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The 2008 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4 2008 in California as part of the 20

2008 United States presidential election in California

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The 2008 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 2008, in California as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any of the 50 states, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2008 United States presidential election in California
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Turnout79.42% (of registered voters) image 3.38 pp
59.22% (of eligible voters) image 2.19 pp
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Nominee Barack Obama John McCain
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Arizona
Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin
Electoral vote 55 0
Popular vote 8,274,473 5,011,781
Percentage 61.01% 36.95%

image County results
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Obama

  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

McCain

  50–60%
  60–70%


President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.1% margin of victory. No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Prior to the election, California was considered to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state. With its 55 electoral votes, California was Obama's largest electoral prize in 2008. A number of media outlets called Obama for the West coast states including Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, declared him president-elect.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate carried Trinity County in a presidential election. This was also the first time since 1936 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in California, which the Democrats have done in every election since, except for 2024.

Primaries

  • For other parties, see California state elections, February 2008.

On February 5, 2008, presidential primaries were held by all parties with ballot access in the state.

Democratic

2008 California Democratic presidential primary
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Candidate Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
Home state New York Illinois
Delegate count 204 166
Popular vote 2,608,184 2,186,662
Percentage 51.47% 43.16%

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Election results by county

The 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California was dubbed the "Big Enchilada" by the media because it offers the most delegates out of any other delegation. Hillary Clinton won the primary.

Process

In the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention. Of these delegates, 241 were awarded at the congressional district level, and the remaining 129 were awarded to the statewide winner. Candidates were required to receive at least 15% of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates. Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote.

Number of
delegates
Congressional
districts
3 20, 47
4 2, 3, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52
5 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 50, 53
6 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 30

Polls

The latest six polls were averaged (only counting the latest Zogby poll).

Candidate Mean of polls
released in
February 2008
Median of polls
released in
February 2008
RCP average
Hillary Clinton 42.8% 40.5% 44.2%
Barack Obama 40.3% 40.4% 41.6%

Results

Key: Withdrew prior to contest
2008 California Democratic presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Hillary Clinton 2,608,184 51.47% 204
Barack Obama 2,186,662 43.16% 166
John Edwards 193,617 3.82% 0
Dennis Kucinich 24,126 0.48% 0
Bill Richardson 19,939 0.39% 0
Joe Biden 18,261 0.36% 0
Mike Gravel 8,184 0.16% 0
Christopher Dodd 8,005 0.16% 0
Willie Carter (write-in) 4 0.00% 0
Eric Hinzman (write-in) 4 0.00% 0
Phil Epstein (write-in) 3 0.00% 0
Brian Calef (write-in) 2 0.00% 0
David Frey (write-in) 1 0.00% 0
Joseph McAndrew (write-in) 1 0.00% 0
Keith Judd (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
John Stein (write-in) 7 0.0000001% 0
Totals 5,066,993 100.00% 370
Voter turnout[A] — —

Republican

2008 California Republican primary
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Candidate John McCain Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee
Party Republican Republican Republican
Home state Arizona Massachusetts Arkansas
Popular vote 1,238,988 1,013,471 340,669
Percentage 42.25% 34.56% 11.612%

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Election results by county

The 2008 California Republican primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.

Process

The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 bonus delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders. Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.

Polls

Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.

Results

Key: Withdrew prior to contest
2008 California Republican presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
John McCain 1,238,988 42.25% 155
Mitt Romney 1,013,471 34.56% 15
Mike Huckabee 340,669 11.62% 0
Rudy Giuliani 128,681 4.39% 0
Ron Paul 125,365 4.27% 0
Fred Thompson 50,275 1.71% 0
Duncan Hunter 14,021 0.48% 0
Alan Keyes 11,742 0.40% 0
John H. Cox 3,219 0.11% 0
Tom Tancredo 3,884 0.13% 0
Sam Brownback 2,486 0.08% 0
Karen Irish (write-in) 6 0.00% 0
Michael Shaw (write-in) 2 0.00% 0
Edward Marshall (write-in) 1 0.00% 0
Joel Neuberg (write-in) 1 0.00% 0
Robert Brickell (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
Brian Calef (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
David Frey (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
Walter Rothnie (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
John Sutherland (write-in) 0 0.00% 0
Uncommitted delegates 3
Totals 2,932,811 100.00% 173
Voter turnout 56.08% —

American Independent Party

The American Independent Party held its primary February 5, 2008

2008 California AIP presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage
Don J. Grundmann 16,603 36.08%
Dianne Beall Templin 15,302 33.25%
Mad Max Riekse 14,099 30.64%
David Andrew Larson (write-in) 18 0.04%
Totals 46,022 100.00%

Green Party

The Green Party held its primary February 5, 2008.

2008 California Green Party presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Ralph Nader 21,726 60.61% -
Cynthia McKinney 9,534 26.60% -
Elaine Brown 1,598 4.46% -
Kat Swift 1,084 3.02% -
Kent Mesplay 727 2.03% -
Jesse Johnson 619 1.73% -
Jared Ball 556 1.55% -
Totals 35,844 100.00% 168

Libertarian

The Libertarian Party held its primary February 5, 2008.

2008 California Libertarian Party presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage
4,241 25.16%
Steve Kubby 2,876 17.06%
Wayne Allen Root 2,360 14.00%
Bob Jackson 1,486 8.81%
Barry Hess 891 5.29%
George Phillies 852 5.05%
Michael P. Jingozian 774 4.19%
Robert Milnes 721 4.28%
Daniel Imperato 707 4.19%
John Finan 706 4.19%
Dave Hollist 678 4.02%
Alden Link 565 3.35%
Leon L. Ray (write-in) 1 0.01%
Totals 16,858 100.00%

Peace and Freedom

The Peace and Freedom Party held its primary February 5, 2008.

2008 California Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary
Candidate Votes Percentage
Ralph Nader 2,620 40.66%
Cynthia McKinney 1,385 21.49
Gloria La Riva 1,292 20.05%
Brian P. Moore 335 5.51%
John Crockford 346 5.37%
Stewart A. Alexander 340 5.28%
Stanley Hetz 106 1.64%
Totals 6,444 100.00%

Campaign

Predictions

Name Prediction
Associated Press Likely D
CNN Safe D
The Cook Political Report Solid D
CQ Politics Solid D
Likely D
Electoral-vote.com Solid D
Fox News Likely D
The New York Times Solid D
Politico Solid D
Real Clear Politics Solid D
Rasmussen Reports Safe D
The Takeaway Solid D

Polling

Characterized early on as “The Big Enchilada” by some pundits, ultimately Obama won most opinion polls taken prior to the election. Until October 9, his lead ranged from 7 to 15 points in most polls. However, after October 9, his lead expanded to more than 20 consistently. In the final three polls he averaged 59%, while McCain averaged 34%; which is close to the results on election day.

Fundraising

Obama raised a total of $124,325,459 from the state. McCain raised a total of $26,802,024.

Advertising and visits

The Obama campaign spent almost $5,570,641. The McCain campaign spent $1,885,142. Obama visited the state six times. McCain visited the state eight times.

Analysis

California was once a Republican leaning swing state, supporting Republican candidates in every election from 1952 through 1988, except in 1964. However, since the 1990s, California has become a reliably Democratic state with a highly diverse ethnic population (mostly Latino) and liberal bastions such as the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County. The last time the state was won by a Republican candidate was in 1988 by George H. W. Bush.

Obama won by a historic margin, with 61.01% of the votes. Most news organizations called California for Obama as soon as the polls in the state closed. He was projected the winner of the state along with Washington, Hawaii, and Oregon at the same time, whose combined electoral votes caused all news organizations to declare Obama the president-elect. The last time the margin was higher in the state was in 1936 when Franklin D. Roosevelt won with 66.95% of the vote.

In San Francisco and Alameda County (which includes Oakland and Berkeley), four out of five voters backed the Democratic candidate. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, Obama won every county by a three to two margin or greater. In Los Angeles County, Obama won almost 70% of the votes. His combined margin in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County would have been more than enough to carry the state.

Obama also made considerable headway in historically Republican areas of the state. Fresno County, for example, a heavily populated county in the Central Valley, went from giving Bush a 16% margin to a 2% margin for Obama. San Diego County moved from a six-percent margin for Bush to a 10-point margin for Obama—only the second time since World War II that a Democrat has carried this military-dominated county. San Bernardino and Riverside went from double-digit Republican victories to narrow Democratic wins. Ventura County also moved from Republican to Democratic. Orange County, historically one of the most Republican suburban counties in the nation, went from a 21-point margin for Bush to only a 2.5-point margin for McCain.

Voter turnout was also fairly higher than the national average. The 79% turnout of registered voters in the state was the highest since the 1976 presidential election. Despite the Democratic landslide in California, during the same election, a ballot proposition to ban same-sex marriage narrowly passed. A number of counties that had voted for Obama voted yes to it, as it was supported by Hispanics and African Americans. Even though Obama considered marriage to be between a man and a woman at the time, he opposed the "divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution... the U.S. Constitution or those of other states". Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's Republican governor and a supporter of John McCain, opposed the proposition, though McCain supported it. There was also a proposed ballot proposition called the Presidential Election Reform Act in the state to alter the way the state's electors would be distributed among presidential candidates, but the initiative failed to get onto the ballot.

Results

The following are official results from the California Secretary of State.

2008 United States presidential election in California
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 8,274,473 61.01% 55
Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 5,011,781 36.95% 0
Peace and Freedom Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 108,381 0.80% 0
Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 67,582 0.50% 0
American Independent Alan Keyes Brian Rohrbough 40,673 0.30% 0
Green Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente 38,774 0.29% 0
Independent Ron Paul (write-in) Gail Lightfoot 17,006 0.13% 0
Independent Chuck Baldwin (write-in) Darrell Castle 3,145 0.02% 0
Independent James Harris (write-in) Alyson Kennedy 49 0.00% 0
Independent Frank Moore (write-in) Susan Block 36 0.00% 0
Valid votes 13,561,900 98.68% —
Invalid or blank votes 181,277 1.32% —
Totals 13,743,177 100.00% 55
Voter turnout 79.42% —

By county

The results below are primarily compiled from the final reports available from the Secretary of State. The "others" category also includes write-in votes.

County Barack Obama
Democratic
John McCain
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Alameda 489,106 78.52% 119,555 19.19% 14,252 2.29% 369,551 59.33% 622,913
Alpine 422 60.81% 252 36.31% 20 2.88% 170 24.50% 694
Amador 7,813 41.38% 10,561 55.94% 505 2.67% -2,748 -14.56% 18,879
Butte 49,013 49.66% 46,706 47.32% 2,988 3.03% 2,307 2.34% 98,707
Calaveras 9,813 41.90% 12,835 54.80% 773 3.30% -3,022 -12.90% 23,421
Colusa 2,569 39.84% 3,733 57.89% 146 2.26% -1,164 -18.05% 6,448
Contra Costa 306,983 67.73% 136,436 30.10% 9,825 2.17% 170,547 37.63% 453,244
Del Norte 4,323 45.36% 4,967 52.11% 241 2.53% -644 -6.75% 9,531
El Dorado 40,529 43.44% 50,314 53.92% 2,466 2.64% -9,785 -10.48% 93,309
Fresno 136,706 49.99% 131,015 47.91% 5,731 2.10% 5,691 2.08% 273,452
Glenn 3,734 37.80% 5,910 59.82% 235 2.38% -2,176 -22.02% 9,879
Humboldt 39,692 62.05% 21,713 33.94% 2,563 4.01% 17,979 28.11% 63,968
Imperial 24,162 62.24% 14,008 36.08% 650 1.67% 10,154 26.16% 38,820
Inyo 3,743 43.76% 4,523 52.88% 288 3.37% -780 -9.12% 8,554
Kern 93,457 39.97% 134,793 57.65% 5,558 2.38% -41,336 -17.68% 233,808
Kings 14,747 42.00% 19,710 56.14% 651 1.85% -4,963 -14.14% 35,108
Lake 14,854 57.96% 9,935 38.76% 840 3.28% 4,919 19.20% 25,629
Lassen 3,586 31.37% 7,483 65.45% 364 3.18% -3,897 -34.08% 11,433
Los Angeles 2,295,853 69.19% 956,425 28.82% 65,970 1.99% 1,339,428 40.37% 3,318,248
Madera 17,952 42.27% 23,583 55.52% 939 2.21% -5,631 -13.25% 42,474
Marin 109,320 77.77% 28,384 20.19% 2,866 2.04% 80,936 57.58% 140,570
Mariposa 4,100 42.37% 5,298 54.75% 279 2.88% -1,198 -12.38% 9,677
Mendocino 27,843 69.29% 10,721 26.68% 1,620 4.03% 17,122 42.61% 40,184
Merced 34,031 53.13% 28,704 44.81% 1,316 2.05% 5,327 8.32% 64,051
Modoc 1,313 29.71% 2,981 67.44% 126 2.85% -1,668 -37.73% 4,420
Mono 3,093 55.52% 2,354 42.25% 124 2.23% 739 13.27% 5,571
Monterey 88,453 68.15% 38,797 29.89% 2,533 1.95% 49,656 38.26% 129,783
Napa 38,849 65.14% 19,484 32.67% 1,309 2.19% 19,365 32.47% 59,642
Nevada 28,617 51.43% 25,663 46.12% 1,367 2.46% 2,954 5.31% 55,647
Orange 549,558 47.63% 579,064 50.19% 25,065 2.17% -29,506 -2.56% 1,153,687
Placer 75,112 43.21% 94,647 54.45% 4,053 2.33% -19,535 -11.24% 173,812
Plumas 4,715 42.75% 6,035 54.72% 278 2.52% -1,320 -11.97% 11,028
Riverside 325,017 50.21% 310,041 47.90% 12,241 1.89% 14,976 2.31% 647,299
Sacramento 316,506 58.30% 213,583 39.34% 12,770 2.35% 102,923 18.96% 542,859
San Benito 11,917 60.22% 7,425 37.52% 446 2.25% 4,492 22.70% 19,788
San Bernardino 315,720 52.07% 277,408 45.75% 13,206 2.18% 38,312 6.32% 606,334
San Diego 666,581 53.95% 541,032 43.79% 27,890 2.26% 125,549 10.16% 1,235,503
San Francisco 322,220 83.96% 52,292 13.62% 8,353 2.18% 269,928 70.34% 383,796
San Joaquin 113,974 54.19% 91,607 43.56% 4,727 2.25% 22,367 10.63% 210,308
San Luis Obispo 68,176 51.20% 61,055 45.85% 3,924 2.95% 7,121 5.35% 133,155
San Mateo 222,826 73.47% 75,057 24.75% 5,409 1.78% 147,769 48.72% 303,292
Santa Barbara 105,614 60.21% 65,585 37.39% 4,208 2.40% 40,029 22.82% 175,407
Santa Clara 462,241 69.45% 190,039 28.55% 13,309 2.00% 272,202 40.90% 665,589
Santa Cruz 98,745 77.30% 25,244 19.76% 3,747 2.93% 73,501 57.54% 127,736
Shasta 28,867 35.91% 49,588 61.68% 1,935 2.41% -20,721 -25.77% 80,390
Sierra 743 37.32% 1,158 58.16% 90 4.52% -415 -20.84% 1,991
Siskiyou 9,292 43.09% 11,520 53.42% 752 3.49% -2,228 -10.33% 21,564
Solano 102,095 63.18% 56,035 34.68% 3,458 2.14% 46,060 28.50% 161,588
Sonoma 168,888 73.64% 55,127 24.04% 5,336 2.33% 113,761 49.60% 229,351
Stanislaus 80,279 49.70% 77,497 47.98% 3,736 2.31% 2,782 1.72% 161,512
Sutter 13,412 40.62% 18,911 57.27% 698 2.11% -5,499 -16.65% 33,021
Tehama 8,945 36.42% 14,843 60.44% 772 3.14% -5,898 -24.02% 24,560
Trinity 3,233 50.28% 2,940 45.72% 257 4.00% 293 4.56% 6,430
Tulare 43,634 41.35% 59,765 56.64% 2,126 2.01% -16,131 -15.29% 105,525
Tuolumne 11,532 42.24% 14,988 54.90% 783 2.87% -3,456 -12.66% 27,303
Ventura 187,601 55.01% 145,853 42.77% 7,587 2.22% 41,748 12.24% 341,041
Yolo 53,488 67.07% 24,592 30.84% 1,669 2.09% 28,896 36.23% 79,749
Yuba 8,866 41.43% 12,007 56.10% 528 2.47% -3,141 -14.67% 21,401
Total 8,274,473 60.92% 5,011,781 36.90% 296,829 2.19% 3,262,692 24.02% 13,583,083
imageShift by county
imageTrend by county
Legend
  •   Democratic — >15%
  •   Democratic — +12.5−15%
  •   Democratic — +10−12.5%
  •   Democratic — +7.5−10%
  •   Democratic — +5−7.5%
  •   Democratic — +2.5−5%
  •   Democratic — +0−2.5%
  •   Republican — +0−2.5%
  •   Republican — +2.5−5%
  •   Republican — +5−7.5%
  •   Republican — +7.5−10%
  •   Republican — +10−12.5%
imageCounty flips
Legend
  • Democratic

      Hold
      Gain from Republican

    Republican

      Hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
  • Butte (largest city: Chico)
  • Fresno (largest town: Fresno)
  • Nevada (largest town: Truckee)
  • Merced (largest community: Merced)
  • Riverside (largest city: Riverside)
  • San Bernardino (largest town: San Bernardino)
  • San Diego (largest community: San Diego)
  • San Joaquin (largest city: Stockton)
  • San Luis Obispo (largest town: San Luis Obispo)
  • Stanislaus (largest community: Modesto)
  • Trinity (largest community: Weaverville)
  • Ventura (largest city: Ventura)

By congressional district

Obama carried 42 of 53 congressional districts in California, including eight districts held by Republicans.

District McCain Obama Representative
1st 32% 66% Mike Thompson
2nd 55% 43% Wally Herger
3rd 48.7% 49.2% Dan Lungren
4th 54% 44% John Doolittle (110th Congress)
Tom McClintock (111th Congress)
5th 28% 70% Doris Matsui
6th 22% 76% Lynn Woolsey
7th 27% 72% George Miller
8th 12% 85% Nancy Pelosi
9th 10% 88% Barbara Lee
10th 33% 65% Ellen Tauscher
11th 45% 54% Jerry McNerney
12th 24% 74% Jackie Speier
13th 24% 74% Pete Stark
14th 25% 73% Anna Eshoo
15th 30% 68% Mike Honda
16th 29% 70% Zoe Lofgren
17th 26% 72% Sam Farr
18th 39% 59% Dennis Cardoza
19th 52% 46% George Radanovich
20th 39% 60% Jim Costa
21st 56% 42% Devin Nunes
22nd 60% 38% Kevin McCarthy
23rd 32% 66% Lois Capps
24th 48% 51% Elton Gallegly
25th 48% 49% Howard McKeon
26th 47% 51% David Dreier
27th 32% 66% Brad Sherman
28th 22% 76% Howard Berman
29th 30% 68% Adam Schiff
30th 28% 70% Henry Waxman
31st 18% 80% Xavier Becerra
32nd 30% 68% Hilda Solis
33rd 12% 87% Diane Watson
34th 23% 75% Lucille Roybal-Allard
35th 14% 84% Maxine Waters
36th 34% 64% Jane Harman
37th 19% 80% Laura Richardson
38th 27% 71% Grace Napolitano
39th 32% 65% Linda Sánchez
40th 51% 47% Ed Royce
41st 54% 44% Jerry Lewis
42nd 53% 45% Gary Miller
43rd 30% 68% Joe Baca
44th 49% 50% Ken Calvert
45th 47% 52% Mary Bono Mack
46th 50% 48% Dana Rohrabacher
47th 38% 60% Loretta Sanchez
48th 48.6% 49.3% John B. T. Campbell III
49th 53% 45% Darrell Issa
50th 47% 51% Brian Bilbray
51st 35% 63% Bob Filner
52nd 53% 45% Duncan Hunter
53rd 30% 68% Susan Davis

Electors

Technically the voters of California cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. California is allocated 55 electors because it has 53 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 55 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate, to the California Secretary of State. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 55 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. In California the 55 electors meet in the State Capitol building in Sacramento to cast their ballots.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from California. All were pledged to and voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

  • Jaime Alvarado
  • William Ayer
  • Joe Baca Jr.
  • Ian Blue
  • Roberta Brooks
  • Nathan Brostrom
  • Mark Cibula
  • Robert Conaway
  • Ray Cordova
  • Lawrence Du Bois
  • James Farley
  • John Freidenrich
  • Mark Friedman
  • Bobby Glaser
  • Audrey Gordon
  • Robert Handy
  • Ilene Haber
  • Mary Hubert
  • Aleita Huguenin
  • Richard Hundrieser
  • Fred Jackson
  • Patrick Kahler
  • Mary Keadle
  • LeRoy King
  • Vinz Koller
  • Mark Macarro
  • Alma Marquez
  • Ana Mascarenas
  • Betty McMillion
  • Michael McNerney
  • Gwen Moore
  • Jeremy Nishihara
  • Gregory Olzack
  • Joe Perez
  • Nancy Parrish
  • Lou Paulson
  • Anthony Rendon
  • Frank Salazar
  • David Sanchez
  • Larry Sheingold
  • Lane Sherman
  • Stephen Smith
  • Juadina Stallings
  • Kenneth Sulzer
  • Aaruni Thakur
  • Norma Torres
  • Silissa Uriarte-Smith
  • Sid Voorakkara
  • Greg Warner
  • Karen Waters
  • Sanford Weiner
  • Gregory Willenborg
  • Kelley Willis
  • James Yedor
  • Christine Young

Notes

A Turnout information is not available because Decline to State voters were allowed to participate. There were a total of 6,749,406 eligible registered voters registered with the Democratic Party and 3,043,164 who declined to state.

See also

  • February 2008 California elections
  • November 2008 California elections
  • Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: California
  • 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
  • 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

  1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
  2. Mirchandani, Rajesh (February 3, 2008). "Candidates vie for bite of 'Big Enchilada'". BBC News. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  3. "Call for the 2008 Democratic National Convention" (PDF). Democratic National Committee. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  4. "Decline to State - Voter Information". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
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The 2008 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4 2008 in California as part of the 2008 United States presidential election Voters chose 55 electors the most out of any of the 50 states to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 2008 United States presidential election in California 2004 November 4 2008 2012 Turnout79 42 of registered voters 3 38 pp 59 22 of eligible voters 2 19 pp Nominee Barack Obama John McCain Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Arizona Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin Electoral vote 55 0 Popular vote 8 274 473 5 011 781 Percentage 61 01 36 95 County resultsCongressional district resultsObama 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 McCain 50 60 60 70 President before election George W Bush Republican Elected President Barack Obama Democratic California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24 1 margin of victory No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since George H W Bush in 1988 Prior to the election California was considered to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state With its 55 electoral votes California was Obama s largest electoral prize in 2008 A number of media outlets called Obama for the West coast states including Hawaii Oregon and Washington declared him president elect As of the 2024 presidential election this is the last time the Democratic candidate carried Trinity County in a presidential election This was also the first time since 1936 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60 of the vote in California which the Democrats have done in every election since except for 2024 PrimariesFor other parties see California state elections February 2008 On February 5 2008 presidential primaries were held by all parties with ballot access in the state Democratic 2008 California Democratic presidential primary 2004 February 5 2008 2008 02 05 2016 Candidate Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Home state New York Illinois Delegate count 204 166 Popular vote 2 608 184 2 186 662 Percentage 51 47 43 16 Election results by county The 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5 2008 also known as Super Tuesday California was dubbed the Big Enchilada by the media because it offers the most delegates out of any other delegation Hillary Clinton won the primary Process In the primary 370 of California s 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention Of these delegates 241 were awarded at the congressional district level and the remaining 129 were awarded to the statewide winner Candidates were required to receive at least 15 of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote Number of delegates Congressional districts 3 20 47 4 2 3 11 16 18 19 21 22 25 26 31 32 34 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 51 52 5 1 4 5 7 10 13 15 17 23 24 27 28 29 33 35 36 37 50 53 6 6 8 9 12 14 30 Polls The latest six polls were averaged only counting the latest Zogby poll Candidate Mean of polls released in February 2008 Median of polls released in February 2008 RCP average Hillary Clinton 42 8 40 5 44 2 Barack Obama 40 3 40 4 41 6 Results Key Withdrew prior to contest 2008 California Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates Hillary Clinton 2 608 184 51 47 204 Barack Obama 2 186 662 43 16 166 John Edwards 193 617 3 82 0 Dennis Kucinich 24 126 0 48 0 Bill Richardson 19 939 0 39 0 Joe Biden 18 261 0 36 0 Mike Gravel 8 184 0 16 0 Christopher Dodd 8 005 0 16 0 Willie Carter write in 4 0 00 0 Eric Hinzman write in 4 0 00 0 Phil Epstein write in 3 0 00 0 Brian Calef write in 2 0 00 0 David Frey write in 1 0 00 0 Joseph McAndrew write in 1 0 00 0 Keith Judd write in 0 0 00 0 John Stein write in 7 0 0000001 0 Totals 5 066 993 100 00 370 Voter turnout A Republican 2008 California Republican primary 2004 February 5 2008 2012 Candidate John McCain Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee Party Republican Republican Republican Home state Arizona Massachusetts Arkansas Popular vote 1 238 988 1 013 471 340 669 Percentage 42 25 34 56 11 612 Election results by county The 2008 California Republican primary was held on February 5 2008 with a total of 173 national delegates at stake Process The delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district s delegates The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 bonus delegates with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters Polls Early polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate Results Key Withdrew prior to contest 2008 California Republican presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates John McCain 1 238 988 42 25 155 Mitt Romney 1 013 471 34 56 15 Mike Huckabee 340 669 11 62 0 Rudy Giuliani 128 681 4 39 0 Ron Paul 125 365 4 27 0 Fred Thompson 50 275 1 71 0 Duncan Hunter 14 021 0 48 0 Alan Keyes 11 742 0 40 0 John H Cox 3 219 0 11 0 Tom Tancredo 3 884 0 13 0 Sam Brownback 2 486 0 08 0 Karen Irish write in 6 0 00 0 Michael Shaw write in 2 0 00 0 Edward Marshall write in 1 0 00 0 Joel Neuberg write in 1 0 00 0 Robert Brickell write in 0 0 00 0 Brian Calef write in 0 0 00 0 David Frey write in 0 0 00 0 Walter Rothnie write in 0 0 00 0 John Sutherland write in 0 0 00 0 Uncommitted delegates 3 Totals 2 932 811 100 00 173 Voter turnout 56 08 American Independent Party The American Independent Party held its primary February 5 2008 2008 California AIP presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage Don J Grundmann 16 603 36 08 Dianne Beall Templin 15 302 33 25 Mad Max Riekse 14 099 30 64 David Andrew Larson write in 18 0 04 Totals 46 022 100 00 Green Party The Green Party held its primary February 5 2008 2008 California Green Party presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates Ralph Nader 21 726 60 61 Cynthia McKinney 9 534 26 60 Elaine Brown 1 598 4 46 Kat Swift 1 084 3 02 Kent Mesplay 727 2 03 Jesse Johnson 619 1 73 Jared Ball 556 1 55 Totals 35 844 100 00 168 Libertarian The Libertarian Party held its primary February 5 2008 2008 California Libertarian Party presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage 4 241 25 16 Steve Kubby 2 876 17 06 Wayne Allen Root 2 360 14 00 Bob Jackson 1 486 8 81 Barry Hess 891 5 29 George Phillies 852 5 05 Michael P Jingozian 774 4 19 Robert Milnes 721 4 28 Daniel Imperato 707 4 19 John Finan 706 4 19 Dave Hollist 678 4 02 Alden Link 565 3 35 Leon L Ray write in 1 0 01 Totals 16 858 100 00 Peace and Freedom The Peace and Freedom Party held its primary February 5 2008 2008 California Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage Ralph Nader 2 620 40 66 Cynthia McKinney 1 385 21 49 Gloria La Riva 1 292 20 05 Brian P Moore 335 5 51 John Crockford 346 5 37 Stewart A Alexander 340 5 28 Stanley Hetz 106 1 64 Totals 6 444 100 00 CampaignPredictions Name Prediction Associated Press Likely D CNN Safe D The Cook Political Report Solid D CQ Politics Solid D Likely D Electoral vote com Solid D Fox News Likely D The New York Times Solid D Politico Solid D Real Clear Politics Solid D Rasmussen Reports Safe D The Takeaway Solid D Polling Characterized early on as The Big Enchilada by some pundits ultimately Obama won most opinion polls taken prior to the election Until October 9 his lead ranged from 7 to 15 points in most polls However after October 9 his lead expanded to more than 20 consistently In the final three polls he averaged 59 while McCain averaged 34 which is close to the results on election day Fundraising Obama raised a total of 124 325 459 from the state McCain raised a total of 26 802 024 Advertising and visits The Obama campaign spent almost 5 570 641 The McCain campaign spent 1 885 142 Obama visited the state six times McCain visited the state eight times AnalysisCalifornia was once a Republican leaning swing state supporting Republican candidates in every election from 1952 through 1988 except in 1964 However since the 1990s California has become a reliably Democratic state with a highly diverse ethnic population mostly Latino and liberal bastions such as the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County The last time the state was won by a Republican candidate was in 1988 by George H W Bush Obama won by a historic margin with 61 01 of the votes Most news organizations called California for Obama as soon as the polls in the state closed He was projected the winner of the state along with Washington Hawaii and Oregon at the same time whose combined electoral votes caused all news organizations to declare Obama the president elect The last time the margin was higher in the state was in 1936 when Franklin D Roosevelt won with 66 95 of the vote In San Francisco and Alameda County which includes Oakland and Berkeley four out of five voters backed the Democratic candidate Elsewhere in the Bay Area Obama won every county by a three to two margin or greater In Los Angeles County Obama won almost 70 of the votes His combined margin in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County would have been more than enough to carry the state Obama also made considerable headway in historically Republican areas of the state Fresno County for example a heavily populated county in the Central Valley went from giving Bush a 16 margin to a 2 margin for Obama San Diego County moved from a six percent margin for Bush to a 10 point margin for Obama only the second time since World War II that a Democrat has carried this military dominated county San Bernardino and Riverside went from double digit Republican victories to narrow Democratic wins Ventura County also moved from Republican to Democratic Orange County historically one of the most Republican suburban counties in the nation went from a 21 point margin for Bush to only a 2 5 point margin for McCain Voter turnout was also fairly higher than the national average The 79 turnout of registered voters in the state was the highest since the 1976 presidential election Despite the Democratic landslide in California during the same election a ballot proposition to ban same sex marriage narrowly passed A number of counties that had voted for Obama voted yes to it as it was supported by Hispanics and African Americans Even though Obama considered marriage to be between a man and a woman at the time he opposed the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution the U S Constitution or those of other states Arnold Schwarzenegger the state s Republican governor and a supporter of John McCain opposed the proposition though McCain supported it There was also a proposed ballot proposition called the Presidential Election Reform Act in the state to alter the way the state s electors would be distributed among presidential candidates but the initiative failed to get onto the ballot ResultsThe following are official results from the California Secretary of State 2008 United States presidential election in California Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 8 274 473 61 01 55 Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 5 011 781 36 95 0 Peace and Freedom Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 108 381 0 80 0 Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 67 582 0 50 0 American Independent Alan Keyes Brian Rohrbough 40 673 0 30 0 Green Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente 38 774 0 29 0 Independent Ron Paul write in Gail Lightfoot 17 006 0 13 0 Independent Chuck Baldwin write in Darrell Castle 3 145 0 02 0 Independent James Harris write in Alyson Kennedy 49 0 00 0 Independent Frank Moore write in Susan Block 36 0 00 0 Valid votes 13 561 900 98 68 Invalid or blank votes 181 277 1 32 Totals 13 743 177 100 00 55 Voter turnout 79 42 By county The results below are primarily compiled from the final reports available from the Secretary of State The others category also includes write in votes County Barack Obama Democratic John McCain Republican Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast Alameda 489 106 78 52 119 555 19 19 14 252 2 29 369 551 59 33 622 913 Alpine 422 60 81 252 36 31 20 2 88 170 24 50 694 Amador 7 813 41 38 10 561 55 94 505 2 67 2 748 14 56 18 879 Butte 49 013 49 66 46 706 47 32 2 988 3 03 2 307 2 34 98 707 Calaveras 9 813 41 90 12 835 54 80 773 3 30 3 022 12 90 23 421 Colusa 2 569 39 84 3 733 57 89 146 2 26 1 164 18 05 6 448 Contra Costa 306 983 67 73 136 436 30 10 9 825 2 17 170 547 37 63 453 244 Del Norte 4 323 45 36 4 967 52 11 241 2 53 644 6 75 9 531 El Dorado 40 529 43 44 50 314 53 92 2 466 2 64 9 785 10 48 93 309 Fresno 136 706 49 99 131 015 47 91 5 731 2 10 5 691 2 08 273 452 Glenn 3 734 37 80 5 910 59 82 235 2 38 2 176 22 02 9 879 Humboldt 39 692 62 05 21 713 33 94 2 563 4 01 17 979 28 11 63 968 Imperial 24 162 62 24 14 008 36 08 650 1 67 10 154 26 16 38 820 Inyo 3 743 43 76 4 523 52 88 288 3 37 780 9 12 8 554 Kern 93 457 39 97 134 793 57 65 5 558 2 38 41 336 17 68 233 808 Kings 14 747 42 00 19 710 56 14 651 1 85 4 963 14 14 35 108 Lake 14 854 57 96 9 935 38 76 840 3 28 4 919 19 20 25 629 Lassen 3 586 31 37 7 483 65 45 364 3 18 3 897 34 08 11 433 Los Angeles 2 295 853 69 19 956 425 28 82 65 970 1 99 1 339 428 40 37 3 318 248 Madera 17 952 42 27 23 583 55 52 939 2 21 5 631 13 25 42 474 Marin 109 320 77 77 28 384 20 19 2 866 2 04 80 936 57 58 140 570 Mariposa 4 100 42 37 5 298 54 75 279 2 88 1 198 12 38 9 677 Mendocino 27 843 69 29 10 721 26 68 1 620 4 03 17 122 42 61 40 184 Merced 34 031 53 13 28 704 44 81 1 316 2 05 5 327 8 32 64 051 Modoc 1 313 29 71 2 981 67 44 126 2 85 1 668 37 73 4 420 Mono 3 093 55 52 2 354 42 25 124 2 23 739 13 27 5 571 Monterey 88 453 68 15 38 797 29 89 2 533 1 95 49 656 38 26 129 783 Napa 38 849 65 14 19 484 32 67 1 309 2 19 19 365 32 47 59 642 Nevada 28 617 51 43 25 663 46 12 1 367 2 46 2 954 5 31 55 647 Orange 549 558 47 63 579 064 50 19 25 065 2 17 29 506 2 56 1 153 687 Placer 75 112 43 21 94 647 54 45 4 053 2 33 19 535 11 24 173 812 Plumas 4 715 42 75 6 035 54 72 278 2 52 1 320 11 97 11 028 Riverside 325 017 50 21 310 041 47 90 12 241 1 89 14 976 2 31 647 299 Sacramento 316 506 58 30 213 583 39 34 12 770 2 35 102 923 18 96 542 859 San Benito 11 917 60 22 7 425 37 52 446 2 25 4 492 22 70 19 788 San Bernardino 315 720 52 07 277 408 45 75 13 206 2 18 38 312 6 32 606 334 San Diego 666 581 53 95 541 032 43 79 27 890 2 26 125 549 10 16 1 235 503 San Francisco 322 220 83 96 52 292 13 62 8 353 2 18 269 928 70 34 383 796 San Joaquin 113 974 54 19 91 607 43 56 4 727 2 25 22 367 10 63 210 308 San Luis Obispo 68 176 51 20 61 055 45 85 3 924 2 95 7 121 5 35 133 155 San Mateo 222 826 73 47 75 057 24 75 5 409 1 78 147 769 48 72 303 292 Santa Barbara 105 614 60 21 65 585 37 39 4 208 2 40 40 029 22 82 175 407 Santa Clara 462 241 69 45 190 039 28 55 13 309 2 00 272 202 40 90 665 589 Santa Cruz 98 745 77 30 25 244 19 76 3 747 2 93 73 501 57 54 127 736 Shasta 28 867 35 91 49 588 61 68 1 935 2 41 20 721 25 77 80 390 Sierra 743 37 32 1 158 58 16 90 4 52 415 20 84 1 991 Siskiyou 9 292 43 09 11 520 53 42 752 3 49 2 228 10 33 21 564 Solano 102 095 63 18 56 035 34 68 3 458 2 14 46 060 28 50 161 588 Sonoma 168 888 73 64 55 127 24 04 5 336 2 33 113 761 49 60 229 351 Stanislaus 80 279 49 70 77 497 47 98 3 736 2 31 2 782 1 72 161 512 Sutter 13 412 40 62 18 911 57 27 698 2 11 5 499 16 65 33 021 Tehama 8 945 36 42 14 843 60 44 772 3 14 5 898 24 02 24 560 Trinity 3 233 50 28 2 940 45 72 257 4 00 293 4 56 6 430 Tulare 43 634 41 35 59 765 56 64 2 126 2 01 16 131 15 29 105 525 Tuolumne 11 532 42 24 14 988 54 90 783 2 87 3 456 12 66 27 303 Ventura 187 601 55 01 145 853 42 77 7 587 2 22 41 748 12 24 341 041 Yolo 53 488 67 07 24 592 30 84 1 669 2 09 28 896 36 23 79 749 Yuba 8 866 41 43 12 007 56 10 528 2 47 3 141 14 67 21 401 Total 8 274 473 60 92 5 011 781 36 90 296 829 2 19 3 262 692 24 02 13 583 083 Shift by countyTrend by county Legend Democratic gt 15 Democratic 12 5 15 Democratic 10 12 5 Democratic 7 5 10 Democratic 5 7 5 Democratic 2 5 5 Democratic 0 2 5 Republican 0 2 5 Republican 2 5 5 Republican 5 7 5 Republican 7 5 10 Republican 10 12 5 County flips Legend Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butte largest city Chico Fresno largest town Fresno Nevada largest town Truckee Merced largest community Merced Riverside largest city Riverside San Bernardino largest town San Bernardino San Diego largest community San Diego San Joaquin largest city Stockton San Luis Obispo largest town San Luis Obispo Stanislaus largest community Modesto Trinity largest community Weaverville Ventura largest city Ventura By congressional district Obama carried 42 of 53 congressional districts in California including eight districts held by Republicans District McCain Obama Representative 1st 32 66 Mike Thompson 2nd 55 43 Wally Herger 3rd 48 7 49 2 Dan Lungren 4th 54 44 John Doolittle 110th Congress Tom McClintock 111th Congress 5th 28 70 Doris Matsui 6th 22 76 Lynn Woolsey 7th 27 72 George Miller 8th 12 85 Nancy Pelosi 9th 10 88 Barbara Lee 10th 33 65 Ellen Tauscher 11th 45 54 Jerry McNerney 12th 24 74 Jackie Speier 13th 24 74 Pete Stark 14th 25 73 Anna Eshoo 15th 30 68 Mike Honda 16th 29 70 Zoe Lofgren 17th 26 72 Sam Farr 18th 39 59 Dennis Cardoza 19th 52 46 George Radanovich 20th 39 60 Jim Costa 21st 56 42 Devin Nunes 22nd 60 38 Kevin McCarthy 23rd 32 66 Lois Capps 24th 48 51 Elton Gallegly 25th 48 49 Howard McKeon 26th 47 51 David Dreier 27th 32 66 Brad Sherman 28th 22 76 Howard Berman 29th 30 68 Adam Schiff 30th 28 70 Henry Waxman 31st 18 80 Xavier Becerra 32nd 30 68 Hilda Solis 33rd 12 87 Diane Watson 34th 23 75 Lucille Roybal Allard 35th 14 84 Maxine Waters 36th 34 64 Jane Harman 37th 19 80 Laura Richardson 38th 27 71 Grace Napolitano 39th 32 65 Linda Sanchez 40th 51 47 Ed Royce 41st 54 44 Jerry Lewis 42nd 53 45 Gary Miller 43rd 30 68 Joe Baca 44th 49 50 Ken Calvert 45th 47 52 Mary Bono Mack 46th 50 48 Dana Rohrabacher 47th 38 60 Loretta Sanchez 48th 48 6 49 3 John B T Campbell III 49th 53 45 Darrell Issa 50th 47 51 Brian Bilbray 51st 35 63 Bob Filner 52nd 53 45 Duncan Hunter 53rd 30 68 Susan DavisElectorsTechnically the voters of California cast their ballots for electors representatives to the Electoral College California is allocated 55 electors because it has 53 congressional districts and 2 senators All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write in votes must submit a list of 55 electors who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate to the California Secretary of State Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 55 electoral votes Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate they are not obligated to vote for them An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15 2008 to cast their votes for president and vice president The Electoral College itself never meets as one body Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols In California the 55 electors meet in the State Capitol building in Sacramento to cast their ballots The following were the members of the Electoral College from California All were pledged to and voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden Jaime Alvarado William Ayer Joe Baca Jr Ian Blue Roberta Brooks Nathan Brostrom Mark Cibula Robert Conaway Ray Cordova Lawrence Du Bois James Farley John Freidenrich Mark Friedman Bobby Glaser Audrey Gordon Robert Handy Ilene Haber Mary Hubert Aleita Huguenin Richard Hundrieser Fred Jackson Patrick Kahler Mary Keadle LeRoy King Vinz Koller Mark Macarro Alma Marquez Ana Mascarenas Betty McMillion Michael McNerney Gwen Moore Jeremy Nishihara Gregory Olzack Joe Perez Nancy Parrish Lou Paulson Anthony Rendon Frank Salazar David Sanchez Larry Sheingold Lane Sherman Stephen Smith Juadina Stallings Kenneth Sulzer Aaruni Thakur Norma Torres Silissa Uriarte Smith Sid Voorakkara Greg Warner Karen Waters Sanford Weiner Gregory Willenborg Kelley Willis James Yedor Christine YoungNotesA Turnout information is not available because Decline to State voters were allowed to participate There were a total of 6 749 406 eligible registered voters registered with the Democratic Party and 3 043 164 who declined to state See alsoFebruary 2008 California elections November 2008 California elections Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election 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2008 Statement of Vote 2008 General Election PDF California Secretary of State December 13 2008 Archived from the original PDF on May 6 2013 Retrieved December 13 2008 Supplement to the Statement of Vote Statewide Summary by County for United States President PDF California Secretary of State April 10 2009 Archived from the original PDF on June 12 2009 Retrieved June 13 2009 Counties by Congressional Districts for United States President PDF November 4 2008 Archived PDF from the original on November 17 2024 Retrieved January 27 2025 Electoral College California Secretary of State Archived from the original on October 30 2008 Retrieved November 1 2008 Duly Appointed Presidential Electors The Green Papers October 11 2008 Retrieved November 7 2008 2008 Presidential Election California Certificate of Ascertainment National Archives and Records Administration Retrieved January 5 2009 External linksOfficial list of electors for ballot candidates Official list of electors for write in 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