04 December 2008

Popular Vote Update

Not all state numbers have been certified, so there will be some minor changes before the tally is finalized. But Barack Obama's victory over John McCain is more impressive with each passing day:
Obama/Biden
Democratic
68,800,158
53.0%

McCain/Palin
Republican
59,607,254
45.8%

Barr, Nader, Others
Various
1,653,986
1.2%
That's a margin of 9,192,904 votes for the Democratic ticket. Any way you slice it...a superb showing!