2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Results

2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 2008

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	296,571	62.86%	4

Republican	John McCain	Sarah Palin	165,391	35.06%	0

Independent	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	4,829	1.02%	0

Write-ins	Write-ins	1,511	0.32%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	1,382	0.29%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	797	0.17%	0

Constitution	Chuck Baldwin	Darrell Castle	675	0.14%	0

Others	Others	610	0.13%	0

Totals	471,766	100.00%	4

Voter turnout (Voting age population)	58.7%

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Rhode Island gave Barack Obama a 27.80-percent margin of victory with 62.86% of its vote.

final_sentence: Rhode Island gave Barack Obama a 27.80-percent margin of victory with 62.86% of its vote.