The 2008 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 31 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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2008 United States presidential election in New York|
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Turnout | 63.51% 1.07 pp |
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Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90-100% |
McCain
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80% |
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New York was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 26.9% margin of victory. Obama took 62.88% of the vote to McCain's 36.03%. At the time this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York State since 1964, although Obama would outperform his 2008 showing in New York just four years later in 2012. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Located in the Northeast, a region of the country that is trending heavily towards the Democrats, elections in New York are dominated by the presence of the heavily populated, heavily diverse, liberal bastion of New York City where Democrats tend to be heavily favored to win.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Chautauqua County voted for the Democratic candidate.