Who won Massachusetts in the 2008 presidential election?

Obama (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 2008, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 2008?

Massachusetts cast 12 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 2008?

Yes. Massachusetts backed Barack Obama, who won the presidency that year.

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2008

Massachusetts: Obama carries 12 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 12 electoral votes for Obama (Democratic). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Massachusetts in 2008

The 2008 contest saw Massachusetts line up behind Obama, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Barack Obama captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1984. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 2008. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 365 of the 538 electoral votes, against John McCain's 173. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 52.93% of the ballots cast.

The 2008 national map

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