California was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.1% margin of victory. No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Prior to the election, California was considered to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state.

California voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any state, to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Nov 5, 2024 · California led the blue wave, giving Obama a giant 24-percentage point win over McCain. In contrast with low voter turnout in previous years, Obama drew a record 69.5 million votes, leading...

Nov 6, 2024 · In 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris aims to be the third Californian elected to the presidency and is expected to win her home state and its 54 electoral votes easily. How many times have...

Nov 5, 2008 · Barack Obama, the son of a father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, was elected the nation’s 44th president Tuesday, breaking the ultimate racial barrier to become the first African...

Barack Obama is most closely associated with Hawaii, his birthplace and childhood home; and Chicago, his adopted home and the launchpad for his political career. But the outgoing 44th president of the United States also has meaningful ties to Los Angeles.

Hillary Clinton won the primary with 51.47% of the vote, winning 204 delegates, while Barack Obama got 43.16% of the vote and won 166 delegates. In the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected.

REAL RESULTS IN CALIFORNIA. Thanks to the Obama Administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, real impact is already being felt across the state. California Governor Announced State Schools Would Receive $3.1 In Stimulus Funding To Preserve Jobs And Programs; State Was The First Approved For Fiscal Stabilization Funds.

Sep 15, 2014 · Attendees cheer the arrival of President Barack Obama to the Orange County Fairgrounds. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)

Barack Hussein Obama II (b. August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, HI) was the 44th President of the United States. He was first elected November 4, 2008, and was sworn in January of 2009. Obama successfully won election to a second term on November 6, 2012. [1]