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Election Day is November 4, 2008
Electoral College Box Scores 2000-2004
| Election |
2000 |
| President |
George W. Bush [R] |
| Main Opponent |
Albert Gore, Jr. [D] |
| Electoral Vote |
Winner: 271 |
Main Opponent: 266 |
Total/Majority: 538/270 |
| Popular Vote |
Winner: 50,456,062 |
Main Opponent: 50,996,582 |
| Vice President |
Richard B. Cheney (271) |
| V.P. Opponent: |
Joseph Lieberman (266) |
| Notes |
George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. One electoral vote was not cast. |
| Election |
2004 |
| President |
George W. Bush [R] |
| Main Opponent |
John F. Kerry [D] |
| Electoral Vote |
Winner: 286 |
Main Opponent: 251 |
Total/Majority: 538/270 |
| Popular Vote |
Winner: 60,693,281 |
Main Opponent: 57,355,978 |
| Votes for Others |
John Edwards (1) |
| Vice President |
Richard B. Cheney (286) |
| V.P. Opponent: |
John Edwards (252) |
| Notes |
One Minnesota elector voted for John Edwards for both President and Vice President. During the counting of the vote in Congress, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-Calif.) raised objections to the Ohio Certificate of Vote alleging that the votes were not regularly given. Both houses voted to override the objection, 74 to 1 in the Senate and 267 to 31 in the House of Representatives. |
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