McCain Barely Wins in Missouri: The Presidential Election Is Finally Over

Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly at 3:56 AM on November 20, 2008.

So much for that "bellwether" talk.

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It took a little longer than expected, but we now know the results of the presidential race from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Missouri, the lone holdout, was called for McCain.

With all jurisdictions reporting complete but unofficial results, McCain led Obama by 3,632 votes Wednesday out of more than 2.9 million cast -- a margin of 0.12 percentage points.
Both men spent considerable resources trying to win Missouri, a state that Obama ultimately did not need for his national victory.
Obama won 365 electoral votes. Missouri's 11 electoral votes will give McCain 173.

McCain's win breaks Missouri's long-standing streak -- in every election since 1956, the winner of Missouri's electoral votes won the presidency. (Before 1956, Missouri had backed the eventual winner in every race dating back to 1904.) So much for that "bellwether" talk.

The best part about today's announcement? Those red and blue maps that have featured a hole right in the middle have finally been completed. It's as if the presidential is finally over.

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a note from Indian Country on election results [Report this comment] Posted by: Lauren on Nov 20, 2008 9:43 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I found this amusing. American Indian reservations see record voter turnout, a sample, ... 250 new voters on each reservation. They have met that and exceeded that in both Red Lake and Leech Lake." It can also be noted that more than 95 percent of the vote at Red Lake was for Democrats, but Fineday said any inference from that should be addressed to tribal leaders at the reservations. At Red Lake, the vote for president was 2,082 for Democrat Barack Obama and 123 for Republican John McCain. Similarly, in the U.S. Senate race, there were 1,983 votes for Democrat Al Franken and 146 for incumbent GOP Norm Coleman. Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley got 66 votes. "Native Vote Alliance is non-partisan — we don't tell people who to vote for," Fineday said. "We can't even in any way insinuate in different means. ... It's our mission at Native Vote to mobilize and empower native people in Minnesota as a collective voice, to use their civic participation, and also do it with our own cultural experience. We want them to get out and vote." I guess Obama won their hearts, 95% voting Democrat, no wonder the Republicans didn't want them to have the vote. This should improve the political situation, we hope. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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