2008 United States presidential election in Maine
Statewide

2008 United States presidential election in Maine

Section Title: Statewide
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United States presidential election in Maine, 2008

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	421,923	57.71%	4

Republican	John McCain	Sarah Palin	295,273	40.38%	0

Independent	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	10,636	1.45%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	2,900	0.40%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr (write-in)	Wayne Allyn Root (write-in)	251	0.03%	0

Constitution	Chuck Baldwin (write-in)	Darrell Castle (write-in)	177	0.02%	0

Totals	731,163	100.00%	4

Voter turnout	%	—

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Obama won the state by 57.71 percent of the vote.

final_sentence: Obama won the state by 57.71 percent of the vote.