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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > West Virginia > 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 September 19, 2012 02:08pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Official write-in candidates who received 0 votes:

Lawson Mitchell Bone, Jerry Carroll, Andrew Clarke, Jan Arden Sykes, Gene Zarwell, Keith Judd, James E. Lundeen Sr,
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes423,778 (56.06%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin97,237 (+12.86%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameMitt Romney Votes417,655 (62.27%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin179,386 (+26.75%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 WV US President - R Caucus
Mike Huckabee
R 1,100
May 13, 2008 WV US President - D Primary
Hillary Clinton
D 359,910
May 13, 2008 WV US President - R Primary
John McCain
R 118,083
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/27/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John McCain 13 28 19 9
Barack Obama 1 ------
Leaning Call: John McCain (99.39%)
Weighted Call: John McCain (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/26/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. John McCain Sen. Barack Obama Ralph Nader Chuck Baldwin Rep. Cynthia McKinney (W) Santa Claus (W) David Lee Rice
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Constitution Mountain Independent Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 397,466 (55.71%) 303,857 (42.59%) 7,219 (1.01%) 2,465 (0.35%) 2,355 (0.33%) 59 (0.01%) 18 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -93,609 (-13.12%) -390,247 (-54.70%) -395,001 (-55.36%) -395,111 (-55.38%) -397,407 (-55.70%) -397,448 (-55.71%)
Predict Avg.51.00% 40.97% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 03/04/2008 06/03/2008 08/13/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 08/15/2008 03/25/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (17 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.39%-- 41.83%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08
52.00% -- 43.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/29/08-10/30/08
55.00% 5.0 42.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/23/08-10/26/08
50.30% -- 40.40% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/22/08-10/24/08
49.00% -- 43.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Orion Strategies 
10/20/08-10/21/08
49.00% -- 44.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/20/08-10/20/08
52.00% 2.0 43.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Donald K. Allen (W) Charles G. "Bud" Railey (W) Robert Brown (W) Ronald G. Hobbs (W) Frank Moore  
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 4 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)  
Margin-397,462 (-55.71%) -397,463 (-55.71%) -397,463 (-55.71%) -397,465 (-55.71%) -397,465 (-55.71%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
Entry Date 06/23/2008 02/13/2008 09/03/2008 09/05/2008 08/15/2008  
MATCHUP POLLS (17 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/29/08-10/30/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/23/08-10/26/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/22/08-10/24/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Orion Strategies 
10/20/08-10/21/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/20/08-10/20/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


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