Presidential election results
As of today with results given in 49 states and the District of Columbia, Obama had 364 and McCain had 163 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, out of a total of 538.
One state Missouri remained too close to call.
States are apportioned electoral votes according to the size of their population, and in most of the 50 states the winner of a state’s popular vote gets all its electoral ones.
OBAMA
California 55
Colorado 9
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Florida 27
Hawaii 4
Illinois 21
Indiana 11
Iowa 7
Maryland 10
Massachusetts 12
Maine 4
Michigan 17
Minnesota 10
Nevada 5
New Jersey 15
New Hampshire 4
New Mexico 5
New York 31
Ohio 20
Oregon 7
Pennsylvania 21
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 3
Virginia 13
Washington 11
Washington, DC 3
Wisconsin 10
MCCAIN
Alabama 9
Alaska 3
Arizona 10
Arkansas 6
Georgia 15
Idaho 4
Kansas 6
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 9
Mississippi 6
Montana 3
Nebraska 5
North Carolina 15
North Dakota 3
Oklahoma 7
South Carolina 8
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 11
Texas 34
Utah 5
West Virginia 5
Wyoming 3
TOTAL
Obama 364
McCain 163
—AFP