2008 United States presidential election in Nevada

The 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D. C. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Barack Obama carried the state by 12. 50 points over John McCain, receiving 55. 15% of the total statewide vote to McCain’s 42. 65%.

About 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada in brief

The 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D. C. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Barack Obama carried the state by 12. 50 points over John McCain, receiving 55. 15% of the total statewide vote to McCain’s 42. 65%. It was the first time since 1988 that the margin of victory was in double digits, and the first and so far only time since 1964 when the margin was Democratic. The subprime mortgage crisis hit Nevada hard, and McCain’s statement that \”the fundamentals of the economy are strong\” undoubtedly hurt him in a state that was devastated by the economic meltdown.

At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Senate, two seats in the Assembly and picked up two more seats in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, which is based in Clark County and consists of most of the Las Vegas suburbs. The state’s 122,000-vote margin would have been enough for the whole nation to carry the state, and Nevada voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole for the second time since 1960 and for only the second and third time since 1944. In 2008, both campaigns heavily campaigned here in 2008, as although Obama held a lead in the polls, it was not unreasonable to think that John McCain had a legitimate chance of having Nevada swing to his corner. Each campaign visited the state 7 times.

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