2012 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

  Kathleen Sebelius official portrait (cropped).jpg President Tommy Thompson 3x4.jpg
Nominee Kathleen Sebelius Tommy Thompson
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Wisconsin Wisconsin
Running mate Mike Beebe Jeb Bush
Electoral vote 391 147
States carried 32 + DC + NE-02 18
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