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The 2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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  • The 2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 10.32% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Although the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992, the margins of victory had become smaller over the past elections, as was highlighted in 2004 when John Kerry won the Keystone State by a slim margin of 2.50%. Since George W. Bush came relatively close to winning the state in 2004 and because Barack Obama lost the Democratic primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton by nearly 10% in April 2008, many analysts believed that Republican John McCain had a decent shot at winning Pennsylvania in the general election. Nevertheless, Pennsylvania remained blue and gave Obama 54.47% of the vote to McCain's 44.15%, a margin of 10.32%. Normally a close state, 2008 marked the first and only time since 1972 that Pennsylvania was decided by a double-digit margin and was the strongest Democratic showing in the state since 1964. However, Obama became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Fayette or Greene Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Beaver, Washington, or Westmoreland Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1916, the first to do so without carrying Armstrong or Clinton Counties since John F. Kennedy in 1960, and the first to do so without carrying Forest, Indiana or Warren Counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976. As of 2022, this remains the last presidential election in which Pennsylvania did not weigh in as the most conservative state in the Northeast, as the state voted to the left of New Hampshire. It is also the last time Pennsylvania voted to the left of Minnesota. (en)
  • Pemilihan umum Presiden Amerika Serikat di Pennsylvania 2008 digelar pada tanggal 4 November 2008. Tujuannya adalah untuk memilih elektor di Kolese Elektoral Amerika Serikat yang akan turut serta dalam menentukan siapa yang akan menjadi Presiden Amerika Serikat periode 2009-2013. Calon dari Partai Demokrat, Barack Obama, berhasil memenangkan pemilu di Pennsylvania dengan perolehan suara sebesar 54,47%. Berkat kemenangan ini, Obama mendapatkan 21 suara elektor dari Pennyslvania. (in)
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  • Pemilihan umum Presiden Amerika Serikat di Pennsylvania 2008 digelar pada tanggal 4 November 2008. Tujuannya adalah untuk memilih elektor di Kolese Elektoral Amerika Serikat yang akan turut serta dalam menentukan siapa yang akan menjadi Presiden Amerika Serikat periode 2009-2013. Calon dari Partai Demokrat, Barack Obama, berhasil memenangkan pemilu di Pennsylvania dengan perolehan suara sebesar 54,47%. Berkat kemenangan ini, Obama mendapatkan 21 suara elektor dari Pennyslvania. (in)
  • The 2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. (en)
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