Electoral College By State 2008
Those votes were tallied before a joint session of congress on january 8 2009.
Electoral college by state 2008. December 14 2020 electors vote the electors in each state meet to select the president and vice president of the united states. Electoral college votes by state in 2008 presidential elections from alabama to wyoming. Mccain won nebraska but obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd congressional district.
This is a list of electors members of the electoral college who cast ballots to elect the president of the united states and vice president of the united states in the 2008 presidential election there are 538 electors from the 50 states and the district of columbia while every state except nebraska and maine chooses the electors by statewide vote many states require that one elector be. January 6 2021 congress counts the vote. Obama became the nation s first african.
Das electoral college ist das organ in den vereinigten staaten das alle vier jahre den präsidenten und den vizepräsidenten wählt. Every four years on the first tuesday following the first monday of november voters head to the polls to elect the president of the united states. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior u s.
The votes of the public determine electors who formally choose the president through the electoral college. Obama won the electoral college after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for mccain. Die zahl der wahlleute bemisst sich an der zahl der einem staat zugemessenen mitglieder des kongresses senat und.
This marked the first time that nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner take all method in 1992. The 2008 united states presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008 the democratic ticket of barack obama the junior u s. The voters in each state choose electors to serve in the electoral college.
The selected electors from each of the 50 states and the district of columbia voted for president and vice president of the united states on december 15 2008. The number of electors a state receives is. John mccain r on november 4 2008.