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Estimated 136M Vote in Record Turnout

HeadlineNov 05, 2008

Obama won a larger share of the popular vote than any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, beating McCain 52 percent to 46 percent. More than 62.3 million votes have been counted for Obama, compared to 55.2 million for McCain. Turnout was estimated at 64 percent, the most in a century. The Associated Press reports more than 136 million Americans are believed to have cast ballots, beating out the record 122 million in 2004. According to an Associated Press poll, more than six in ten voters listed the economy as their top concern. Ten percent of voters cited the Iraq war, while nine percent said terrorism and another nine percent said healthcare.

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