) – 0
25th	1884*	Grover Cleveland* (Democrat) – 219	James G. Blaine (Republican) – 182John St. John (Prohibition) – 0Benjamin Butler (Greenback) – 0
26th	1888*†	Benjamin Harrison* (Republican) – 233	Grover Cleveland† (Democrat) – 168Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition) – 0Alson Streeter (Union Labor) – 0
27th	1892*	Grover Cleveland* (Democrat) – 277	Benjamin Harrison (Republican) – 145James Weaver (Populist) – 22John Bidwell (Prohibition) – 0
28th	1896	William McKinley (Republican) – 271	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat/Populist) – 176
29th	1900	William McKinley (Republican) – 292	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) – 155John Woolley (Prohibition) – 0
30th	1904	Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) – 336	Alton B. Parker (Democrat) – 140Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0Silas Swallow (Prohibition) – 0
31st	1908	William Howard Taft (Republican) – 321	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) – 162Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0Eugene Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
32nd	1912*	Woodrow Wilson* (Democrat) – 435	Theodore Roosevelt (Bull-Moose) – 88William Howard Taft (Republican) – 8Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0Eugene Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
33rd	1916*	Woodrow Wilson* (Democrat) – 277	Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) – 254Allan L. Benson (Socialist) – 0James Hanly (Prohibition) – 0
34th	1920	Warren G. Harding (Republican) – 404	James M. Cox (Democrat) – 127Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
35th	1924	Calvin Coolidge (Republican) – 382	John W. Davis (Democrat) – 136Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Progressive) – 13
36th	1928	Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 444	Al Smith (Democrat) – 87
37th	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) – 472	Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 59Norman Thomas (Socialist) – 0
38th	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) – 532	Alf Landon (Republican) – 8William Lemke (Union) – 0
39th	1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) – 449	Wendell Willkie (Republican) – 82
40th	1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) – 432	Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 99
41st	1948*	Harry S. Truman* (Democrat) – 303	Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 189Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic) – 39Henry A. Wallace (Progressive/Labor) – 0
42nd	1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 442	Adlai Stevenson (Democrat) – 89
43rd	1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 457	Adlai Stevenson (Democrat) – 73
44th	1960*	John F. Kennedy* (Democrat) – 303	Richard Nixon (Republican) – 219Harry F. Byrd (Democrat) – 15
45th	1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) – 486	Barry Goldwater (Republican) – 52
46th	1968*	Richard Nixon* (Republican) – 301	Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) – 191George Wallace (American Independent) – 46
47th	1972	Richard Nixon (Republican) – 520	George McGovern (Democrat) – 17John G. Schmitz (American) – 0
48th	1976	Jimmy Carter (Democrat) – 297	Gerald Ford (Republican) – 240
49th	1980	Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 489	Jimmy Carter (Democrat) – 49John B. Anderson (none) – 0Edward Clark (Libertarian) – 0
50th	1984	Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 525	Walter Mondale (Democrat) – 13
51st	1988	George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 426	Michael Dukakis (Democrat) – 111
52nd	1992*	Bill Clinton* (Democrat) – 370	George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 168Ross Perot (none) – 0
53rd	1996*	Bill Clinton* (Democrat) – 379	Bob Dole (Republican) – 159Ross Perot (Reform) – 0
54th	2000*†	George W. Bush* (Republican) – 271	Al Gore† (Democrat) – 266Ralph Nader (Green) – 0
55th	2004	George W. Bush (Republican) – 286	John Kerry (Democrat) – 252
56th	2008	To be determined John McCain (Republican) Barack Obama (Democrat) Bob Barr (Libertarian) Ralph Nader (Independent) Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) Cynthia McKinney (Green)

United States Presidential Elections Voter Turnout

Election	Voting Age Population ¹	Turnout	% Turnout of VAP
2004	215,694,000	122,295,345	56.69%
2000	205,815,000	105,586,274	51.31%
1996	196,511,000	96,456,345	49.08%
1992	189,529,000	104,405,155	55.09%
1988	182,778,000	91,594,693	50.11%
1984	174,466,000	92,652,680	53.11%
1980	164,597,000	86,515,221	52.56%
1976	152,309,190	81,555,789	53.55%
1972	140,776,000	77,718,554	55.21%
1968	120,328,186	73,199,998	60.83%
1964	114,090,000	70,644,592	60.92%
1960	109,159,000	68,838,204	63.06%