criddic2(Thursday 4th of December 2008 05:14:09 PM)
Obama carried 28 states, plus DC and NE-02, which totals 365 electoral votes. McCain carried 22 states,a total of 173 electoral votes.
McCain did better in the electoral college than 5 of 8 previous losing major party candidates;carried more states than 7 of 8 (only Gerald Ford won more).
Obama did better in the electoral college than 3 of 8 winning candidates (Carter '76, Bush '00 & '04) & carried more states than Carter but less than any other winning candidate of the previous 8 elections.
criddic2(Thursday 4th of December 2008 05:08:58 PM)
Barack Obama won 52.8%, for 67,066,915 and John McCain received 45.9% for 58,421,377; Ralph Nader got about 1% for 701,139 and Bob Barr got under 1% with 512,643.
(results get certfied on the 15th December)
inverswhat(Thursday 4th of December 2008 02:07:33 PM)
maybe i'm old school, but it seems a bit disrespectful to me how he talks about Senator McCain and Senator Obama as "John" and "Barack".
krayzrick(Friday 28th of November 2008 09:12:07 PM)
Obama got 53% of the folks that (voted). 69 million thereabouts. There are 200 million of voting age. McCain got 57 million thereabouts.
zaohad1(Saturday 29th of November 2008 07:56:08 AM)
a mere 57 million votes lol. The voting figures quoted suggest to me that half the population didnt vote at all.
SgtSimpson(Monday 24th of November 2008 02:00:33 AM)
Electoral college means nothing. Winning California would put Obama ahead 55 points, but its not that impressive because that were safe states.
Obama only got 52% of the vote.
Another thing, how dare Biden say anything about McCain not knowing about military vocab.
McCain was an officer in the Navy
Biden is a career politician with the credit card companies behind him.
isaiahb2000(Wednesday 26th of November 2008 10:15:38 PM)
you're also missing the fact that Obama won Florida, Ohio, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, N. Carolina, Nevada, & Indiana all states that went to Bush in 2004. The electoral college does mean something because when u win in an electoral blowout like obama did, it gives u a mandate.
duncan36(Saturday 22nd of November 2008 01:54:04 PM)
The rich pay a lower real tax rate than their secretary. They probably pay half the real rate of most middle class people.
I hope victimhood of the rich is the Republican battle cry they'll sink the party for 20 years!
