2008 United States presidential election

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2008 United States presidential election

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550 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout63.6% 1.5 pp
 
Nominee Hillary Rodham Jeb Bush Russ Feingold
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Home state Oregon Florida Wisconsin
Running mate Michael Bloomberg David Petraeus Barbara Lee
Electoral vote 248 220 82
Popular vote 59,857,905 52,525,645 19,597,131
Percentage 44.9% 39.4% 14.7%

President before election

John McCain
Republican

Elected President

Hillary Rodham
Democratic