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Results for "Barack Obama won election"

That Guy with the Glasses The Nostalgia Critic explained that he no longer had a beard because he lost a bet with That Guy in which if Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election (which he did), the Critic would have to shave his beard off.

Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 On November 4, 2008, projections indicated that Obama won the election, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President of the United States.

2008 United States presidential election controversies A 2008 October 22 Pew Research Center poll estimated 70 percent of registered voters believed journalists wanted Barack Obama to win the election, as opposed to 9 percent for John McCain.

Gagan Narang Gagan said his win was special because Barack Obama, who won the United States' Presidential election on same day, was his source of inspiration.

Arab Peace Initiative Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, wrote in the The Washington Post in support shortly after Barack Obama's 2008 election victory. al-Faisal stated that "there are reasons to be optimistic" and"best medicine yet formulated for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is the Arab peace initiative".

Shelby Steele After Obama won the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Steele defended his analysis and claimed that the subtitle of the book was simply a marketing device that he had only put "about 30 seconds" of thought into.

United States presidential election, 2008 A 2008 October 22 Pew Research Center poll estimated 70 percent of registered voters believed journalists wanted Barack Obama to win the election, as opposed to 9 percent for John McCain.

Results for "Barack Obama won landslide"

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2008 This was widely publicized, and more than likely contributed to Obama's landslide victory.

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2008 Racial polarization was also responsible for Alabama's electoral geography: Obama, like other Democrats, won landslides in the central Alabama's Black Belt while losing badly everywhere else.

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2008 Hispanics also played a large role in Obama's landslide victory.

Results for "Barack Obama won vote"

Indiana's 7th congressional district Most recently in 2008, Barack Obama won 71% of the vote in the 7th district.

Smith County, Texas Democrat Barack Obama won 30% of the vote and 23,726 votes.

Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama In the November 5 general election, Obama was elected state Senator for the 13th District, winning 82% of the vote; perennial unsuccessful Harold Washington Party candidate David Whitehead received 13% of the vote, and first-time Republican Party candidate Rosette Caldwell Peyton received 5% of the vote.

Results for "Barack Obama won surprise"

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2008 Thus, it came as no surprise that Barack Obama, who represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate, won Illinois in 2008 over Republican John McCain in a landslide victory, clinching near 62% of the total vote.

Paul Simon (politician) His endorsement was used effectively and was considered a major reason for Obama's surprise victory in the Democratic primary.

Results for "Barack Obama won caucus"

Kathleen Sebelius Obama won the caucus easily, with 74% support.

Ramona Martinez Although Martinez faced pressure to switch her convention vote to Illinois Senator Barack Obama after Obama won Colorado's caucus in February and became the Democrat's presumptive nominee in June, Martinez remained the lone holdout in the Colorado delegation to remain committed to Clinton as late as early August.

Results for "Barack Obama won county"

John de Nugent Barack Obama won only seven of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in November 2008.)

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008 Obama only won three counties - Crawford, Douglas, and Wyandotte.

Results for "Barack Obama won New Jersey"

Monmouth County, New Jersey In 2008, John McCain carried Monmouth by a unexpectedly close margin of only 3.7% margin over Barack Obama, with Obama winning New Jersey by 15.5% over McCain.

Camden County, New Jersey Obama won New Jersey by 14.7%.

Results for "Barack Obama won nomination"

Cher After Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, Cher supported his candidacy on radio and TV programs, including a November 3 appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show.

Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries Barack Obama won the nomination, running against Hillary Clinton.

Results for "Barack Obama won Wyandotte"

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008 Obama only won three counties - Crawford, Douglas, and Wyandotte.

Results for "Barack Obama won Pennsylvania"

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2008 Although Barack Obama won Pennsylvania, John McCain carried 10 of the commonwealth’s 19 congressional districts, including four districts held by Democrats.

Results for "Barack Obama won Michigan"

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2008 In the end, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama won Michigan by a larger-than-expected margin of victory: 57.35% - 40.90%, a 16.45-point spread.

Results for "Barack Obama won jurisdictions"

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2008 This was due almost entirely to Obama winning the state's three largest jurisdictions: Clark County, home to Las Vegas; Washoe County, which contains Reno, Nevada; and the independent city of Carson City, which combine for 88% of Nevada's total population.

Results for "Barack Obama won Crawford"

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008 Obama only won three counties - Crawford, Douglas, and Wyandotte.

Results for "Barack Obama won win"

Vermont Democratic primary, 2008 Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests.

Results for "Barack Obama won percent"

Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries In contrast, Obama won the Hawaii caucuses 76-24%, but received only 19,500 more votes than Clinton.

Results for "Barack Obama won pluralities"

Butte County, California The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964, although Bill Clinton and Barack Obama won pluralities in 1992 and 2008, respectively.

Results for "Barack Obama won Poll"

2008 United States presidential election controversies Obama won the 2008 Guam Straw Poll by 20,120 votes to 11,940 for McCain.

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Somerset County, New Jersey Obama won Somerset by a 6.1% margin over John McCain, with Obama carrying the state by 15.5% over McCain.

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Larry Sabato In July 2008, Sabato's Crystal Ball correctly projected that Barack Obama would win the presidency in a near-landslide.

Results for "Barack Obama won Tompkins County"

Ithaca, New York In 2008, Barack Obama, running against New York State's Senator Hillary Clinton, won Tompkins County in the Democratic Presidential Primary, the only county that he won in New York State.

Results for "Barack Obama won primary"

Vermont Democratic primary, 2008 Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests.

Results for "Barack Obama won Hudson County"

Hudson County, New Jersey In 2008, Barack Obama won Hudson County by a 46.3% margin over John McCain.

Results for "Barack Obama won delegates"

United States presidential election, 2008 However, Barack Obama did not win enough delegates to secure the nomination until June 3, after a 17-month-long campaign against Hillary Clinton.

Results for "Barack Obama won Albany County"

United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2008 Obama also won Albany County, due in large part to the presence of the University of Wyoming at Laramie and the tremendous excitement that his campaign fueled among younger voters and college students.

Results for "Barack Obama won due"

United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2008 Obama also won Albany County, due in large part to the presence of the University of Wyoming at Laramie and the tremendous excitement that his campaign fueled among younger voters and college students.

Results for "Barack Obama won majority"

San Diego County, California In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win a majority of votes in San Diego County since World War II.

Results for "Barack Obama won Virginia"

Fifty-state strategy Obama was ultimately able to win Virginia and Indiana, two states that had not voted Democrat since 1964, and North Carolina, last won by a Democrat in 1976.

Results for "Barack Obama won finds"

Nate Silver Today's offering is typical Silver: he takes the snap polling results and weights them according to the issues the voters considered most important--and finds that Obama won, according to the cross tabs, on the more important issues, thereby accounting for his snap poll victories."

Results for "Barack Obama carried state"

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2008 Barack Obama, the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois at the time of the election, carried the state handily, defeating John McCain of Arizona by a margin of 1.38 million votes.

Effingham County, Illinois In the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, John McCain carried the county by a 36% margin over Illinois's native son Barack Obama, making it McCain's strongest county in the state, with Obama carrying his home state by a 25.1% margin over McCain.

Somerset County, New Jersey Obama won Somerset by a 6.1% margin over John McCain, with Obama carrying the state by 15.5% over McCain.

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2008 With the anti-Republican sentiment growing nationwide, Nevada swung wildly into the Democratic column in 2008 as Barack Obama carried the state by 12.50 points over John McCain, receiving 55.15% of the total statewide vote to McCain's 42.65%.

Results for "Barack Obama carried county"

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2008 Obama carried his home county, Cook County, with roughly 76 percent of the vote.

Camden County, New Jersey Barack Obama carried the county by 34.8% over John McCain in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

Somerset County, New Jersey However, in 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democratic Presidential nominee to carry the county since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Results for "Barack Obama carried districts"

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2008 Barack Obama carried 12 congressional districts in Michigan, including four districts held by Republicns.

New York's 20th congressional district She handily won reelection in 2008 on the same ticket as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who barely carried the district.

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2008 Barack Obama carried two of the state’s three congressional districts both held by Demorats while John McCain carried the one and only congressional district held by a Republican.

Results for "Barack Obama carried North Carolina"

Electoral geography of the United States Obama also carried North Carolina, which had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976.

Results for "Barack Obama carried Jefferson County"

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2008 Notably, Obama carried Jefferson County, which contains the state's largest city of Birmingham and has voted Republican for the past several decades.

Results for "Barack Obama carried Oakland County"

Gary Peters (Michigan politician) He was undoubtedly helped by Barack Obama carrying Oakland County by 15 points; roughly two-thirds of Oakland County is in the 9th.

Results for "Barack Obama carried Silver State"

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2008 When the actual 2008 election came, Obama carried the Silver State by a very safe margin of 12.50 percentage points, larger than most polls anticipated.

Results for "Barack Obama carried vote"

Democratic Party (United States) Polls suggest that younger voters tend to be more liberal than the general population and have more liberal views than the general public on same-sex marriage and universal healthcare, helping Barack Obama carry 66% of their votes in 2008.