2008 United States presidential election
Results
Popular vote totals are from the official Federal Election Commission report. The results of the electoral vote were certified by Congress on January 8, 2009.

2008 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Popular vote totals are from the official Federal Election Commission report. The results of the electoral vote were certified by Congress on January 8, 2009.

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Barack Hussein Obama II	Democratic	Illinois	69,498,516	52.93%	365	Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.	Delaware	365

John Sidney McCain	Republican	Arizona	59,948,323	45.65%	173	Sarah Louise Palin	Alaska	173

Ralph Nader	Independent	Connecticut	739,034	0.56%	0	Matt Gonzalez	California	0

Bob Barr	Libertarian	Georgia	523,715	0.40%	0	Wayne Allyn Root	Nevada	0

Chuck Baldwin	Constitution	Florida	199,750	0.15%	0	Darrell Castle	Tennessee	0

Cynthia McKinney	Green	Georgia	161,797	0.12%	0	Rosa Clemente	North Carolina	0

Alan Keyes	America's Independent Party	New York	47,941	0.04%	0	Wiley S. Drake, Sr.	Colorado	0

Other	242,685	0.18%	—	Other	—

Total	131,313,820	100%	538	538

Needed to win	270	270

Sentence(s)

The Constitution Party nominated Chuck Baldwin for President and Darrell Castle from Tennessee for Vice President.

final_sentence: The Constitution Party nominated Chuck Baldwin for President and Darrell Castle from Tennessee for Vice President.