How Did Montgomery County Vote in 2008?
Take a look back at how the county voted on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
Four years ago—on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008—the Obama-Biden ticket received 71.6 percent of Montgomery County's votes, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections' website. That was 314,444 votes. The McCain-Palin ticket, in comparison, got only 118,608 votes from Montgomery County, or 27 percent of the county's votes. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-Kensington) won his House of Representatives seat four years ago with 218,111 votes (74.4 percent of the county's votes). His Republican challenger, Steve Hudson, received 22.4 percent of the county's votes (65,626 votes). Across the state, about 430,000 Marylanders voted early in the 2012 election, The Baltimore Sun reported: Democrats made up two-thirds (66 percent) of the 430,000 early …
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9:48 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Unless the computers are fixed (gasp!), there won't be the same percentage this year. Predicting more like 60-40%. But who can really accurately predict? The State will go blue overall. more ›