The Green Papers: 2008 General Election
2008 General Election Home U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority Electoral College Allocation How Appointed Meeting Place (15 December) Duly Appointed Electors Tabulation by Congress (8 January 2009) THE "FAITHLESS ELECTORS" - Presidential Electors who have defected in the past May Electors Defect? DATES OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "EVENTS": 1789 to the present "APPARENT" ELECTORAL VOTE for President of the United States: 1856 to present ELECTORAL VOTE for President of the United States (as pledged and as officially counted) ELECTORAL VOTE for Vice President of the United States (as pledged and as officially counted) Contests to Watch and Polling Data 2008 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress Alphabetically -- Chronologically -- Poll Closing Times ....General Election Poll Closing Times Alphabetically -- Chronologically -- Electoral College .... President (Details) Governors Senate House .... Senators by 'Class' Governors by election 'cycle' .... Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance -- Senatorial Primaries at a Glance .... Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election) Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office) Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with multiple incumbents running for them Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office .... 2008 Partisan Composition by State .... Political Parties .... Senate Electoral Classes .... 1976-2004 Presidential Election State Voting Trends Relative Political Party Strength in each State per Federal/State Elections .... Explanation of the Debate Scoring System
