FACTBOX: Electoral vote tally in election
(Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday was projected to win at least 349 electoral votes out of a possible 538 to defeat Republican John McCain in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
The 538 members of the Electoral College, not the popular vote, actually elect the president of the United States. Electoral votes are allocated to each state and the District of Columbia.
Following is the latest tally of projected electoral votes for Obama and McCain.
Also shown, sourced to cable television network MSNBC, are the latest voting tallies with the percentage cast for each candidate.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA, DEMOCRAT
- 349 -
57,388,144 - 52 PERCENT (MSNBC)
States where Obama is projected to have won
CALIFORNIA 55
COLORADO 9
CONNECTICUT 7
DELAWARE 3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3
FLORIDA 27
HAWAII 4
ILLINOIS 21
IOWA 7
INDIANA 11
MAINE* 4
MARYLAND 10
MASSACHUSETTS 12
MICHIGAN 17
MINNESOTA 10
NEVADA 5
NEW MEXICO 5
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4
NEW JERSEY 15
NEW YORK 31
OHIO 20
OREGON 7
PENNSYLVANIA 21
RHODE ISLAND 4
VERMONT 3
VIRGINIA 13
WASHINGTON 11
WISCONSIN 10
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, REPUBLICAN
- 159 -
- 52,013,745 - 47 PERCENT (MSNBC)
States where McCain is projected to have won
ALABAMA 9
ALASKA 3
ARIZONA 10
ARKANSAS 6
GEORGIA 15
IDAHO 4
KANSAS 6
KENTUCKY 8
LOUISIANA 9
MISSISSIPPI 6
NEBRASKA 4
NORTH DAKOTA 3
OKLAHOMA 7
SOUTH CAROLINA 8
SOUTH DAKOTA 3
TENNESSEE 11
TEXAS 34
UTAH 5
WEST VIRGINIA 5
WYOMING 3
*In 48 states and Washington, DC, the candidate who wins the popular vote wins all of the state's electors. Nebraska and Maine have a proportional system of awarding them.
(Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Eric Walsh)
