2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Results

2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	1,573,354	54.06%	10

Republican	John McCain	Sarah Palin	1,275,409	43.82%	0

Independent	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	30,152	1.04%	0

Independent	Write-in candidates	9,496	0.33%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	9,174	0.32%	0

Constitution	Chuck Baldwin	Darrell Castle	6,787	0.23%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	5,174	0.18%	0

Socialist Workers	Róger Calero	Alyson Kennedy	790	0.03%	0

Independent	Alan Keyes (write-in)	Brian Rohrbough	22	0.00%	0

Socialist Party USA	Brian Moore (write-in)	Stewart Alexander	7	0.00%	0

Independent	Joe Schriner (write-in)	Dale Way	3	0.00%	0

Independent	Curtis Montgomery (write-in)	Janice Montgomery	1	0.00%	0

Totals	2,910,369	100.00%	10

Voter turnout (Voting age population)	74.7%

Sentence(s)

Barack Obama carried the 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota with 54.06% of the vote over John McCain's 43.82%.

final_sentence: Barack Obama carried the 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota with 54.06% of the vote over John McCain's 43.82%.