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Election Day is Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Electoral College Box Scores 2000-2008
| Election |
2000 |
| President |
George W. Bush [R] |
| Main Opponent |
Albert Gore, Jr. [D] |
| Electoral Vote |
Winner: 271 |
Main Opponent: 266 |
Total/Majority: 538/270 |
| Popular Vote |
Winner: 50,456,062 |
Main Opponent: 50,996,582 |
| Vice President |
Richard B. Cheney (271) |
| V.P. Opponent: |
Joseph Lieberman (266) |
| Notes |
George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. One electoral vote was not cast. |
| Election |
2004 |
| President |
George W. Bush [R] |
| Main Opponent |
John F. Kerry [D] |
| Electoral Vote |
Winner: 286 |
Main Opponent: 251 |
Total/Majority: 538/270 |
| Popular Vote |
Winner: 60,693,281 |
Main Opponent: 57,355,978 |
| Votes for Others |
John Edwards (1) |
| Vice President |
Richard B. Cheney (286) |
| V.P. Opponent: |
John Edwards (252) |
| Notes |
One Minnesota elector voted for John Edwards for both President and Vice President. During the counting of the vote in Congress, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-Calif.) raised objections to the Ohio Certificate of Vote alleging that the votes were not regularly given. Both houses voted to override the objection, 74 to 1 in the Senate and 267 to 31 in the House of Representatives. |
| Election |
2008 |
| President |
Barack Obama [D] |
| Main Opponent |
John McCain [R] |
| Electoral Vote* |
Winner: 365 |
Main Opponent: 173 |
Total/Majority: 538/270 |
| Popular Vote** |
Winner: 69,297,997 |
Main Opponent: 59,597,520 |
| Vice President |
Joe Biden (365) |
| V.P. Opponent: |
Sarah Palin (173) |
| Notes |
* Nebraska distributes its electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from its three Congressional districts. For the first time since adopting this system, Nebraska's five electoral votes were split between the two major party tickets. The McCain-Palin ticket won Nebraska overall and received the two at-large electors, as well as the electors from the First and Third Congressional Districts, where McCain-Palin also won. However, the Obama-Biden ticket won the Second Congressional District and, thus, received its one elector.
** Popular vote totals are derived from the states' Certificates of Ascertainment. |
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