2008 United States presidential election in Michigan|
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| Turnout | 66.2% |
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Congressional district results
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Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100% |
McCain
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90% |
Tie
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The 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election which happened throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Michigan was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 16.4% margin of victory. Early on, the state was heavily targeted as a swing state. However, Obama started to pull away in the polls during the last few months due to the worsening of the state's economy, causing McCain to stop campaigning there. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Michigan had leaned Democratic in recent decades, as it voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992.
In the end, Obama won Michigan by a larger-than-expected margin of victory, winning by 823,275 votes.
