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U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

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Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to John McCain versus Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election
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The 2008 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. McCain won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned. Mr. McCain won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.
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Religious Groups

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

Class

Rank

Percent

Value

Class

Rank

Value

Class

Rank

Deaths per 100,000 live births

Predominantly Muslim

Predominantly Catholic

Predominantly Protestant

Traditional African

Coptic Christian

Falasha (Black Jews)

Hindu

99.9%
1.91%
53.4%84.2%87.0%21.5%45.9%1.72%1.75%
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