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How many electoral votes did Barack Obama receive in the 2008 United States presidential election?

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365
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www.archives.gov, britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com); u.s. national archives and records administration, electoral college results for 2008, britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com); u.s. national archives federal register, electoral college results for 2008, britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008): barack obama received 365 electoral votes, john mccain received 173., britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008); corroborated by the u.s. national archives electoral college results for 2008 (archives.gov/electoral-college/2008), britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (https://www.britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008), which reports barack obama won 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173, consistent with the u.s. national archives' electoral college results for 2008., britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008": barack obama received 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173., britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008"; u.s. national archives and records administration, electoral college results for the 2008 election, britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008"; u.s. national archives, electoral college results for 2008, britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008' (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008), which reports the certified electoral college result: barack obama 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173., en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (article on the 2008 election results): barack obama won 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173. this figure is also confirmed by the u.s. national archives' electoral college certificate of ascertainment records for the 2008 election., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com) — reports obama received 365 electoral votes., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com) — states barack obama received 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008), encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008) — reports barack obama received 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008), which reports barack obama received 365 electoral votes., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008): barack obama received 365 electoral votes., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008" (https://www.britannica.com/event/united-states-presidential-election-of-2008): barack obama received 365 electoral votes., encyclopaedia britannica, "united states presidential election of 2008": barack obama received 365 electoral votes., encyclopaedia britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008' (article, electoral vote table): barack obama won 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173, out of 538 total., encyclopaedia britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008' (britannica.com), encyclopaedia britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008' (britannica.com), corroborated by the u.s. national archives and records administration's office of the federal register electoral college results for 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008' (election results table, accessed 2026-09-24) and the u.s. national archives office of the federal register, electoral college results for the 2008 election, both stating barack obama received 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173., kids.britannica.com, national archives and records administration — 2008 electoral college results: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, national archives office of the federal register, 'electoral college box scores 2008' (archives.gov/electoral-college/2008); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica, 'united states presidential election of 2008'., national archives, 2008 electoral college results, https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, national archives, 2008 electoral college results: barack obama received 365 electoral votes. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, national archives, 2008 electoral college results: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, national archives, office of the federal register — electoral college results for the 2008 presidential election (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008), stating barack obama won 365 electoral votes., national archives, u.s. electoral college official 2008 results (archives.gov/electoral-college/2008); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's 2008 united states presidential election entry, the national archives, 2008 electoral college results: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, the u.s. national archives, 2008 electoral college results, https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, u.s. national archives (nara), 2008 electoral college results: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, u.s. national archives and records administration, 2008 electoral college results, https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, u.s. national archives office of the federal register, electoral college box scores 2008 (archives.gov); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's article on the 2008 united states presidential election., u.s. national archives, 2008 electoral college results (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008), u.s. national archives, 2008 electoral college results, https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, u.s. national archives, 2008 electoral college results: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — electoral college results for the 2008 presidential election, confirming barack obama received 365 electoral votes to john mccain's 173 (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008)., www.britannica.com

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