percent
+ Number of voters: 131 million
+ Barack Obama: 69.3 million votes
+ John McCain: 59.6 million
+ States Obama won: California, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia (Washington), Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
This group includes 28 states out of 50, and the District of Columbia.
Here is how different groups voted in the 2008 presidential election:
(Percentage of the electorate in brackets)
SEX
Men (47 percent) - 49 percent Obama, 48 percent McCain
Women (53 percent) - 56 percent Obama, 43 percent McCain
RACE/ETHNICITY
White (74 percent) - 43 percent Obama, 55 percent McCain
Black (13 percent) - 95 percent Obama, four percent McCain
Hispanic (nine percent) - 67 percent Obama, 31 percent McCain
Asian (two percent) - 62 percent Obama, 35 percent McCain
AGE
18-29 (18 percent) - 66 percent Obama, 32 percent McCain
30-44 (29 percent) - 52 percent Obama, 46 percent McCain
45-59 (30 percent) - 49 percent Obama, 49 percent McCain
60+ (23 percent) - 47 percent Obama, 51 percent McCain
GEOGRAPHY
Northeast (21 percent) - 59 percent Obama, 40 percent McCain
Midwest (24 percent) - 54 percent Obama, 44 percent McCain
South (32 percent) - 45 percent Obama, 54 percent McCain
West (23 percent) - 57 percent Obama, 40 percent McCain
RELIGION
White Protestants (42 percent) - 34 percent Obama, 65 percent McCain
White Catholics (19 percent) - 47 percent Obama, 52 percent McCain
Jewish (two percent) - 78 percent Obama, 21 percent McCain
Born-again or evangelical Christians (38 percent) - 41 percent Obama, 57 percent McCain
Attend religious service at least once a week (40 percent) - 43 percent Obama, 55 percent McCain
FAMILY INCOME
Under $15,000 (6 percent) - 73 percent Obama, 25 percent McCain
$15,000-$29,999 (12 percent) - 60 percent Obama, 37 percent McCain
$30,000-$49,999 (19 percent) - 55 percent Obama, 43 percent McCain
$50,000-$74,999 (21 percent) - 48 percent Obama, 49 percent McCain
$75,000-$99,999 (15 percent) - 51 percent Obama, 48 percent McCain
$100,000 and over (26 percent) - 49 percent Obama, 49 percent McCain
$200,000 and over (six percent) - 52 percent Obama, 46 percent McCain
+ A record 24 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote in the 2012 election.