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  MI US President
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Michigan > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
Turnout 50.00% Total Population
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRBH November 25, 2008 11:47am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn Kerry Votes2,479,183 (51.23%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin165,437 (+3.42%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes2,564,569 (54.21%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin449,313 (+9.50%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jan 15, 2008 MI US President - R Primary Mitt Romney
Jan 15, 2008 MI US President - D Primary Hillary Rodham Clinton
MAP

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KEY RACE? 9.6667003632 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/27/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 11 40 13 2
John McCain 7 ------
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (95.17%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (99.80%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
02/17/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader Rep. Bob Barr Chuck Baldwin Rep. Cynthia McKinney (W) Assistant Secretary Alan Keyes
PartyDemocratic Republican Natural Law Libertarian U.S. Taxpayers Green Independent
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Uncertified Votes2,872,579 (57.43%) 2,048,639 (40.96%) 33,085 (0.66%) 23,716 (0.47%) 14,685 (0.29%) 8,892 (0.18%) 129 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -823,940 (-16.47%) -2,839,494 (-56.77%) -2,848,863 (-56.96%) -2,857,894 (-57.14%) -2,863,687 (-57.25%) -2,872,450 (-57.43%)
Predict Avg.48.40% 45.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
MATCHUP POLLS (42 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg52.29%-- 39.96%-- 0.03%-- 0.22%-- 0.10%-- 0.11%-- 0.00%--
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 55.00% -- 42.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
10/28/08-10/31/08		 53.00% 2.0 37.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/27/08-10/29/08		 54.00% 6.0 41.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/28/08-10/28/08		 53.00% 3.0 43.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
EPIC/MRA 
10/26/08-10/28/08		 50.00% 1.0 38.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Big Ten 
10/19/08-10/22/08		 58.00% 10.2 36.00% 7.8 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Flint Journal
  Detroit Free Press
  The Muskegon Chronicle
  Detroit News
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (W) Brian P. Moore  
PartyIndependent  
Website [Website]  
Uncertified Votes41 (0.00%)  
Margin-2,872,538 (-57.43%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (42 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 0.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
10/28/08-10/31/08		 0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/27/08-10/29/08		 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/28/08-10/28/08		 0.00% --
EPIC/MRA 
10/26/08-10/28/08		 0.00% --
Big Ten 
10/19/08-10/22/08		 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Dec 15, 2008 07:45pm News Michigan electors cast 17 votes for Obama, Biden  Article Chronicler 
Oct 07, 2008 12:00pm Perspective Politics at the Five-and-Dime  Article karin1492 
Oct 02, 2008 12:40pm Blog Entry McCain pulling out of Michigan  Article WesternDem 
Jun 18, 2008 11:00am News Muslims barred from picture at Obama event  Article J.R. 
Dec 16, 2007 09:00am Poll [MI] Women put state in Dems' corner  Article ArmyDem 

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