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What was the total number of electoral votes in 2012?

What was the total number of electoral votes in 2012?

2012 United States presidential election

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 332 206

How many electoral college votes did Barack Obama get in 2008?

2008 United States presidential election

Nominee Barack Obama John McCain
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Arizona
Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin
Electoral vote 365 173

How many electoral votes did McClellan get?

Results by state

George B. McClellan Democratic
State electoral votes #
California 5 43,837
Connecticut 6 42,288
Delaware 3 8,767

Did Abe Lincoln win the popular vote?

Lincoln won the second-lowest share of the popular vote among all winning presidential candidates in U.S. history. The Republican victory resulted from the concentration of votes in the free states, which together controlled a majority of the presidential electors.

Why did Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as VP?

In 1864, Johnson was a logical choice as running mate for Lincoln, who wished to send a message of national unity in his re-election campaign; and became vice president after a victorious election in 1864. He did not win the 1868 Democratic presidential nomination and left office the following year.

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