2008 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

Barack H. Obama

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Democratic

3,419,348

61.85%

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

2,031,179

36.74%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Independent

31,152

0.56%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

19,642

0.36%

Other (+)

27,034

0.49%

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Demographic Data

2008 Population:	12,901,563	Est.	2008 Population Density:	89.6	persons/km²
2000 Population:	12,419,293	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	86.3	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	21		Electoral Vote Density:	614,360	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	143,961	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.5	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois State Board of Elections. Ballots Cast General Election - 11/4/2008 President and Vice President, Illinois State Board of Elections (http://www.elections.state.il.us/) (accessed 01 Dec 2008)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County:

Primary Documentation:

2008 Certificate of Ascertainment (m)
2008 Certificate of Vote (m)

The 2008 Campaign: