2008 United States presidential election (President Powell)

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2008 United States presidential election
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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout 58.2% Increase 1.5 pp

  Tommy Thompson 3x4.png Hillary Rodham Clinton-cropped.jpg
Nominee Tommy Thompson Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Wisconsin New York
Running mate Jeb Bush Evan Bayh
Electoral vote 302 236
States carried 33 17 + DC + ME-01
Popular vote 67,272,069 61,770,020
Percentage 51.2% 47.0%

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Thompson/Bush and blue denotes those won by Clinton/Bayh. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.

President before election

Colin Powell
Republican

Elected President

Tommy Thompson
Republican