• Barack Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election. One of the states Obama won was Florida, and by that he gained 27 electoral votes. Florida was considered a battleground state in the 2008 Election.NBC 2: Obama elected 44th President of the U.S. (November 4, 2008)

• 1. Electoral votes: 27
  2. Polls open: 7 am to 7 pm
  3. Registered voters: 11,247,634 (10,301,290 in 2004)MSNBC: Democrats Have Edge On Registered Voters In Florida (October 20, 2008)
  4. Democratic Primary winner: Hillary Clinton
  5. Republican Primary winner: John McCain

• Past Florida Winners

  1. 2004: George W. Bush
  2. 2000: George W. Bush
  3. 1996: Bill Clinton
  4. 1992: George H. W. Bush

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