Main article: 2008 United States presidential election
2008 United States presidential election in California Turnout 79.42% (of registered voters) [1]
Nominee
Barack Obama
John McCain
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Illinois
Arizona
Running mate
Joe Biden
Sarah Palin
Electoral vote
55
0
Popular vote
8,274,473
5,011,781
Percentage
61.01%
36.95%
County Results Congressional District Results
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
McCain
50–60%
60–70%
President before election George W. Bush
Elected President Barack Obama
The 2008 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 2008, in California as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any of the 50 states, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.1% margin of victory. No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Prior to the election, California was considered to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state. With its 55 electoral votes, California was Obama's largest electoral prize in 2008.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate carried Trinity County in a presidential election. This was also the first time since 1936 that a Democrat won more than 60% of the vote in California, which the Democrats have done in every election since.
^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF) . California Secretary of State .
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