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Election 2008

2008 Democratic Popular Vote


Popular Vote Count


State	Date	Obama		Clinton		Spread

Popular Vote Total		17,535,458	48.1%	17,493,836	48.0%	Obama +41,622	+0.1%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA*		17,869,542	48.2%	17,717,698	47.8%	Obama +151,844	+0.4%

Popular Vote (w/MI)**		17,535,458	47.4%	17,822,145	48.1%	Clinton +286,687	+0.8%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA*		17,869,542	47.4%	18,046,007	47.9%	Clinton +176,465	+0.5%

Montana	06/03	102,479	56.4%	74,990	41.3%	Obama +27,489	+15.1%

South Dakota	06/03	43,726	44.7%	54,179	55.3%	Clinton +10,453	+10.6%

Puerto Rico	06/01	121,458	31.6%	263,120	68.4%	Clinton +141,662	+36.8%

Oregon	05/20	372,072	58.6%	258,066	40.6%	Obama +114,006	+18.0%

Kentucky	05/20	209,903	29.9%	459,210	65.5%	Clinton +249,307	+35.6%

West Virginia	05/13	91,652	25.7%	239,062	67.0%	Clinton +147,410	+41.3%

North Carolina	05/06	887,391	56.1%	657,669	41.6%	Obama +229,722	+14.5%

Indiana	05/06	632,035	49.4%	646,233	50.6%	Clinton +14,198	+1.2%

Guam	05/03	2,264	50.1%	2,257	49.9%	Obama +7	+0.2%

Pennsylvania	04/22	1,046,822	45.4%	1,260,937	54.6%	Clinton +214,115	+9.2%

Mississippi	03/11	265,502	61.2%	159,221	36.7%	Obama +106,281	+24.5%

Wyoming	03/08	5,378	61.4%	3,311	37.8%	Obama +2,067	+23.6%

Texas	03/04	1,362,476	47.4%	1,462,734	50.9%	Clinton +100,258	+3.5%

Ohio	03/04	1,055,769	44.8%	1,259,620	53.5%	Clinton +203,851	+8.7%

Rhode Island	03/04	75,316	40.4%	108,949	58.4%	Clinton +33,633	+18.0%

Vermont	03/04	91,901	59.3%	59,806	38.6%	Obama +32,095	+20.7%

Wisconsin	02/19	646,851	58.1%	453,954	40.8%	Obama +192,897	+17.3%

Hawaii	02/19	28,347	76.1%	8,835	23.7%	Obama +19,512	+52.4%

Virginia	02/12	627,820	63.7%	349,766	35.5%	Obama +278,054	+28.2%

Maryland	02/12	532,665	60.7%	314,211	35.8%	Obama +218,454	+24.9%

District of Columbia	02/12	93,386	75.3%	29,470	23.8%	Obama +63,916	+51.5%

Democrats Abroad	02/12	15,214	65.8%	7,501	32.5%	Obama +7,713	+33.3%

Louisiana	02/09	220,632	57.4%	136,925	35.6%	Obama +83,707	+21.8%

Nebraska	02/09	26,126	67.7%	12,445	32.3%	Obama +13,681	+35.4%

Virgin Islands	02/09	1,772	89.9%	149	7.6%	Obama +1,623	+82.3%

California	02/05	2,186,662	43.2%	2,608,184	51.5%	Clinton +421,522	+8.3%

New York	02/05	751,019	40.3%	1,068,496	57.4%	Clinton +317,477	+17.1%

Illinois	02/05	1,318,234	64.7%	667,930	32.8%	Obama +650,304	+31.9%

New Jersey	02/05	501,372	43.9%	613,500	53.8%	Clinton +112,128	+9.9%

Massachusetts	02/05	511,680	41.1%	705,185	56.6%	Clinton +193,505	+15.5%

Georgia	02/05	704,247	66.4%	330,026	31.1%	Obama +374,221	+35.3%

Minnesota	02/05	142,109	66.4%	68,994	32.2%	Obama +73,115	+34.2%

Missouri	02/05	406,917	49.3%	395,185	47.9%	Obama +11,732	+1.4%

Tennessee	02/05	252,874	40.5%	336,245	53.8%	Clinton +83,371	+13.3%

Colorado	02/05	80,113	66.5%	38,839	32.3%	Obama +41,274	+34.2%

Arizona	02/05	193,126	42.4%	229,501	50.4%	Clinton +36,375	+8.0%

Alabama	02/05	300,319	56.0%	223,089	41.6%	Obama +77,230	+14.4%

Connecticut	02/05	179,742	50.6%	165,426	46.5%	Obama +14,316	+4.1%

Arkansas	02/05	82,476	26.3%	220,136	70.1%	Clinton +137,660	+43.8%

Oklahoma	02/05	130,130	31.2%	228,480	54.8%	Clinton +98,350	+23.6%

Kansas	02/05	27,172	74.0%	9,462	25.8%	Obama +17,710	+48.2%

New Mexico	02/05	71,396	48.0%	73,105	49.1%	Clinton +1,709	+1.1%

Utah	02/05	74,538	56.7%	51,333	39.1%	Obama +23,205	+17.6%

Delaware	02/05	51,148	53.1%	40,760	42.3%	Obama +10,388	+10.8%

North Dakota	02/05	11,625	61.1%	6,948	36.5%	Obama +4,677	+24.6%

Idaho	02/05	16,880	79.5%	3,655	17.2%	Obama +13,225	+62.3%

Alaska	02/05	6,674	75.2%	2,194	24.7%	Obama +4,480	+50.5%

American Samoa	02/05	121	42.5%	163	57.2%	Clinton +42	+14.7%

Florida	01/29	576,214	32.9%	870,986	49.8%	Clinton +294,772	+16.9%

South Carolina	01/26	294,898	55.4%	140,990	26.5%	Obama +153,908	+28.9%

Michigan**	01/15	-		328,309	55.2%	Clinton +328,309	+55.2%

New Hampshire	01/08	104,815	36.8%	112,404	39.4%	Clinton +7,589	+2.6%

*(Iowa, Nevada, Washington & Maine Have Not Released Popular Vote Totals. RealClearPolitics has estimated the popular vote totals for Senator Obama and Clinton in these four states. RCP uses the WA Caucus results from February 9 in this estimate because the Caucuses on February 9 were the “official” contest recognized by the DNC to determine delegates to the Democratic convention. The estimate from these four Caucus states where there are not official popular vote numbers increases Senator Obama’s popular vote margin by 110,224. This number would be about 50,000 less if the Washington primary results from February 19th were used instead of the Washington Caucus results.)

**(Senator Obama took his name off the Michigan Ballot. Uncommitted was on the ballot and received 238,168 votes as compared to 328,309 for Senator Clinton.)