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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Massachusetts > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRBH December 17, 2008 10:13am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes1,803,800 (61.94%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin732,691 (+25.16%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes1,921,290 (60.65%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin732,976 (+23.14%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 MA US President - R Primary
Mitt Romney
R 500,550
Feb 05, 2008 MA US President - D Primary
Hillary Clinton
D 1,258,923
Feb 05, 2008 MA US President - G Primary
Ralph Nader
G-R 1,864
Feb 05, 2008 MA US President - WF Primary
No Preference
WFP 395
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/27/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 2 --2 67
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/15/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader (W) Others Rep. Bob Barr Rep. Cynthia McKinney Chuck Baldwin
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Independent Libertarian Green-Rainbow Constitution
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 1,904,097 (61.80%) 1,108,854 (35.99%) 28,841 (0.94%) 14,483 (0.47%) 13,189 (0.43%) 6,550 (0.21%) 4,971 (0.16%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -795,243 (-25.81%) -1,875,256 (-60.87%) -1,889,614 (-61.33%) -1,890,908 (-61.37%) -1,897,547 (-61.59%) -1,899,126 (-61.64%)
Predict Avg.48.83% 40.25% 0.03% 0.00% 0.22% 0.02% 0.43%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/0001 00/00/2008 -- 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (20 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg56.87%-- 37.27%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08
57.00% -- 39.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/27/08-10/28/08
56.00% 3.0 39.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/13/08-10/14/08
59.00% 4.0 35.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/13/08-10/13/08
62.00% 4.0 34.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/23/08-09/23/08
58.00% 4.0 38.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/22/08-09/23/08
55.00% 2.0 39.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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