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There are 538 electoral college votes in the US presidential election, and the number of electoral college votes to win the presidential election is 270 or more.
In 2008, Barack Obama (Democratic Party) won 365 electoral votes and John McCain (Republican Party) won 173 electoral votes.
Barack Obama won the election and became the 44th president of the United States.
| # | State | Abb. | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | AK | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | Alabama | AL | 9 | 9 | |
| 3 | Arkansas | AR | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Arizona | AZ | 10 | 10 | |
| 5 | California | CA | 55 | 55 | |
| 6 | Colorado | CO | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | Connecticut | CT | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | District of Columbia | DC | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Delaware | DE | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Florida | FL | 27 | 27 | |
| 11 | Georgia | GA | 15 | 15 | |
| 12 | Hawaii | HI | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | Iowa | IA | 7 | 7 | |
| 14 | Idaho | ID | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | Illinois | IL | 21 | 21 | |
| 16 | Indiana | IN | 11 | 11 | |
| 17 | Kansas | KS | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | Kentucky | KY | 8 | 8 | |
| 19 | Louisiana | LA | 9 | 9 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts | MA | 12 | 12 | |
| 21 | Maryland | MD | 10 | 10 | |
| 22 | Maine | ME | 4 | 4 | |
| 23 | Michigan | MI | 17 | 17 | |
| 24 | Minnesota | MN | 10 | 10 | |
| 25 | Missouri | MO | 11 | 11 | |
| 26 | Mississippi | MS | 6 | 6 | |
| 27 | Montana | MT | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 | North Carolina | NC | 15 | 15 | |
| 29 | North Dakota | ND | 3 | 3 | |
| 30 | Nebraska | NE | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | New Hampshire | NH | 4 | 4 | |
| 32 | New Jersey | NJ | 15 | 15 | |
| 33 | New Mexico | NM | 5 | 5 | |
| 34 | Nevada | NV | 5 | 5 | |
| 35 | New York | NY | 31 | 31 | |
| 36 | Ohio | OH | 20 | 20 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma | OK | 7 | 7 | |
| 38 | Oregon | OR | 7 | 7 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | PA | 21 | 21 | |
| 40 | Rhode Island | RI | 4 | 4 | |
| 41 | South Carolina | SC | 8 | 8 | |
| 42 | South Dakota | SD | 3 | 3 | |
| 43 | Tennessee | TN | 11 | 11 | |
| 44 | Texas | TX | 34 | 34 | |
| 45 | Utah | UT | 5 | 5 | |
| 46 | Virginia | VA | 13 | 13 | |
| 47 | Vermont | VT | 3 | 3 | |
| 48 | Washington | WA | 11 | 11 | |
| 49 | Wisconsin | WI | 10 | 10 | |
| 50 | West Virginia | WV | 5 | 5 | |
| 51 | Wyoming | WY | 3 | 3 | |
| 365 | 173 | 538 | |||