2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota country United States of America
The 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 10.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Barack Obama carried the state with 54.06% of the vote in 2008 over John McCain's 43.82%.  Obama became the first ever Democrat to win without carrying Lake of the Woods County, as well as the first to do so without carrying Clearwater County since Woodrow Wilson in 1912, the first to do so without carrying Anoka or Jackson Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1916, the first to do so without carrying Benton, Morrison, or Scott Counties since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, the first to do so without carrying Cass, Chisago, Hubbard, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Nobles, Renville, Sherburne, Todd, or Wright Counties since John F. Kennedy in 1960, and the first to do so without carrying Goodhue, Sibley, Wabasha, or Waseca Counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
In 2008 78.1% of eligible Minnesotans voted – the highest percentage of any U.S. state – versus the national average of 61.2%
As of 2020, this election was the last time Minnesota voted to the right of Pennsylvania and neighboring Wisconsin, and was decided by a double digit margin too.
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