2008 United States presidential election in New York
Results

2008 United States presidential election in New York

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in New York, 2008

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	4,645,332	60.80%

Working Families	Barack Obama	159,613	2.09%

Total	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	4,804,945	62.88%	31

Republican	John McCain	2,418,323	31.65%

Conservative	John McCain	170,475	2.23%

Independence	John McCain	163,973	2.15%

Total	John McCain	Sarah Palin	2,752,771	36.03%	0

Populist	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	41,249	0.54%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	19,596	0.26%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	12,801	0.17%	0

Socialist Workers	James Harris	Alyson Kennedy	3,615	0.05%	0

Write-ins	Write-ins	3,272	0.04%	0

Socialism and Liberation	Gloria La Riva	Eugene Puryear	1,639	0.02%	0

Constitution (Write-in)	Chuck Baldwin	Darrell Castle	646	0.01%	0

Independent (Write-in)	Ron Paul	341	>0.01%	0

America's Independent (Write-in)	Alan Keyes	Brian Rohrbough	35	>0.01%	0

Socialist Equality (Write-in)	Jerry White	Bill Van Auken	18	>0.01%	0

Socialist (Write-in)	Brian Moore	Stewart Alexander	10	>0.01%	0

Independent (Write-In)	Lanakila Washington	3	>0.01%	0

Heartquake '08 (Write-In)	Jonathan E. Allen	1	>0.01%	0

Independent (Write-In)	Michael Skok	1	>0.01%	0

Totals	7,640,948	100.00%	31

Voter turnout (Voting age population)	52.1%

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Obama took 62.88% of the vote against McCain's 36.03%.

final_sentence: Obama took 62.88% of the vote against McCain's 36.03%.