Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 41.8% of the votes cast and John McCain received 56.9% of the votes cast. All of Tennessee's 11 electoral votes were awarded to John McCain. In 2012, Barack Obama received 39.1%% of the votes cast and Mitt Romney received 59.5% of the votes cast. All of Tennessee's 11 electoral votes were awarded to Mitt Romney.
John McCain received more votes in Alabama.
Barack Obama received 69,498,516 votes to John McCain's 59,948,323 votes, 9,550,193 votes more.Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes; John McCain received 173 electoral votes. Obama received 192 more electoral votes, more than doubling John McCain.
Barack Obama received more votes, receiving 65,456,897 votes and 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 59,934,814 votes and 173 electoral votes.
Arizona awarded 0 electoral votes to Obama, whom lost the state in 2008 with 1,034,707 votes as opposed to John McCain's 1,230,111 votes. McCain won Arizona's 10 electoral votes. In 2012, Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney who received 1,233,654 votes to Obama's 1,025,232 votes.
Obama received 66,760,924 votes which accounted for 52.7% of the popular vote. McCain received 58,279,894 votes which accounted for 46.0% of the popular vote. Obama received 8,481,030 more votes than McCain. This means Obama received about 14.5% more votes than McCain did.
In the 2008 election, Barack Obama defeated his challenger John McCain decisively in both the electoral and popular votes. The 2012 election was slightly more close in the popular vote, but the president won it and he also won the electoral vote by a wide margin (332 to 206) against his challenger Mitt Romney.
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520. Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520. Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
2008 Presidential Election: Barack Obama received 422,310votes. Obama lost to John McCain who received 638,017 votes and Arkansas' 6 electoral votes.2012 Presidential Election: Barack Obama received 394,409votes. Obama lost to Mitt Romney who received 647,744 votes and Arkansas' 6 electoral votes.
Barack Obama received more electoral votes, receiving 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes
For the 2008 Presidential Election, according to the Federal Election Commission: 69,456,897 (52.9%) for Obama, 59,934,814 (45.7%) for McCain, and 1,865,617 (1.4%) for other candidates.