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US presidential election results: State by state

by Rachel Nixon | November 5, 2008 at 09:52 am

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Here's a tally of how the states voted in the 2008 presidential election. According to latest figures, president-elect Barack Obama secured 364 electoral college votes, his Republican rival John McCain, 163.

Votes are still being counted in Missouri. There are 538 electoral college votes in total.

Obama gained 53% of the popular vote in the 2008 election, while McCain took 46%. Approximately 122 million people voted in the election.

In the Senate and the House of Representatives the Democrats increased their majority.

Full list of states reporting in the presidential election:

Alabama: McCain WIN. 9 votes
Alaska: McCain WIN. 3 votes
Arizona: McCain WIN. 10 votes
Arkansas: McCain WIN. 6 votes
California: Obama WIN. 55 votes
Colorado: Obama WIN. 9 votes
Connecticut: Obama WIN. 7 votes
Delaware: Obama WIN. 3 votes

District of Columbia: Obama WIN. 3 votes

Florida: Obama WIN. 27 votes
Georgia: McCain WIN. 15 votes
Hawaii: Obama WIN. 4 votes
Idaho: McCain WIN. 4 votes
Illinois: Obama WIN. 21 votes
Indiana: Obama WIN 11 votes
Iowa: Obama WIN. 7 votes
Kansas: McCain WIN. 6 votes
Kentucky: McCain WIN. 8 votes
Louisiana: McCain WIN. 9 votes
Maine: Obama WIN. 4 votes
Maryland: Obama WIN. 10 votes
Massachusetts: Obama WIN. 12 votes
Michigan: Obama WIN. 17 votes
Minnesota: Obama WIN. 10 votes
Mississippi: McCain WIN. 6 votes
Missouri: 11 votes - yet to report
Montana: McCain WIN 3 votes
Nebraska: McCain WIN. 5 votes
Nevada: Obama WIN. 5 votes
New Hampshire: Obama WIN. 4 votes
New Jersey: Obama WIN. 15 votes
New Mexico: Obama WIN. 5 votes
New York: Obama WIN. 31 votes
North Carolina: Obama WIN. 15 votes
North Dakota: McCain WIN. 3 votes
Ohio: Obama WIN. 20 votes
Oklahoma: McCain WIN. 7 votes
Oregon: Obama WIN. 7 votes
Pennsylvania: Obama WIN. 21 votes
Rhode Island: Obama WIN. 4 votes
South Carolina: McCain WIN. 8 votes
South Dakota: McCain WIN. 3 votes
Tennessee: McCain WIN. 11 votes
Texas: McCain WIN. 34 votes
Utah: McCain WIN. 5 votes
Vermont: Obama WIN. 3 votes
Virginia: Obama WIN. 13 votes
Washington: Obama WIN. 11 votes
West Virginia: McCain WIN. 5 votes
Wisconsin: Obama WIN. 10 votes
Wyoming: McCain WIN. 3 votes

Here's how it looks on the electoral map (from CNN).

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Clyde James (not verified)

at 08:48 on November 6th, 2008

Does it not ever occur to anyone in the [apparently under 15 age group] who put these sites together that some people in the usa might want to see the ACTUAL numbers state-by-state, and would appreciate a simple, clearly marked link to such information?