2008 United States presidential election in Maryland
Results

2008 United States presidential election in Maryland

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in Maryland, 2008

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,629,467	61.92%	10

Republican	John McCain	Sarah Palin	959,862	36.47%	0

Independent	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	14,713	0.56%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	9,842	0.44%	0

Independent	Write-in candidates	9,043	0.34%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	4,747	0.18%	0

Constitution	Chuck Baldwin	Darrell Castle	3,760	0.14%	0

America's Independent	Alan Keyes (write-in)	Brian Rohrbough	103	0.00%	0

Unaffiliated	Donald Kenneth Allen (write-in)	Christopher Borcik	17	0.56%	0

Democratic	Blaine Taylor (write-in)	n/a	12	0.00%	0

Socialist USA	Brian Moore (write-in)	Stewart Alexander	10	0.00%	0

Totals	2,631,596	100.00%	10

Voter turnout (Voting age population)	62.4%

Sentence(s)

In 2008, Obama captured the state's 10 electoral votes, winning 61.92% of the popular vote to Republican John McCain's 36.47%.

final_sentence: In 2008, Obama captured the state's 10 electoral votes, winning 61.92% of the popular vote to Republican John McCain's 36.47%.