2008 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

John S. McCain, III

Sarah Palin

Republican

203,054

53.16%

Barack H. Obama

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Democratic

170,924

44.75%

Ralph Nader

Matt Gonzalez

Independent

4,267

1.12%

Charles O. Baldwin

Darrell L. Castle

Constitution

1,895

0.50%

Bob Barr

Wayne A. Root

Independent

1,835

0.48%

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Demographic Data

2008 Population:	804,194	Est.	2008 Population Density:	4.1	persons/km²
2000 Population:	754,844	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	3.8	persons/km²
Total Electoral Vote:	3		Electoral Vote Density:	268,065	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	196,540	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.8	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: South Dakota Secretary of State. 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Statewide Races by County November 4, 2008, South Dakota Secretary of State (http://www.state.sd.us/sos/sos.htm) (accessed 26 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)

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