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

533,736

55.15%

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

412,827

42.65%

None of these Candidates

6,267

0.65%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Independent

6,150

0.64%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Libertarian

4,263

0.44%

Charles O. Baldwin

Darrell L. Castle

Independent American

3,194

0.33%

Cynthia A. McKinney

Rosa A. Clemente

Green

1,411

0.15%

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Demographic Data

2008 Population:	2,600,167	Est.	2008 Population Density:	9.1	persons/km²
2000 Population:	1,998,257	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	7.0	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	5		Electoral Vote Density:	520,033	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	284,448	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	3.3	%

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Source for Popular Vote data: Nevada Secretary of State. 2008 Official Statewide General Election Results November 4, 2008 President and Vice President of the United States, Nevada Secretary of State (http://sos.state.nv.us/nvelection/) (accessed 27 Nov 2008)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Primary Documentation:

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

The 2008 Campaign: