United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 in Massachusetts will elect 12 electors to the Electoral College. The general election will be November 4, 2008. The primary elections were February 5, 2008.

Primaries

Democratic

The Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls indicated that New York Senator Hillary Clinton was leading rival Senator Barack Obama in the days leading up to the contest, [cite web |title=Massachusetts Democratic Primary |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ma/massachusetts_democratic_primary-539.html |publisher=Real Clear Politics |accessdate=2008-02-04] and she won with 56% of the vote.cite web |title=RESULTS: Massachusetts |url=http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MA |publisher=CNN |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-05]

Obama had received the endorsements of Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick as well as Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy while Clinton received endorsements from Boston mayor Thomas Menino and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi. Obama won Boston by under 10,000 votes, while Clinton won other urban and conservative towns. [cite news |first=Frank |last=Phillips |couathors=Viser, Matt |title=Decisive victories in Mass. |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/06/decisive_victories_in_mass/ |publisher=Boston Globe |date=2008-02-06 |accessdate=2008-02-06]

Results

"*Candidate withdrew prior to primary"

Republican

The Republican primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 40 national delegates.cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/MA-R.phtml |title=Massachusetts Republican Delegation 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-28 |publisher=The Green Papers] Polls indicated that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was leading rival John McCain;cite web |title=RESULTS: Massachusetts |url=http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MA |publisher=CNN |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-05] he ended up defeating McCain by roughly 10% of the vote.

Results

General Election

Massachusetts is considered one of the most reliably Democratic states in Presidential elections, voting for the Democratic nominee in every election since 1960 except for Ronald Reagan's landslide elections of 1980 and 1984. In 1972, only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia voted for Senator George McGovern as Richard Nixon won reelection.

Massachusetts is considered a safe Democratic state in 2008. [ [http://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/president/ev_scorecard.php] [http://www.pollster.com/08-MA-Pres-GE-MvO.php] ]

Electors

On November 4, 2008, Massachusetts will elect 12 presidential electors. Like their counterparts across the country, they will cast their two separate ballots for President and Vice President on December 15, 2008. Each party has chosen their electors.

Democratic

* Brenda Brathwaite
* Mary Ann Dube
* Patricia Marcus
* Faye Morrison
* Carol Pacheco
* Corinne Wingard
* John Brissette
* Raymond Jordan
* Joe Kaplan
* Melvin Poindexter
* Samuel Poulten
* Jason Whittet

Source: [http://www.massdems.org/dsc/dscon_resources08.cfm Massachusetts Democratic Party]

Republican

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See also

* Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
* Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

References