2008 United States presidential election in Iowa 2008 United States presidential election in Iowa The 2008 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 2008, in Iowa, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, by a 9.54% margin of victory. Obama took 53.93% of the vote while his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain of Arizona, took 44.39%. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or
Barack Obama on social media television mediums respectively in the history of communication between the White House and the American Public. Barack Obama's Twitter account (@BarackObama) is the official account on social networking site Twitter for former President of the United States Barack Obama, and has been used for his election efforts. Obama also used the White House's Twitter account (@WhiteHouse) for his presidential activities. , Obama's account had 103,083,062 followers, followed 617,962 accounts, and had posted 15,548 tweets. Well into 2011, it was following the most people of any account on the network and was the third to achieve ten million followers. It is