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U.S. presidential election maps (SVG)

See also: National Atlas maps (png)

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Description

English: Electoral college map for the 2008 United States presidential election (note: Nebraska and Maine split their EVs by congressional district).

Please only update the map when a state is projected SAFE after the final polling place is closed. Do not crystal ball the results. Wait until at least three news organizations call a state before changing the colour: see Pollster.com to see who has called what.

Sources used: Pollster.com, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, AP.org, FOXNews.com, and the Omaha World Herald

Date

5 August 2008

Source

Own work

Author

Gage

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:19, 23 December 2020	1,020 × 593 (29 KB)	Politicsfan4	changed placement of Nebraska's electoral votes for consistency with 2020 map.
	05:22, 22 November 2018	1,020 × 593 (28 KB)	Newfraferz87	Group fills on top
	10:57, 6 February 2017	1,020 × 593 (34 KB)	Newfraferz87	Clearer state borders
	11:37, 27 July 2016	1,020 × 593 (35 KB)	Newfraferz87	Group fonts
	07:34, 12 July 2016	1,020 × 593 (36 KB)	Newfraferz87	Optimize code
	21:33, 19 November 2008	1,020 × 593 (119 KB)	Bouchecl	{{Information \|Description=Electoral Map updated with MO results - State was called for McCain on 11/19/2008 by 3 news orgs \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	03:01, 17 November 2008	1,020 × 593 (119 KB)	Timmeh	Reverted to version as of 05:27, 10 November 2008
	01:46, 17 November 2008	1,020 × 593 (120 KB)	Magog the Ogre	Missouri called for McCain by NBC; see explanation at en.wikipedia talkpage.
	05:27, 10 November 2008	1,020 × 593 (119 KB)	SteveSims~commonswiki	Those sites, like most, were simply not precise enough to split NE's electoral votes since they assumed all 5 would go to the same person. CNN and ABC didn't "call" NE's 2nd district for McCain. However, many absentee ballots have been counted and at leas
	04:51, 10 November 2008	1,020 × 593 (119 KB)	Gage	ABC and CNN have projected Nebraska's 2nd district for McCain, according to Pollster.com. Electoral vote is still tossup.