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Electoral map august 2016. This is a great night. Live us vote count continues amid trump legal challenge. This equals the turnout seen in the 1964 presidential election but does not quite match the 638 that turned out to vote in the 1960 election in which john f kennedy narrowly beat.

The approximate percentage of the voting age population that voted in this election according to calculations by michael macdonald of george mason university. After months of campaigning hours of election speeches and debates and hundreds of opinion polls tracking the ebb and flow of the 2008 us presidential election the time of reckoning is near. Bbc news us election 2020.

Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska. He won the votes of those under 30 by an impressive 66 to 31 much higher than in any previous election. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior us.

John lewis an activist in the civil rights era who was left beaten on an alabama bridge 40 years ago told atlantas ebenezer baptist church. Each state has a certain number of electors who elect the president the number depends on the states population and the trick is to win enough states to stack up 270 electors. The final result of the presidential election hinges on just a handful of key battleground states.

The biggest hurdle facing election workers may be the new voters registering in record numbers in almost every state the report says. Us election night coverage simulcated 4th november 2008 on four bbc channels. The 2008 election has the potential to combine a record turnout with an insufficient number of poll workers and a voting system still in flux the report by the non partisan pew group says.

Mr obama had an unprecedented level of support among young people and new voters in the 2008 election. Keep this guide to us election night to hand to check what will be happening when and what to look out for. The winner of the us presidential election is not always the candidate who wins the popular vote the path to victory is to win a majority in the electoral college.

Us elections 2008 in depth coverage and analysis an interactive map plus audio and video.