Electoral history of Barack Obama
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Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–present); United States Senator from Illinois (2005–2008).
Illinois Senate and U.S. House of Representatives elections (1996-2002)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1996
- Barack Obama (D) - 48,592 (82.16%)
- David Whitehead (Harold Washington Party) - 7,461 (12.62%)
- Rosette Caldwell Peyton (R) - 3,091 (5.23%)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1998
- Barack Obama (D) (inc.) - 45,486 (89.17%)
- Yesse B. Yehudah (R) - 5,526 (10.83%)
US House, Illinois's 1st district, 2000 (Democratic primary), 2000
- Bobby Rush (inc.) - 59,599 (61.03%)
- Barack Obama - 29,649 (30.36%)
- Donne E. Trotter - 6,915 (7.08%)
- George Roby - 1,501 (1.54%)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 2002
- Barack Obama (inc.) - 48,717 (100.00%)
United States Senate election (2004)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Illinois, 2004
- Barack Obama - 655,923 (52.77%)
- Dan Hynes - 294,717 (23.71%)
- Blair Hull - 134,453 (10.82%)
- Maria Pappas - 74,987 (6.03%)
- Gery Chico - 53,433 (4.30%)
- Nancy Skinner - 16,098 (1.30%)
- Joyce Washington - 13,375 (1.08%)
- Estella Johnson-Hunt (write-in) - 10 (0.00%)
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004
- Barack Obama (D) - 3,598,277 (69.97%)
- Alan Keyes (R) - 1,391,030 (27.05%)
- Albert J. Franzen (I) - 81,186 (1.58%)
- Jerry Kohn (LBT) - 69,276 (1.35%)
- Mark Kuhnke (R) (write-in) - 2,268 (0.04%)
- Scott Doddy (I) (write-in) - 339 (0.01%)
- Donald McArthur-Self (I) (write-in) - 134 (0.00%)
- Kathy Campbell (I) (write-in) - 129 (0.00%)
- Shaun Bill (I) (write-in) - 37 (0.00%)
- Marcus Hester (I) (write-in) - 23 (0.00%)
Presidential primaries (2008)
2008 Democratic presidential primaries
Excluding penalized contests,[1] only primary and caucuses votes:
- Barack Obama - 16,706,853
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 16,239,821
- John Edwards - 742,010
- Bill Richardson - 89,054
- Uncommitted - 82,660
- Dennis Kucinich - 68,482
- Joe Biden - 64,041
- Mike Gravel - 27,662
- Christopher Dodd - 25,300
- Others - 22,556
Including penalized contests:
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 18,225,175 (48.03%)
- Barack Obama - 17,988,182 (47.41%)
- John Edwards - 1,006,275 (2.65%)
- Uncommitted - 299,610 (0.79%)
- Bill Richardson - 106,073 (0.28%)
- Dennis Kucinich - 103,994 (0.27%)
- Joe Biden - 81,641 (0.22%)
- Scattering - 44,348 (0.12%)
- Mike Gravel - 40,251 (0.11%)
- Christopher Dodd - 35,281 (0.09%)
2008 Democratic delegate counts:
(2,118 delegates needed to secure nomination)
Pledged delegates"[2]
- Barack Obama - 1,765
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,637
- John Edwards - 4
Including superdelegates
- Barack Obama - 2,156 (52.79%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,922 (47.06%)
- John Edwards - 6 (0.15%)
2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)
- Barack Obama - chosen by acclamation
Unfinished roll call (13 states, D.C. Guam, American Samoa and Democrats Abroad):
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,011 (24.07%)
Other results
2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:
- Raymond Stebbins - 50,485 (46.93%)
- William Bryk - 22,965 (21.35%)
- John Edwards* - 10,553 (9.81%)
- Barack Obama* 6,402 (5.95%)
- Bill Richardson* (write-in) - 5,525 (5.14%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton* (write-in) - 3,419 (3.18%)
- Joe Biden* - 1,512 (1.41%)
- Al Gore* - 966 (0.90%)
- Dennis Kucinich* - 762 (0.71%)
- Bill Clinton* - 388 (0.36%)
- John McCain* - 293 (0.27%)
- Christopher Dodd* - 224 (0.21%)
- Ron Paul* - 176 (0.16%)
- Jack Barnes, Jr.* - 95 (0.09%)
- Mike Gravel* - 91 (0.09%)
- Joe Lieberman* - 67 (0.06%)
- Mitt Romney* - 66 (0.06%)
- Mike Huckabee* - 63 (0.06%)
- Rudy Giuliani* - 46 (0.04%)
- Darrel Hunter* - 20 (0.02%)
2008 United States Presidential Election
Popular vote:
- Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic) - 69,456,897 (52.92%)
- John McCain/Sarah Palin (Republican) - 59,934,786 (45.66%)
- Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (Independent) - 738,475 (0.56%)
- Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root (Libertarian) - 523,686 (0.40%)
- Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Constitution) - 199,314 (0.15%)
- Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (Green) - 161,603 (0.12%)
- Other candidates - 226,908 (0.17%)
Electoral vote:
- Barack Obama/Joe Biden - 365 (28 states as well as Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, and the District of Columbia)
- John McCain/Sarah Palin - 173 (21 states carried plus, Nebraska's two At-large votes and Nebraska's 1st and 3rd congressional districts)
2012 United States Presidential Election
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Barack Obama | Democratic | Illinois | 65,465,269 | 50.95% | 332 | Joe Biden | Delaware | 332 |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | Massachusetts | 60,782,804 | 47.31% | 206 | Paul Ryan | Wisconsin | 206 |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | New Mexico | 1,272,586 | 0.99% | 0 | James P. Gray | California | 0 |
| Jill Stein | Green | Massachusetts | 465,781 | 0.36% | 0 | Cheri Honkala | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Virgil Goode[3] | Constitution | Virginia | 120,747 | 0.09% | 0 | Jim Clymer | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Roseanne Barr[3] | Peace and Freedom | Hawaii | 67,229 | 0.05% | 0 | Cindy Sheehan | California | 0 |
| Rocky Anderson[3] | Justice | Utah | 41,986 | 0.03% | 0 | Luis J. Rodriguez | California | 0 |
| Tom Hoefling[3] | America's | Iowa | 40,515 | 0.03% | 0 | Jonathan D. Ellis | Tennessee | 0 |
| Other | 222,200 | 0.17% | — | Other | — | |||
| Total | 128,479,117 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
References
- ^ Florida and Michigan violated Democratic National Committee rules by moving their primaries before February 5, 2008, resulting in a nullification of their primaries, until the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted to restore half their delegates.
- ^ Political Dashboard - 2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News
- ^ a b c d "U.S. Election Results by State". Retrieved December 1, 2012.
